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yea i would suggest dont rush in and buy something just because your eager, looks like its going to cause you a lot of head-scratching and no guarantees it will look right, keep looking, be patient and one more suitable will turn, my mate watched em on eBay for months in fact he did everyone's...

probably weep holes

they sit like a normal window sits, just set back from the outside edge with the sill overhanging. we did a fairly deep footing, block work to just below ground level then a nice brick outer and thermalite inner, cavity insulation, concrete then screed floor and finally plastered the inside, we...

my mate bought a really nice conservatory for £180 off ebay, already dismantled and with no idea how it went together, i used the sill as a template and put him a base down and dwarf cavity wall up. while i did this he went town on the plastics cleaning them up like new. it went together quite...

if you go to a tile depot youll find that most places do a budget basic white tile very cheap, its the adhesive that cost a lot

taking them off is only half the battle, cleaning off the old adhesive will be a task in itself

if you think pointing isn't a skill, just have a go

if you ask a builder to quote a fixed price hes going to factor in every eventuality that might possibly happen, the quote would be enormous

it was you first compared building work to car servicing and ive never ever had a quote from mechanic, its always an estimate.

i did a number of bungalows for the council, engineer said 1 meter sections, and i also had to knock rebar half way into the sides before filling with concrete, it does make it difficult to dig the other sections out, but obviously it joins the sections and its much stronger

remove the wood, then take up all the the brickwork, take up the flooring that was under the wood and around the bricks. relay the flooring you've just taken up, obviously your going to be a bit short, so leave a big gap in front of the fireplace and lay or buy a hearth to fit in the gap. from...

lack of sunlight?

Boris with no hard hat or hi-viz or safety boots get ya phone out personally im looking the other way

when it was built a wooden frame would have been there with the brick on edge on top, ideally a lintel should have been put in when it changed to plastic but saying that the brickwork looks in good condition, although that might change when you take out the plastic frame, personally if the new...

the guy was honest and had the decency to let you know about his concerns i always find that a good quality to have id wait for the questionnaire

when you say "appears to be" are you basing this on looks? did you not ask them how many people they employ, how long theyve been established, had they done any similar work in the area, did they have photos, references? or did you just ask them for a price? my customers tend to engage me in...

walls dont collapse when you take out 3 or blocks, if you took out 4 blocks at most all that would fall is the 3 above that, then the 2 above those 3 and the 1 above that, 6 in total in a triangle shape. if you dont want to risk that happening use a strong boy, (you can hire them for a couple of...

theyd have been better off with fred dibna, in his hard hat and hi-viz, oh wait he wore overalls and a flat cap so all his years of experience in demolition would have counted for nothing as they wouldnt have let him on site

i think you understand wrongly

maybe heat, or maybe it was cracked when they put it in lol either way nothings cracked above it and it looks solid