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yes just wood. with cladding. thank you.

Hi, We are 'upgrading' a stand alone wooden carport to something a little more robust with a sectional garage door , similar in design to this My lintel Q is looking at the RHS. When I say robust this means cavity brick walls on the garage walls with a sectional garage door at the front...

Hi Slab is 5" c40 with a393 mesh, runs to the drain 4m away. Drain's simply in the wrong place but I think we've figured what to do. The easiest option, I can afford to lose some space over one side so brickie is going to build in front of it. Keeps everything as it should be I.e rainwater on...

For Gods sake, no neighbour dispute, we get along just fine so why not take a more positive view of life ! I was just asking for ideas that's all..

Hi. it runs under the slab so we can't cut into it at ground level. The drain is 4m away so maybe it's got to be a new run and cap this off which is a shame.

Hi, our rainwater pipe is set too far in the base. You can see in the picture if we build the cavity wall inside it we'll lose 2 block and cavity 100mm thickness on 2 walls which is a bit too much. In the pictures you can see this. Q. Whats the best way around this? Cutting blocks to cut in...

Hi, for several reasons I've got a narrow pathway down the side of our building. It used to be a bit wider and all one level for a couple of meters. Each year I'd put step ladders on and clean out the guttering but now its only 37cm wife, step ladders are a min 40 to 43 wide so obviously I'm...

Hi, After a difficult time we have said goodbye to our builder last week. My other thread about the joint gaps between blocks (here) was just one of the many issues we were having. He's packed up and gone on Friday we are left with a building site. Luck/fate smiled and we have a very...

Thank you for the responses. Could I ask what is wrong with the blocks in the way they have been laid ? My concern was the thickness of the joint but I'm guessing there's more to this than I first thought? Many thanks again, Kevin

I didn't mention that in the post but I did. Left a voice message and text, I'm not that crass but it's a good point. I wouldn't like it either.

So measured the joints are between 32mm and 39mm. Wall was originally going to have another laying down block on top then a facing brick to achieve the level required but the thickness of 4 joints ( there would have been another above and below the laying down block) world have added as much as...

Thank you. I will upload images shortly.

Hi Some sanity check please. Our builder has just downed tools. Costs were ballooning and we wanted to know why but the final straw, his final walk off argument, is it's our fault we can't make up our mind and keep interfering. Long story short do 7.3 concrete blocks need thicker joint. ...

Hi, building a garage with low wood roof, bitumen tiles so very little weight. Previous posts have shared info that to ensure best protection against condensation inside a cavity wall is the way to go. Blockwork seems the quickest way to erect the wall. It doesn't need to look nice, it will...

Thanks, yes considered that but it's 7m wide so thoughts were to block build the 4m garage side which is a bit more solid.