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draw around a 4" pipe where you want the hole and go hire a core drill, this will give you a perfect hole through the wall.

takes 28 days to reach its designed strength, but build on the next day when it is nice and green

60 bricks in a square metre x 115=6900 add 5% for wastage comes to 7250 hope this helps

great bit of info , just done mine works a treat

your best bet would be a catnic box lintol, but they can be dear as you would need a 3m one.

if a 3+1 gang could not lay more than 1000 in a day neatly then they are not bricklayers.not sure what rates they pay elsewhere in the country but i live in shropshire which borders staffordshire so the rates are about right for a gang.

yes that is fine , another way is to fix a batten to the wall so the bottom of it is level with top of concrete and remove it the next day.

a bit dear i think blocks £1 each bricks £360 per thousand insulation 50 pence per sheet .these are about the rates being paid now so for cash it should be a little cheaper. i would not bother having a go yourself could turn into an expensive mistake

i think we could confuse the op here, i think he just wants to practice with a weak mix till he gets the hang of it, so no cement is needed

i stopped at one of aph car parks once and was told 5 mins from airport, was about 20 mins away never again, actually went past the airport i think we were actually in coventry

should not be a problem, you will not need to worry about planning or building control as this is not classed as a fire door

it was a long time since i was in college, but we used sand and lime mixed at 8 sand and one lime. be careful with the lime not nice in the eyes. easy to clean off the bricks and remix

thanks for that i will phone them tomorrow,not worth the hassle of buying the part then trying to fix it . thanks

thanks for your reply , is hotpoint call out a fixed fee with no extras . thanks

hi guys , i think the baring has gone on my hotpoint wma50P , it makes a dreadful noise on spin, when i took the top off there was a trace of oil all round the machine. how do i get to this part as the back does not come off this machine only the front and is it worth fixing or new machine ?

going up to liverpool for a day on the beer so need to get it done and believe it or not they have got a decorator in on sunday to stick wallpapar up in there

hi all, i have a small job to do tomorrow it is about 5sqm bonding and skimming, here is the hard part it is about 30mm deep i need to be finished by 12pm does anybody have any short cuts, i said to the foreman to dab some boards on and skim but he wont have that need your help guys. :(

natural yogurt should do the trick

use a scutch chisel it will clean it off much quicker. as woody said the dryer the better

you could leave the tiles on the cill and tile over them, but make sure you score the tiles underneath and allow plenty of time before grouting.