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Some more bricklaying! Almost finished with the bricks, just 3 more courses left... Rain all day called for drastic measures though... One thing, i bought another batch of 120 bricks to finish today, and they're slightly different in size and colour, bummer.[/img]

But then the fence would be on neighbours patio, plus i would loose patio space with a double width wall, plus more materials needed. Ive decided to single brick wall with 2 pillars and fence bolt downs on the pillars, and the last post will be concreted so no pillar at gate entrance. Some...

Wall and fence removed and trench dug for footings.... Im still unsure how to rebuild it though?! Do i keep it how it was? (Fence posts spiked in floor and single brick wall between). Only problem is new wall will now be 8 courses high, with no pillars. Or do i build single wall...

How long lasting will the skim over the dri coat be? Ideally we would want to paint direct to the wall without papering if going to this amount of work. I've heard cracks appear when just a skim are done, and will it adhere well to the smooth surface? Ta

Basically, the plaster in the hallway is way past its best, many patch-ups, skims and crumbling has left a pretty shocking surface. I'm thinking the best approach really is to just rip it all off and start afresh on bare brick. A couple of the walls are external walls, and has had DPC...

Thanks! It's up for sale soon though, fancy something different. Finished work for xmas yesterday and need to get the patio finished before the new year, so braved the cold (it actually wasnt that bad today!)... More bricklaying, finished the curve and step, just need to rebuild the...

Snow stops play!

Which brings us to where we are today, some 6 months or so after starting (in my defence i travel out of the country a lot, and ive not had a jot of help from anyone other than my dad with the drainage!). We decided to add a large step onto the lawn, so more digging and foundations, and some...

It was time to start the edging and decide on any lighting we wanted. We decided on decking uplighters on a 12v system, specifically we went for the B&Q Select a Light system. 6 of the house edging bricks will have holes cut for the recessed deck lights, and the retaining wall/fence will...

With the drainage sorted, it was time to get some supplies... Point of note: Its not a great idea to get 1 tonne of sand and cement into a lowered Honda Integra... I got a bit hasty and spread the sub-base before doing any edging, leaving me with moving it away the edges to work...

Next step was to sort out the drainage. Previous patio had a high brick gulley for the dishwasher and sink water, and two external pipes at rear of property for bath and sink water from the downstairs bathroom. It was decided to replace both of these with osma bottle gullys with incorporated...

Been taking snaps as i go along so thought i might as well put them up. When we moved in, patio was a concrete base, and floor level was excessively high, so one of my first projects was to lower the ground level and redesign the area. This is what i came up with for the design...

Moved into house in summer, since putting the heating on we've noticed a few problems... Boiler clicking (mostly when turning off) - possibly tracked this down to room thermostat - when disconnected the clicking stops, and read something on net about current leakage in thermostat causing...