Recent content by Ellwood

Thanks Noseall.

Hi all, I am sure I have seen similar posts about this on here before, but I can't find them again, so apologies for repeating this again. I am building an attached garage and utility room, with a 100 mm cavity wall. The outer leaf is in brick, the inner in block. I am now ready to start...

Thanks mater.

Thanks for the replies both, I can now see how it is done. The brickwork on the house slopes by about 10 mm front to back and as you say I will not be able to see it once the dpm is down. The new brickwork is level though, I guess I could use a line between the front and the back walls as...

Hi All, I am currently building an attached garage along the side of the house, this will be 3 m wide by 8 m long. I have complete the below ground brickwork to floor level, and I am almost ready to lay the slab. However, I cannot see how to tamp the concrete along the side house itself...

Hi All, many thanks for the replies, much appreciated. They do look OK today. I was going to carry on today, but I think I will have another beer instead. Cheers!

Hi All, this is my first post, although I have been a reader of the site for a couple of years now. I have just started building an attached garage, and laid the first bricks on Thursday. All went well, except that I forgot to check the weather, and didn't cover the brickwork up, as the...