ᐅ Remove brick latticework

Hello everyone!
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I want to get rid of this ugly brick lattice in front of the window. Does anyone have any advice on how I should proceed? Below is a picture of a neighboring window without the lattice.

Thank you for your help
Josh_phi771

Josh_phi771 schrieb:

I want to get rid of that ugly brick grille in front of the window.

Which ugly brick grille do you mean? I see two grilles: one ugly, and one made of bricks.
I would remove the ugly one, which should be relatively straightforward: judging by the picture, it seems to be mortared into the horizontal joints at just four points. Once that is gone, the remaining brick pattern with holes looks quite aesthetic.
If you want to remove both, it will be much more complex: you would have to cut through six bricks on each side, as well as chip out the mortar joints in the bottom row, and the lintel would also be missing (you can see a soldier course above the window in the comparison window).
The question is, what is the purpose of all this—am I being suspicious if I guess this is the window of a guest bathroom?

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I would use an angle grinder on the metal grid if it is not fastened in any way.
I would only approach the "stone grid" if it is certain that a lintel can be installed without any issues.

hampshire schrieb:

If the metal grid isn’t screwed in somehow, I would use an angle grinder.

The picture below is too blurry for me to clearly see whether it might just be screwed in; but at the top, I am quite sure it is mortar-set. I would drill next to the mortar and then chisel it out; after that, it should be much easier to remove the entire piece as a “handle” than by grinding it off. I wouldn’t destroy it—often, ugly things fetch prices that our school wisdom wouldn’t have dreamed of. I would even say there is no principle more reliably verifiable than “perversity costs extra” *LOL*

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Hey! Thanks already. The main issue is actually the "stone grid." I can manage the metal grid. The point about the lintel is important and valid. I really need to have that checked.

I was thinking of carefully removing the stones with a multitool, including the stones that are partially "in the frame." I would then cut these in half and re-mortar them with the cut edge facing forward.

Do you think this would be a big problem for a mason?

It’s possible that you have a different sense of aesthetics—but do you understand that the structure has to support the wall (wall shell) above it?

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