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I have a better solution that worrying about the thickness of the joint. Use yer brain not yer size 10

If you won’t see it (if it’s getting rendered if it’s the outer leaf or plasterboarded over it being the inner) I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

To me that’s a no brainer then get it delivered with probably 1 or 2 guys bringing it round for you (whilst you hold the rake obviously) with zero mixing required.(y)(y)

I’d price getting concrete delivered and barrowed round if possible. Sometimes cheaper, quicker and saves you mixing it.

Try and find someone who has been recommend by someone you know for their work. Nothing better than word of mouth. If your just going on a whim they could be a fast tidy trowel or a complete tadger

All the lintels would be taking is the weight of the new wall, cills, and window to be asked to dig a metre down for that seems totally over kill 150mm of concrete would be fine

Cheers bob 1. I know how copes are meant to go I done the garden next door aswel (different cope) 2. Copes are overly large because as the wall progresses it changes size to 450mm 3. I’m no doing the render so no overly fussed about what the roughcaster does when I’m gone. 4. I’ll get you...

Hey guys, replacing copes on a job after we removed the roughcast and existing copes the weight of the iron gate has pulled the top piece of stone loose. I was thinking of drilling through the loose piece of stone and straight into the wall placing rebar in and epoxying back into place and...

Top job would be proud of that myself

2 years down the line...... your wife is patient

Hey guys interesting topic, so just to clarify a wall built bonded in this manor has more compressive strength than a single course of block on flat half bonded??

Well not speaking from experience but usually the guy standing outside ladbrokes with the slavers on his mouth smells like baby food. anyway should defo shop yer neighbours cannabis is a gateway drug ruins life’s leads to crime

Well not speaking from experience but usually the guy standing outside ladbrokes with the slavers on his mouth smells like baby food. anyway should defo shop yer neighbours cannabis is a gateway drug ruins life’s leads to crime

Phone the police on them cannabis is illegal. this needs stamping out next thing you’ll be smelling heroin through your floorboards.

Don’t know about down south but up in Scotland most buildings are joined with wall starters now don’t see many getting toothed out at all. Sure it’s because of new foundations settling and causing cracking etc

Aye as I said it looks kinda rough an for nearly £1000 I would be asking him to sort it out it’s not a big job to fix out (y) good luck telling him your not happy though :D

Size is the porch? It’s Easy for people to criticise others work online with no context of price spec tradesman's ability etc...

Looks to me he’s started a bit lower than the original building and is trying to bed up to catch the height....if he’s just built that corner I can’t see why he’s not just removed the broken brick and replaced it?? Would be a 5 min job.....kind of rough are you paying him top rate???

Hey guys. What's a good sand lime mix for repointung a bit of old soft sandstone? Also it looks like it has been built with sharp sand and lime mix is this how I should go about it? Last question is it hydrolic or hydrated lime?? Thanks

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-46454844 Just outside Glasgow had some disasters anaw :eek: