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Mark If your pitch is 40 degrees then your plumb cuts will be 50 degrees as you say. On the birdsmouth the heel cut will also be 50 degrees and the seat cut 40 degrees. The birdsmouth is usually cut at one third or less along the heel cut line, though this is not always the case. If you are...

All I can say about using a JCT is that I've never had a single problem with any payments. If you think money will be held back because of problems with your work, then don't give a guarantee.

Use a JCT Minor Works Contract. Very simple to use. At the end of the job an agreed amount ( usually 2.5%) is held by the client for an agreed time ( usually 6 months ). Any defects occuring during the agreed period are put right by the builder and at the end of the period the builder gets the...

No protected trees, though I didn't want to take any down anyway. I topped some sycamores where the branches would be overhanging the garage. That was a bit hairy on 70ft-80ft trees. The garage has been up for four years and there has not been any problems with the trees apart from the...

Delinquent, I've a lot of trees in my garden so when I built my garage it was going to be close to trees. I've around 14 large trees within 2m of the garage, the nearest is probably less than 500mm. The foundations vary from around 750mm to about 1200mm. There was no problem with planning...

I know my employers liabilty insurance should "should he even have any" cover his employees for accidents in the place, but how this works exactly I do not know. Chippy, I think you'll find that his employers liability insurance is not there for your benefit but for his own. If he's...

I've just built 3 stud walls that are structural walls. One will have a stairs built onto it and the other two are taking triple trimmers which carry the floor joists. Anyone taking out these walls thinking that they are not supporting anything, because they are stud walls, will have most of...

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a piece of brick sometimes known as "king" or "queen" used to fill in an irregular space not big enough for a full size or half brick, which will get the course back in bond. But they are not closures. I learned brickwork in the classroom as well as on site, there you are taught what...

What are closures?

Name ; Chris Age ; 51 Location ; Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Status ; Married 4 kids, 11, 8, 6, 7 months Job ; Builder Hobbies ; Karate Instructor, ju jitsu, aikido, I fancy trying kendo next Interests ; History, metal detecting, at the...

If you do put a DPM in you can lap it under the DPC on the sleeper walls. Also use a wide enough DPC to sit under your timbers and up the back of the joists against internal wall. I wouldn't really want a DPM, any water that gets in should be able to soak away. But if you're in a radon area...

Tawelfryn 1+1 was good for me too. Earned some very good money as 1+1 with my little brother. I use the word little, a bit loosly, as a bet he once carried 16 thermalites across the site and up a ladder onto the first lift. He couldn't put them down though. I done quite well as a 2+2 as...

He may even get the brickwork finished in time for the coronation. :lol:

Every Sunday morning I teach karate for a couple of hours. I've got two youngsters going for their black belts in July so we do a lot of stamina and body conditioning. Every Sunday afternoon I moan about the aches and pains.

gangman you must pick and choose your work, because its only possible to lay that many on the flanks,doing windows doors ect not possible to lay 1000+, reminds me of the asylum seekers here in london being payed less to run the line in while british guys building the corners on day rate thats a...

I'm amazed you've not seen 1000 a day on houses. In your area is it mainly daywork or pricework for brickies? In areas that only gave pricework, when things got a bit hard you had to be able to lay the bricks just to make a wage. Pricework makes you speed up, but you need the right mental...

gangman laying 2000 a day , he prolly end up with sciatica and wont earn 200 when hes 40 yr old :) That's funny, you really haven't got a clue have you. I'm past that age and I haven't got sciatica, and as for 200 any tradesman who works for me gets at least that. If you're happy...

The average working hours here is 8 hours a day if that , 680 minutes devide that into 2000 roughly every 20 seconds you lay a bed lay a brick and joint up lmao, do you stop to have a cig inbetween? we lay on average 500 maybe less around windows and the suby still earns ,thats a fact iam...