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many thanks guys indemnity ?? sorry never heard of it could you explain please

ok thanks rob ,so in your opinion it shouldn't, cause any complications in the sale of the house then ??

hi people im selling my house at the moment , however the original plans were for a single story dwelling , but the last owner put 2 x bedrooms in the roof ,when he was building the house ,25 years ago now the buyers solicitors are questioning this ,is this going to cause a big problem ?? any...

I think 15mm is to much I would go for 5 to 10 mm max

agreed ronny its 9 inches thick (1 brick ) that is why taking down is not an option

2 bricks thick equals 18 inches are your wall this thick ?

agree use full fill insulation better job anyway

it looks like the house is one brick thick so rebuilding is not an option , I would repoint and seal and sell !!!

yep they are a right pain in the arse they fall through the scaffold easily as well, not sure what happened to plastic ties havnt used them for 20yrs now :D

I would use normal mortar with waterproofer in the mix for the patio and cut a drip in the overhanging slabs , as said by the others I would think tha :D ts whats causing the bricks to blow. an airbrick wouldn't go a miss either

was there an airbrick in the bit you knocked down ?

wall starter would be much better it also allow for movement :D

the frost has had it , basically the top 10 to 20 mm of mortar has perished , never had a wall blow 2 years after I built it though and the larger brick wall we done is sound

i would guess 2 days for 3 blokes ! not something I can afford at the momement

I used a 6.1.1 mix as I do on all my stonework and its blown this winter , never had any problems like this before on all the walls ive done the client paid the contractor and the contractor paid me , the clients were very nice people tea and cakes everyday so it makes it worse , I also...

I built a stone wall for a contractor 3 years ago which has blown , this winter just gone , I built the wall in the summer, so do I repoint for free or say sorry mate cant help you, the contactor no longer trades.

if you measure the bricks in your photo the overall thickness of the wall is about 250 to 300 mm, your house is only 220 mm so its a solid wall no cavity :D

yep solid wall

any steelwork I always put on padstones and always use :D a genie if I can

dear job 30 k cheap job 20k :D