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Is it cement or lime? And how many bricks in total and how many with the problem?

What ever you do, don't abandon the extension project. Lets have a thread on DIYnot where someone is actually doing some DIY for a change ;) PS milk, no sugar, large mug please.

Ask the BCO what to do!!

From observations of similar retaining walls that have leaned. Perhaps Woody only expects builds to last a few years? Now, Chudley does say you can build a small retaining wall in height 2 - 4 times its width, and as drawn this one is less than 4, but I would beef it up and reading Chudley...

The wall as drawn would also start to lean before too long. The book - Building and Construction handbook, has details on building retaining walls that would suit your requirements

Or maybe the forum should be renamed "Find you local tradesman - cash jobs only no VAT"?

This forum is slowly turning into a low-end project manager's forum instead of a DIY forum. Moderators where are you??!!

what is your question?

What type of 18mm ply did you have in mind?

You worry me. Do you remember the sitcom 'Some mothers do 'av 'em' with the hopeless Frank Spencer's DIY efforts?

why don't you forget digging the footting and building the wall and instead suggest you attach your extension onto his wall and tell him it will reduce his annual energy bill. He may go for it.

I advise you to summon up the effort to look in your loft, you will feel so much better for it.

Mr Woody, I am sorry to observe you are resorting to sarcasm. I did not ask about repairing bitumen roofing felt - I do know how to do that. Regarding the rubber, is there a proven method for sticking rubber roofing sheet together on site? For example, you cannot stick 2 pieces of rubber...

I cannot understand your street talk jon boy.

I hope you will not need to remove the part completed roof and start again :shock: What a silly billy

What are you on about?

As long as you have the torch and bottle (ebay), torch-on is OK and not messy. How does torch-on compare to rubber price wise? How do you repair rubber if it becomes damaged?

It will be fine that way, but I would knock it down from the bottom up as it will make taking the bricks out (since they will fall out) and clearing the masonry easier. You could leave the ones in the wall until last and do them from top down. If the wall behind the breast was poorly made...

It seems you need to get out more FMT

What would your late brother Freddy say if he saw this temper tantrum?