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you could always add a few buttresses, they add incredible strength to a wall, but nobody seems to want to them any more, its all rebar and concrete these days

yep it does

Adding more Loft insulation cured the one I was talking about

my advice, live in it for a while, what needs changing will become clear in time

seen it before with studded walls, but not with brick

believe it or not hes a local builder doing the house up to sell or rent, there was no window there before, hes split the small front bedroom into two so added it. i went to look at the house when it was up for sale and it was literally a shell, ex drug den, everything was gone even the floors...

nothing will give, like woody said just chop out a few that when you put in new bricks they will bridge the crack and tie it in.

if you think youve taken away the mould and stopped the actions that caused the mould, then it shouldnt come back

is there a block shortage where you are ? around here, notts, £1000 will get you around 10 cubic meters of concrete, thats about 6x more than he needs for the footing unless of course hes filling the trench to the top and casting the garage floor with it as well

i would say no planing required round here, but all councils have their own different sets rules, have you looked on your local councils website? id leave the gas fire in just in case you want to work on the car in the winter :D

i cant see you having any problems, i bet the windows the same width as a standard garage door too, when it was converted into a room how did they construct the inner skin? and does this have to be taken out? if theres room id leave it in place also the fixtures and fittings, its handy to have...

my point is a pond expert said use 100mm blocks, the customer wants it like the expert says, whats the problem? of course im guessing to become an expert he must have built quite a lot of ponds and know what hes talking about. tell the customer you have reservations, (get them to sign a waiver...

i think a pond expert has said 100mm are fine, its only 1m deep and as long as its backfilled properly its not goin anywhere

nothing wrong with taking out the bottom as long as its supported

outside tap been ****ing all over by any chance?

go for option two, not forgetting to hire a wacker plate. but to answer your question on the patching bags of tarmac are pretty good, it takes a bit of time but you can feather it in, what you wont avoid though is the difference in colour, the new stuff will be a lot darker, plus it lays better...

ok its a wooden shed so forget the bricks, and no i dont think an inch will make that much difference, and i dont think its a bodge to use shims, especially not slate, the slate will protect the the wood from the damp concrete, for the amount of time and effort its going save i think its your...

whats the workshop made out of? an inch isnt a great deal? why not have a level course of blue bricks laid all around the edge where the workshop is being built, build the workshop on the bricks, then in the summer screed the inside

no thats not acceptable as a lintel