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He does say early on 4:1 with "sharp ie concreteing sand*

The cut isn't an issue so long as the masonry is sound, which it sertainly appears to be.

I doubt £15k would be anywhere near enough if push came to shove. You have very restricted access at the low level and we can't see what's above. These kind of walls are quick and cheap to construct in open fields which is why developers like them and they look quite attractive. The most common...

3m is a substantial wall, especially when it's so close to the house: I would be very cautious too. A wavy line could mean poor construction or could of course indicate movement. Personaly I'd avoid this one.

I don't know if they still do, but Wickes used to sell wardrobe kits. They were pretty good as I recall and adaptable to different configurations: fitted a set for my sisiter many years ago. Another option might be build a frame and get made to measure doors. Hotdoors (Bishops Stortford area)...

Loosely speaking the terms are interchangeable. You only really need to worry about the timbers if there's any damage (rot, physical) or if you are substantially changing the loading on the roof by using heavier tiles which might require structural reinforcement It would be the height of folly...

I'd be grateful your guy is prepared to take the time hit to avoid compromising the work.

I've done worktops for both offspring as well as a couple of rentals and at least 2 iterations of home, Son's was worst as he wanted a Belfast sink so no lip to hide roughness. My approach is drill the corners to give a nice radius then bulk of cuts using circular saw. Mine (Evolution) doesn't...

"God does entitle you not to sell at a loss" In what universe?? Get real mate This has sat in your front room for more than 2 years, you've huffed and puffed and spent another grand trying to get rid because you're entitled not to make a loss?? You asked in post 1 for us to be gentle: kinda...

The brickwork to the house looks pretty good in fact.

Mac, you're in a good place here. An interesting job with the architect well vested and a chance to influence the engineering to make life easy for yourself. Since foundations have only to carry the weight of the building down to a suitable strata that will carry the load and not be affected by...

I'm confused OP. You only posted on Saturday but you now say it's been on Ebay long enough to not get sold? And you pulled it because you had to get your money back: I've never used Ebay but surely you get longer than that. You've made an expensive mistake thinking you had a real bargain for a...

The SE follows a logical path here. First he determines the loads acting and this together with the opening width determines the beam size. Next step is to ensure that the bearing stress under the end of the beam is less than the allowable for the material it's sitting on and this is uually a...

In a typical house the outer skin is brick so stronger than the inner skin, usually lightweight block. Both sit on same foundation. So the answer to your question is yes. FWIW we rarely consider the foundations at all unless we're dealing with proper big steels.

If you're on an estate then it's quite possible that this has been done elsewhere and BC will be clued up. It looks like a 150 deep box lintel: they are pretty strong

Personally I would just bed the slabs on concrete rather than faff around with 2 materials for the quantities involved. Fabric down first, slit it to confirm to the slab holes if neccessary. A 5to1 (all in ballast to cement) mix so it's nice and rich to bond to the slab and make it wet enought...

Sign of a careless tradesman I fear but in the real world shouldn't be an issue.

From an auction? This is a time to accept a rash decision and make the best of it. My opinion is that a simple stick welder with very few variables is the best way to learn to weld. Get the feel of the process and go from there.

Stick it on Ebay as is: don't be throwing good money after bad

Fair play to you for wanting to have a go. The first thing is to do is obviously to decide on the size and as said above is this internal or external. Also important is how accurate it needs to be: a box wants to be strong and good square edges to the pieces are an important part of this. The...