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I've done worktops for both offspring as well as a couple of rentals and at least 2 iterations of home, Son's was worst as he wanted a Belfast sink so no lip to hide roughness. My approach is drill the corners to give a nice radius then bulk of cuts using circular saw. Mine (Evolution) doesn't...

"God does entitle you not to sell at a loss" In what universe?? Get real mate This has sat in your front room for more than 2 years, you've huffed and puffed and spent another grand trying to get rid because you're entitled not to make a loss?? You asked in post 1 for us to be gentle: kinda...

The brickwork to the house looks pretty good in fact.

Mac, you're in a good place here. An interesting job with the architect well vested and a chance to influence the engineering to make life easy for yourself. Since foundations have only to carry the weight of the building down to a suitable strata that will carry the load and not be affected by...

I'm confused OP. You only posted on Saturday but you now say it's been on Ebay long enough to not get sold? And you pulled it because you had to get your money back: I've never used Ebay but surely you get longer than that. You've made an expensive mistake thinking you had a real bargain for a...

The SE follows a logical path here. First he determines the loads acting and this together with the opening width determines the beam size. Next step is to ensure that the bearing stress under the end of the beam is less than the allowable for the material it's sitting on and this is uually a...

In a typical house the outer skin is brick so stronger than the inner skin, usually lightweight block. Both sit on same foundation. So the answer to your question is yes. FWIW we rarely consider the foundations at all unless we're dealing with proper big steels.

If you're on an estate then it's quite possible that this has been done elsewhere and BC will be clued up. It looks like a 150 deep box lintel: they are pretty strong

Personally I would just bed the slabs on concrete rather than faff around with 2 materials for the quantities involved. Fabric down first, slit it to confirm to the slab holes if neccessary. A 5to1 (all in ballast to cement) mix so it's nice and rich to bond to the slab and make it wet enought...

Sign of a careless tradesman I fear but in the real world shouldn't be an issue.

From an auction? This is a time to accept a rash decision and make the best of it. My opinion is that a simple stick welder with very few variables is the best way to learn to weld. Get the feel of the process and go from there.

Stick it on Ebay as is: don't be throwing good money after bad

Fair play to you for wanting to have a go. The first thing is to do is obviously to decide on the size and as said above is this internal or external. Also important is how accurate it needs to be: a box wants to be strong and good square edges to the pieces are an important part of this. The...

Then the light installation was likely the start of the problem: heavy handed use of an sds started cracks, water penetrated, rust started to form expanding so opening crcks for more water to enter. Get freezing temperatures and ice effects added to mix

How about an old fashioned drawing board if you can find one. Must be loads still about.

First off I very much doubt it's concrete cancer which is a term assosciated with Alkali Aggregate Reaction, a serious but mercifully rare condition, and rather normal spalling due to the expansive forces generated by rusting rebar after water has got into cracks in the concrete and done its...

Did they actually have to make a visit instead of relying on photos as is their normal wont? Unless their terms and conditions specify how many visits they've made allowance for and you've had more then tell them to go whistle and you will raise an official complaint with RICS or whatever...

I'd have to say false economy not replacing the light but all you really need is an instruction sheet for a simlar one. Then go back to your inspectors who you have paid to protect your interests and ask why they have accepted such an obvious and basic error. I assume there was a load of...

Well it's your "builder" that's done the work so the finish is on him. I would expect to see a nice lead flashing over the upstand as a mnimum but a proper coping stone would be best with the roof covering up to it, again with a flashing. The roof light should certainly have an uostand: I'll...

Whatever layout you choose, make sure SWMBO is happy with it before you start.