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Thanks everyone. Plenty to think about there (sound of chin scratching) All have a good day and cover up in that sun eh? :D Best wishes. LB

Hi, Thanks for the replys. In every other respect they are Ok for attaching wall starters, joist hangers etcetera and ad infinitum, yes? Does anyone know about the relative sound transfer for the two types of blocks? I imagine Therms are more blocking in that respect? We are near a...

Hi all, I've been surfing the net trying to find answers but am not getting anywhere. Can you give me general advice about using Thermalite blocks. I understand that before I can rest structural timber on them they need to have a course of concrete commons. Is that right? It makes sense to...

Hi, I wasn't being sarcastic or rude. You have mis interpreted my meaning I meant that with building, you have to think in 3D right from the get go. What you do at the bottom, matters at the top, that was all I was saying. I am grateful for the help and advice. I have no...

Thanks for that. The bit about deciding what coloured curtains you are going to have in your upstairs lav so you know where to put the blocks on the damp course is messing with my melon quite frankly! Thanks for all the help. I'm finding my BCO almost never available and virtually...

Mmmmm....not a bad idea. Practice defensive building! Bonzer idea! I think that is the best way to go. I will have a word with BCO too. Thanks for your help, that wouldn't have occurred to me! X C (I can leave a kiss cos I am a girl assuming you are a blokie!)

Hi thanks for your help , We haven't got it yet. We haven't built anything above damp but I am designing the flue and chimney and need to know how big an airbrick/ventilation thingy I need and where it needs to go. It will be a standard size flue away from it, to join a Hanson/Redbank...

Hi, thanks for that. So am I to assume that I measure the outlet of the woodburner, ie the size of the chimney leading away from it, do a sum and buy an airbrick with clearspace at least 50% of that measurement? Thankx, Cas

Reg sez the ventilation brick in the room containing a solid fuel appliance need be 50% free space of the throat area of the appliance/fire. I'm hoping I'm right here! What, please, is considered the throat? In addition, can the 'airbrick' be put directly at the back of the...

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Hi, I'm a vet nurse and my husband is a (early) retired cop, I'm forty something and he's fifty something else and we took down our three bedroom house and put it on a pallet. We used the plateful of pie and mash method, ie we started at the top and worked down and kept the first and last...

That means I have a use for the two thousand odd half bricks that are too good to throw away and I will save a hell of a lot of the good full bricks too. Result! :D Thanks very much peeps! X C

Hi, Thanks Noseall, Won't BC have a purple frilly fit though? Is it considered stable enough? C

Hi everyone, Please can anyone recommend a product that would help to seal/weatherproof old imperial bricks? I realise there are several products on the market but are there any that really stand out as being miles better? I have cleaned over 9,000 of the old bricks from our old house...

Hi, Before I make a total idiot by asking this of my Building Control Bod. Is there any way to build an outside skin of bricks with stetchers and half brick headers to make it look like a 9" wall. I realise it would be inherently unstable but wondered if there is an established way...

Hi. Please can someone tell me the correct way to install 110mm, long radius bend sewer pipes from inside (bottom of stack) to outside. Am I right in thinking they have to be 'sleeved' and precisely what does this mean please? I was going to cement them into the two skins of wall and...

Hi thanks for the reply. I will go ahead and order the specials. Brill.

Hi, thanks for that. I am thinking about putting a lip of slate or tile along for the drips to keep the water away from the face of the wall. Very helpful thanks.

Hi there, I have built a retaining wall. It has 6" hollows at the back and tied to it on the front is local stone. The local stone is pretty soft and 'shailey'. In the summer, I want to put a curved rustic looking (not too rustic!) concrete cap on it to shed the rain. Should the...

Hi to everyone. Please could you help me? I need to order some brick specials and one of the measurements on the specials will be the thickness of render over 7n blockwork. How thick is standard, to building regs, render coat please. I can't seem to find this in the Building Construction...