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Thanks, they will be a standard 65mm high to get the right window lintel height. I'll have 200mm overlap either side on the lintels.

Hi, I need to include some coursing blocks to get the right height for the window lintel on our extension to be level with the existing windows. Is there any difference in whether I set the lintel on the coursing blocks or should I include the coursing blocks just below a row of full...

Hi, the mesh needs to be tied onto the 16mm dowels, plus the BCO wants to inspect the site to check the reinforcement prior to the concrete being poured. I was looking to place them around every 500mm and then use some ply sheets to walk on whilst tying the mesh to the dowels to spread the...

What's the recommended spacing between mesh spacers when supporting reinforcement mesh? Our engineer designed reinforced ground floor slab is 150mm deep and will have A393 mesh 50mm from the bottom. The plan is to use plastic plate spacers to help spread the load over the anti-heave layer...

You may need to have the foundations re-done or strengthened if they are the cause of the wall leaning over. Do you know how wide and deep the current wall foundations are? Is the wall buckled/curved over or is the complete wall still straight but leaning over?

We are building a small front extension and have had to go down the piled/ground beam foundation route due to the clay soil and the proximity of trees with building control. The piles and ground beam are now in so I'm now finalizing the ground floor design. Building control have now also...

Thanks for the information. The soil is heavy clay and the pipe has probably been underground for 30+ years.

We are having a front extension built and the ground works team found the mains water pipe with their JCB whilst excavating the foundations. The pipe is 1/2" copper, no protection around the pipe, just laid directly in the clay soil from the house to the supply stop cock just outside the...

Hi, We are building a small single-storey front extension and looking to self-build and project manage most of the work. We are having to have a piled/ground beam foundation for the extension due to clay soil and the proximity of a number of mature conifers. We've had the ground beam...