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Evening, Maybe a long shot but does anyone recognise this brick? Thanks Jake

Evening woody , I’m not sure how easy it will Be to bond them In as it’s a single skin wall it’s joining on to and insulated on the inside, These are the wall starters I’ve been using but not sure if these are flexible or rigid ones? Thanks Jake

That’s a good question just don’t know how I can fit a cavity in 215mm.

Afternoon, I need to build a pillar on a external wall to fit a new door ( extension ? The pillar basically needs to be the size of a standard dense concrete block laid flat Height: 215 mm Length: 440 mm Width: 100 mm Would it be structurally strong enough to lay these flat and stack bond...

Perfect thanks noseal knew you would know :) Regards Jake

Hi noseal, Thanks for your reply and apologies for the confusion The porch is already there , at present this is just a canopy over the front window the adjoins the porch. Eventually when we have pp the window will be brought forward to create a bay and level at the front My question is the...

Hi, Apologies another question re my bay window to be. The council are happy with my canopy (and porch and happy that it doesn’t need planning permission / regs but I’m trying to do as much as I can to finish it off so when I do put in pp for my bay window it will be easier and quicker to...

Hi, I’m just about to ask for planning permission for a bay window … well I’m not actually sure it’s a bay window lol but may be classed as one, we are wanting to put some French doors at the front of the house instead of the window but will be moving it forward around 1 metre creating a bay...

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Hi, Not really sure where to post this but here seems a good pace lol Our broadband provider is virgin and we have a brown junction box outside which connects to a white box inside that goes to the router. Does anyone know what kind of cable goes from the brown box to the white box? Is it...

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Afternoon, My wife and I are not gardeners however we are going to attempt to lay some turf in the garden for the children to play on this summer, when we purchased this house it was on a bit of a mess and the garden even more so… what grass there is isn’t really grass more dandelions and weeds...

hi thanks for your reply’s , it was built around 1930’s, I think I’ll have to cut two rafters and our loft looks pretty much like this ( pitched roof) Thanks Jake

Hi I’m going to be installing a velux into my loft in the next month, it’s been sat in my living room for 6 months lol anyway I know I have to double up my rafters either side … do these need to go all the way to the wall plate or just so far? I’m going to really struggle taking them to the...

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Hi Can you still build with a 100mm cavity or does it have to be 150mm Thanks Jake

Thanks for you reply woody… we are building a deck area in front of the shed and the garden slopes lol so need the height otherwise I’d agree with slabs Best wishes Jake

Hi all, just preparing for a new shed summer house we are going to be building in the next 3 months, we are trying to get the garden sorted for this summer as it’s never been in a condition for the children to play in it however I’m struggling finding the answer re foundations. It will be wood...

Hi, It may sound obvious until I start speaking lol . We are going to be prepping a concrete base for a shed/ garden shed thing ready for the warmer months until We get get around to building it. Normally I would dig dow 3inch fill that with type 1 The 3-4 inch base on that shuttered the...