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mate has something similar concreted into his garden, every year he puts a big xmas tree in it :)

cant really tell much from the picture but id say no it hasn't got a lintel I would expect to be able to see it under the soldiers

maybe he didn't want to fill the whole house with red dust

why did you have to post that ? how long now till someone asks if they can use it to build their extension ;)

I just want to say its not as easy as it looks and you really should consider paying someone to lay them. ive seen the bricky thing on tv, they look slow to use and im not convinced its as easy as they make it look either, never used one though, but why would I when I am a brickie lol

take out the old seal and push the new one directly into the pipe

we've used a concrete base when block paving petrol station forecourts, but even then the paving isn't laid directly onto the concrete.

yea the rooms will be smaller

if I charge an hourly, this does include breaks, however if you class a break as stopping work at set times and sitting down then I rarely take a break, I don't stop if im made a cuppa I drink it while I work and tend not to eat much at work either, if I do I can eat on the go, id sooner get...

oh dear what a mess that looks I agree it looks like you have a brick arch under the render, if so then you wont need to do anything to the top, just cut out the bottom. I would be tempted to take the render off though to make sure and because it looks awfull

post some pictures mate

I used to use a small bottle as a tool to get a really smooth finish

it happens a lot, when it was built the original wooden windows could take the weight but as they have been replaced by plastic the bricks have dropped a bit, its not a big job it just needs a lintel putting in.

can you not just stud it? using timber and plasterboards

cut from the front then cut from the back?

hammer and chisel or carefully with a grinder

you forgot to tell him what mix they used lol

with subsidence you would expect cracks on the outside as well as the inside. but if the repairs to the inside wall are such a bodge id be worried they might have bodged the underpinning as well.

what a cheek, unless he has something official in writing then he had no right to touch any shared walls, I would tell him your going to open it up and begin using it again and if the party wall is missing you will be putting it back up and consider himself lucky your not billing him for it.

if the air brick was blocked solid then nothing was getting washed into it, the air brick is to stop the under the floor from getting damp and rotting your joists, so the fact it was blocked is probably why its damp