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Great read, :) We called them "daps" here too, and it was "Ip dip birds Sh*t" :lol: Also forgot to mention the building of "bogeys" or "gambo's" as some called them, out of wood and pram wheels :lol:

Sounds like weepvents, they are there over horizontal damp trays to let any water that might accumulte there out

One thing that gets me is on forums, or ebay etc. The number of people who put "off" instead of "of", and "brought" instead of "bought". eg. I brought it, instead of, I bought it. It was one off many, instead of, It was one of many. :roll:

Kick the illegals out, and let the Ghurkas stay. Then employ them to guard the tunnel and ferries. Lets see how many try and come across then! :wink:

I hear what you are saying woody, and on these type of tie I would agree, http://www.sigexpress.co.uk/Wall-Ties-and-Restraint-Fixings/Ancon-RT2-Wall-Ties.htm But on these ties no way, these suckers dont budge an inch, and are more commonly being used, every brickies nightmare...

Always amused me expansion joints, They want the wall to expand and contract, yet they specify, wall ties tying the two leaves, (or nailed to timber frame) at every course of blocks, or 3 courses of bricks, either side of the joint, cant see it doing much expansion or contraction myself after...

A mate of mine trold me about this mybuilder thingy.com, where customers try and get them as low as possible, I have no arguements about that, every one wants a bargain, but be careful, the old saying about paying peanuts.......... and all that for a garage slab with a car on it C35 concrete is...

ah I see, I didn't know that, bought mine new on April 04, So now its costing me £60 a year more from now on :( I bet its the same engine too!

Just cost me £180 for mine, how come? :(

Dole :(

we need more bob dole, always makes me laugh!

Not all this again Nose? Groan :roll:

brilliant speech, wish our pm had the same guts

if it really is a lot of materials, hire an all terrain forklift

If I understand your question correctly, your making an opening on an internal load bearing wall? You say the wall is two courses, you mean side by side crating a solid 9" wall? then a reinforced concrete lintel is fine, (as you will make good over the top) but your going to need TWO of what...

Yep same here noseall, +3 is the main contractors rules on the site I'm on. Lost loads of time this winter so far :(

nod32 is showing a virus on this page godog.H worm

Happened with my X, "I want a break" is the old one. Knew it was downhill from there.

Yes the 2 recessed washers were new with the new sani block, I will check r/h/s when I strip it all down again, but its definitely dripping from the left where the sani block is. I will get 2 more new washers and have another go, and try the silicon grease as well, it just seems silly to me that...

Didnt have to touch the right hand side, as the sani block is on the left, the thin bolt goes through the plastic housing, and screws into the heat exchanger, there was no washer on it :? Yes they came with the new sani block Cheers all