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My wife is sceptical and believes he is trying to just do bits himself here and there to save money... We are planning to tell him today that he must wait for a brickie.

Am I in trouble?

This specific part was poured manually. What happened was they concrete pumped cement in all foundation areas except where the Thames water drain was. For that part they had to first lay the beam, then manually pour the concrete on top to cover it. When they did that they didn't quite pour...

Technically he is a builder - he was trying to do some bricklaying today because the bricklayer cancelled on him

Beam is about 2m in length, 0.3m wide. No floor joists will be supported. This is the brickwork which will go up a bit more then blocks will sit on top all the way up the two storey extension. Hope that helps but let me know if not?

I was afraid someone would ask that. Are we in trouble? So far he has done two rows which will be below ground level. Is the chunky 70mm layer of mortar on top of the concrete likely to cause issues later down the line?

Hi all - we're in the process of building a two storey side extension. The builder has dug foundations, poured concrete, laid a beam over a Thames drain (at their request) and then poured concrete on top of that beam - see first image (the concrete labelled at the bottom sits on top of the...