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I need to buld a curved retaining wall either side of a garage with brick facing up to 1.5m diminishing down to .5m any ideas on an easy construction that will be robust and durable.

Its certainly easier to knock a peg in the ground and nail a trammel to it. I agree you will need to use brick headers to obtain a good radius -take your time as this is not easy for a novice to do well plumb regularly

If I were you I would gequalified electrician in to check what you are doing. I am no sparks but what you are doing looks a bit short of the regs and by the way I think you are doing more than you are allowed to by the new wiring laws! Just be careful electricity is a killer!!

So having built the walls of a cellar how did you water proof it? I am in the process of building a garage which is half in the hillside and am using a 1200 gauge membrane with a board covering to protect from the shingle backfilling to a 9" conc block reinforced concrete wall. If you dont...

I am a building services engineer and as a younger man in my thirties I decided that I would build my own extension to my house due to experiences of friends with builders. I am now a qualified bricklayer and when I have any work done now I immediately spot a rogue which is nearly always. If a...

If your shower is electric and running cold I assume youve checked the double pole pull cord switch is on red tag visible also neon light glowing this will ensure supply healthy. Then if cold check the settings if normal the overload has tripped the heater out probably due to scaling-up of...

Hi In answer to the Shower tray query The best result is to build 4x2 timber on three sides of the tray to elevate it to enable access to the waste. The open side of the timber work to the front where the shower outlet should be located NOT at the back. The front panel can be in finished timber...