Recent content by elliott_jc

Grateful for any advice. I am converting an attic in Edinburgh. Planning permission not required although a building warrant has been applied for and feedback received that has been responded to and now awaiting final approval. Some preliminary work has taken place, photographs are being taken...

Apologies, see new image attached here. One concern is that the brickwork is victorian with thick layers of mortar so perhaps there could be movement as a result of the new load. Then again the SE has looked at it so perhaps I'm unduly concerned.

Grateful for any advice please. I need to install one end of a UB (178x102x19) on a brick nib that needs some building up before the padstone can be put ion. It’s a Victorian tenement so big bricks and lots of soft mortar. The SE specified a minimum 150mm bearing on a 200x100x200 padstone and...