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I'm planning a garden wall, 1 brick thick (ie two skins), 7 courses high. There'll be a 10m stretch, a curved stretch (of about 5m), then a 15m stretch. The question is, do I need vertical movement joints? Some sources talk about movement joints for brickwork in general - usually suggesting...

i'm thinking about block paving my driveway, but have a couple of questions if anyone has any tips please. the drive currently has paving slabs down - the bigish ones found on street pavements. i was wondering if i could use these instead of a sub-base - it seems like it would give a lot...