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You could do. Chances are they would over spec it anyway to cover their bum.

That’s what I usually go with just thought to beef it up at the base for at least a couple of courses.

Planning on building a retaining wall to hold up a drive way. It’s approx 17 courses of block on flat just over 1800mm and I planned on building it 900mm at the base and gradually stepping it up to 215mm at the top. Could anyone advise on how often I should reduce the thickness of the wall and...

You can render down past dpc as long as you have a bell cast to separate the dpc

The heat will transfer through the fire brick splits and the lintels will heat up but probably not enough to cause you too many problems. One issue you may encounter using concrete is the expansion and contraction of heating and cooling during use. You could line lintels first with RCF...

Exactly

If he has connected the new drainage up correctly it should run forever more and not give you any issues. wouldn’t get too worried

I’m sure you need air vents in a garage for the fumes if you plan on using it for a car.

I’m sorry but the brick work is rough as toast from the pictures you have sent in.

must’ve been awfully quick to throw that up in a day….I think you might be telling porkie pies

Been asked to do this alot lately even when the foundation was 400mm below ground level and a slab of 150 year old sandstone. just take a photo of it to pacify them if they ever ask about it…..which I doubt they will.

150mm

Put a photo up so we can have a look

We removed the damaged buttresses and rebuilt them with 7N block on flat. Movement like that happens over a lot of years not as if it happened over night…. That being said I wouldn’t want a wall like that in my back garden

Here’s one we recently looked at same story. wouldn’t want that falling on ye