Recent content by georgeclarke

What happens when relying so heavily on imported labour - you might end up with a choice between bricklayers without much English or no bricklayers.

I wonder whether a first-edition JC Hodge Brickwork for Apprentices (pub. 1944) would be an interesting read for me! There's a copy online for £60.00 (y)

That's the thing - the concrete is just framing the window, up the jambs and across the head, to form a lintel. It's only 60mm-wide at the jamb and, as I say, extending outwards to rear of outer leaf of brickwork. I think the photos above suggest as much. The search goes on, for someone who's...

You got it - Brickwork, Vol. 2 (Revised) Glad to finally meet someone who's aware of it! That tallies with what (with WG Nash's help) I thought - but the jambs, too? Do you know, is that common? Something you've encountered? We've small children, so I've been trying to keep my attacks at a...

Hi, in my postwar (c.1950) ex-council house I'm looking to make a double door where there's an existing window - I've removed some plaster to try to understand what the current lintel setup is but have revealed only more questions. The house is cavity wall (no insulation), c. 60mm, brick inner...