Recent content by par1sons

Thanks Keith Have a read of this pal, even in smokeless zones you can still have a burner and burn wood https://www.woodfuel.coop/wood-fuel-guides/burning-wood-in-smokeless-zones/

So then, after taking out the edge bricks for the concrete lintel it quickly became apparent this brick wasnt collapsing, in fact getting the brickwork out was tough as hell, so i cancelled the strongboys hire. One thing which made me laugh when taking out the brickwork was the steel lintel...

Fillyboy, no plaster mate, leaving walls as brick and sealing, going for the industrial look lol

Strongboys are a good shout, for the cost of hiring them, it doesnt make sense not to use them. Ill rake the mortar and see whats there, im kind of hoping its still there that way im thinking to leave it and not put in an unsightly concrete lintel. Reason for opening back up is to have a multi...

Thanks lads for the replies. Yeah it's the mortar line which is suggesting to me it was once bigger by a brick length,, min either side and defo 3 bricks rows above. The steel lintel which you can see in the pic is only about 2 inches wide which surely is easy under spec which makes me think...

Hi Tiger, my house is detached and is the only one of its style so i cant get a lead of any of the neighbours unfortunately. I was looking at the brickwork again today and i have a fair few header bricks across the wall, plus my chimney stack is on the outside of the property which makes me...

Hi all, So ive purchased this property built around 1930/40 and i want to open up a blocked fireplace. Over the weekend i stripped everything back but not all that happy at the opening size for what i have in mind. Looking at the brickwork however, it would suggest to me that the fireplace...

Right then a things have happened since I last posted about my ongoing roof problems. Cumbrianroofer you are 100% right in what you say but little did I know that different roof tiles require different pitches etc. So when I organised the council inspector to come out and inspector the...

Nice one thanks for that.

yep thats right nothing in writing. The builder to be fair seems to be an honest person so perhaps his material costs were as he states but i believe thats his fault for not quoting the job correctly. Its a shame the cost of the roof went up so much but given the fact a week prior to giving me...

im no roofer nor no builder BUT, with my roofing problems at the mo, the roofer has nailed every tile making it very hard to simply slide and pull out incase of problems in the future. I thought roofers generally nailed a row and then left the next 2/3 rows un-nailed and then the next row nailed...

sorted my eaves trays out saturday and whilst i had a load of tiles off my canopy and garage roof the bloody builder turned up...he was not happy with me. I explained i wasnt happy with the installation of the trays and i felt i had do it correctly myself. My roof is still leaking and was...

:mrgreen: ha ha brilliant, Jeremy Beadle lol :lol: Thanks for clearing this issue up. I will tell the builder and the roofer they have installed hundreds of eaves trays incorrectly around the county which will please them no end

Hi again Should eaves trays be overlapped? my builder is saying they should be butted up but i have found evidence supporting my theory that they need overlapping. Can you helpful people shed some light for me Tar all andy