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hi yottie, does the 7 foot fence rule apply to a block or brick wall ? again we are on a sloping garden, thank you

hi, can anybody tell me if the timing belt is a chain in this modell, thank you, jim

Hi Richard c i have found the problem, I hacked off the plaster and found that there was still some old plaster underneath and it was this that had blown thus making my new plaster no good ( i've looked at some before photo's and i found 1 more patch with the same problem) so it's my bad :oops...

Ok thanks for all your advice Richard c, I think i will hack it off and have a look at the bricks to try and see if there is anything on the surface, Once again thanks for your help & if i find out what it is i will let you know :wink:

No there was no crazing throughout and i did use water as it was going off to smooth it out, :idea: As there are only two patches about 1m sq would you recommend striping it back and replastering it :?:

Yes it's the wall to the adjoining house (Proper Brick)

First i used pva then i used thistle bonding coat (purple bag) then multifinish (orange bag) :?

yes and i keyed each coat, Also there is no central heating in the room so i dont think it has dried out to quickly

Hi guys, I hope you can help me, I have just plastered my kitchen/Diner after striping it back to bare brickwork i have used multifinish plaster and have used pva before and after each coat but there are a couple of places that sound blown (hollow when you tap it) any advice is welcome. :roll:

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hi mikric, thanks for asking about building reg fellow, just to make sure we phoned him this morning and his reply was, go ahead, the beam was only supported by 4 inch, now going to be 14 inch , with rebar and concrete centre, so once again thanks for concern. jim

thanks for advice boxbasher, understand why pie must be accessible, to MR agile the reason i ask questions is to find out the correct way to do things, hence my use of this site, were you alway good at what you do ? or did you ,like me have to go through a learning period ???? I am always...

hi MIKRIC sorry I wasnt too clear there, there are 6 joist on that beam, b4 we put akros to support .the beam was only on 4 inch brickwork, that was seperating kitchen from back room, hope this makes sense to you, thank you for your reply. ps the bricks are a solid red stock.

hi, can anyone answer this for me, I am getting many different answers, can I use reclaimed bricks from a non supporting wall to build a pier, the pier is to be 14x14 x8foot, to support a10 inch beam holding bathroom joist, that is all it will support. cheers

thanks for all your advice, on both my questions, we are taking advice & changeing lead to blue poly,& useing deadlock compression fitting, thanks again, jim