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The fridge makes the air inside it cold, so the heat it takes out, could that help to balance the cold morning air in the adjacent cupboard? Perhaps if I built the wall between the fridge compartment and the cupboard compartment with air gaps, then that heat might pass through and help prevent...

Anything clever I could do with piping whatever comes out of the fridge as it keeps the contents cool into the neighbouring cupboard???

Having thought about it a little I did wonder if it might affect the strength - any thoughts on an alternative solution? DPM the cupboard floor only? Or would this be pointless without something in the brickwork? A waterproof additive to the mortar perhaps, that does the job of the DPM?

Hi all I'm building a BBQ with an adjacent granite worksurface supported on brick with a pair of cupboards below, one for general storage and once for a fridge. I'd like it all to be as dry as possible inside, both for the stuff in the cupboard and also for the fridge. The whole lot is being...

Here’s your answer, Slipery… The morning’s takings attached in the photo…

What useful things do they do?

So we have the same problem as many no doubt with slugs eating all the stuff we’ve bought and just planted. So frustrating. So frustrating in fact that my partner read up on the subject and decided to go with “beer traps”. Which basically means feeding them pots of my best lager and hoping they...

It's actually "W&S Wrotham" - a local brick company (I live in Wrotham, Kent - these were found around the house and garden as were most of the bricks used. I can't find any record of "W&S" so not sure when the bricks were made but I would guess late 19th or early 20th century. I found about 7...

This looks great - what do you heat the plastic with to make it soft enough?

Pretty much finished the patio a couple of months later. Took a long time because I jet washed every single brick, cleaned off all the old mortar, and had to cut a lot of them down to make the half bricks for some of the pattern. But I'm really pleased with the result. It's a really nice...

The picture Mike has linked is what is likely under your slabs. Using dabs means there are effectively a few blobs of concrete under each slab, which means if you step between the blobs there is no support = extra stress on the slab which leads to the crack. The blobs are easier cheaper and...

Hello all I’m about to turf an area that used to be an old overgrown vegetable patch which was taken over by bindweed. I’ve dug out as much as I can but the stuff is relentless as I’m sure you all know. Do I need to kill it all off before laying the turf or will it die back because of the...

OK - so the current thinking then, is a couple of concrete lintels across and then 20 x block paving "bricks" (4 rows of 5 bricks each) onto the lintels onto which the coals sit. Small gaps between the lintels and the pavers give the coals a bit of air and then the grill over the top of all...

Hello all Looking to build a brick BBQ, and have a few questions about products to use along the way. Firstly, it's going to be in an area where I have fastidiously chiselled, cleaned and laid about 1,000 old reclaimed bricks of various different sizes (so frankly it was a pain, but looks...

Hello all Looking to build a brick BBQ, and have a few questions about products to use along the way. Firstly, it's going to be in an area where I have fastidiously chiselled, cleaned and laid about 1,000 old reclaimed bricks of various different sizes (so frankly it was a pain, but looks...

I have no idea how much of a slope you should put in and doubt there's much of a science to it other than, the more the slope the better the run off so I guess for you its a trade off between levelness for activities and run-off for drainage (if indeed this will work on a clay lawn - others may...

I would guess it depends on 2 things - how well the area under drained before, and what is going between the pavers, ie if it's sand that will aid draining. A small fall won't do any harm whilst you're at it and isn't hard to achieve. I love the plans - can I ask how you did them? Is it free...

Thanks for the reply. I've found a blog elsewhere of someone who did very similar and the results with sand between the bricks as per block paving look excellent so I'm boing with that. I think it will drain off better that way too. Will try and add some photos here as I go. So far I've put...

Hello all I’m laying a patio in an old traditional walled garden and have a lot of very old reclaimed type bricks I would like to use for it. I have levelled the area and have bulk bags of MOT sub base and sharp sand for the bed to lay the bricks onto much as you would for block paving...

Thanks On original question though - does it matter if I do posts or wacker plate first?