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Just for an update I can confirm the brickies did turn up yesterday, on time just as they promised. Although they were a little defensive at the beginning I feel my non aggressive, no blame approach made a difference and they soon relaxed off and we had some very good, honest, discussions. In...

Thanks Shytalkz, I have not tried two of those yet, I'll give them a call.

Woody, Your advice is again fantastically accurate, concise and appropriate. You are indeed a master, a guru of all surveyors. I am truly amazed how you can do this without seeing the property, I can only assume you have some psychic powers or access to a secret US spy satellite. After...

Cementone Cemplas Plastisicer is 60ml - 125ml per 25Kg OPC Cement, Febmix is 70ml - 140ml per 25Kg OPC Cement. Matercrete includes a pastisicer and recommends half the stated amount be used. Although it depends on the cannister I would estimate about 3 capfuls per mix. (This is very vague...

Woody, this is fantastic info, thank you very much. The symtoms are exactly as you suggest. Soft Mortar, powdery in places where it has been more exposed to damp weather. It is progressively getting worse. I have some cracking mostly along the mortar lines and mostly around areas of high...

I forgot to add, there was no external supervision. No Architect or Structural engineer overseeing the work, no NHBC involvement just me, the brickies and a labourer.

Woody, thanks for your comments. I don't think the brickies are bad, they worked hard and the quality of the work otherwise is very good. The labourer was also the same and although young had worked with the brickies for a number of years (and still does). My gut feel is that he was a bit...

Hi Kingandy2nd Yes, I supplied all the materials myself. I still have all the cannisters and was here all the time the brickies were on site so I know it was all used in the build. 3 x 25L drums and just over half a 5l container. My problem is that in order to prove anything conclusive I...

Thanks again Shytalkz. The Gun-Point Technical pages are most useful, there is a lot of good technical mortar info and it is all adding to my knowledge on the subject. I am determined to remain positive though. I cant walk away from the problems. Besides there a lot worse thinks that can...

Many thanks Shytalkz. :D Hearing from someone who has come across this issue before and to get a example of what they are planning to do is extremely useful. Other peoples experiences really help as there is very little info on the net and it is very difficult to find any engineers with any...

I'm not sure if anyone can help but I think I may have a big problem with the extension I am building. The extension is quite large and is a conventional brick and block build. We used 6200 bricks and about 1100 blocks and between 50/60 25Kg bags of mastercrete. It appears the brickies that...