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Hi I am about the complete the cavity walls for my house extenstion and currently preparing to install wall plates on the blockwork inner skin. I wonder if there is a specific type of timber required for wall plates? Any advise would be very much appreciated. Thanks

Thank you guys for the advice. It is relief to know that my brickwork has not been damaged by the rain water. I will take a closer look at the mortar joints for holes.

Hi everyone I laid a few courses of bricks on my concrete footing a few days ago, but this morning there was a heavy rain and as a result, the trench was filled with about an inch of rain water in the lowest part of the trench. I was a very worried to see that the rain water had managed to...

Hi everyone I am about to have a go building my house extension, but have not have any building experience in building a wall before. I would appreciate for any responses to the following questions: 1. When building a cavity wall with engineering bricks below the DPC level, should both...

Thankyou gentlemen, for pointing me in the right direction. The marley Ludlow and Redland Renown indeed have a very similar profile. However, the pitch of my extension is (18 degree) too low for the Ludlow, so I will go for the Renown and hope the Building Control is ok with it. Thanks again...

Hello Everyone, I wonder if one experts here can help me put name to the tiles, see link below: Many thanks

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