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Cheers guys. Laying bricks I found to be quite easy , blocks are a pain. Pointing things up well I found in the beginning to be harder than laying The main problem with having no experience is the time it takes . Something that would take a brickie two hours to lay was taking me two days in...

Gable blues . So I’ve ran out of reds an only have 8 left and my local shop ain’t got any left but I still need to do the final course at the top of the gable . Apart from a bit of front damage that needs repointing I’m quite impressed with my results so far taking into account I had never laid...

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Thanks woody. And thanks for the picture.

Cheers woody so mine is sort of ok . I also forgot to add I put ties in across each perp between a brick and block if you want to come down and finish for me though I wouldn’t say no.

I couldn’t find anything online showing the correct way to knit blocks and bricks together and I assume it’s an ok thing to do. So I did it in the only way that seemed sensible .but the old man 3 doors up who apparently was a builder came round to see what I was doing and said you can’t do...

Yeah your both probably right . It’s just that I dislike block walls with silly little cuts and hoping there was another way around it ,Even though in the back of my head I think I knew that was what I probably needed to do . Just gotta work out the best lay it out

If you saw the size of my angle grinder you wouldn’t be saying that: :) It’s like using a Dremel.

I’m building a garage the main side that you can see is brick but the back gable is gonna be rendered blocks . Due to this in order to keep the front looking good the bricks are being knitted into the blocks around the corner on the gable end . I’m sure you understand what I mean. It’s a...

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Nice looking garage

Cool ,thank you all. I don’t really want to mechanically fix them as I also don’t like the look even though it seems an easier way to install especially as it’s still a challenge keeping brick faces etc mortar free . Next question if I may . The garage is 6 meters long and I want the roof...

Having never built anything before I decided to build a new house by myself . However after the wife had her say I decided to scale down my plans and opted to build a new garage instead . but to make things more difficult I decided to build it around the existing metal garage as I can’t remove...

My opinion hasnt changed.

No a good idea if they have a legal right to drain through your land. The problem is not all of these types of rights are recorded onto deed as some are implied And if they have a right and they sued you, you will be made to replace the hopper and pay them damages. On top of that...