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Hi, I need to include some coursing blocks to get the right height for the window lintel on our extension to be level with the existing windows. Is there any difference in whether I set the lintel on the coursing blocks or should I include the coursing blocks just below a row of full...

What's the recommended spacing between mesh spacers when supporting reinforcement mesh? Our engineer designed reinforced ground floor slab is 150mm deep and will have A393 mesh 50mm from the bottom. The plan is to use plastic plate spacers to help spread the load over the anti-heave layer...

We are building a small front extension and have had to go down the piled/ground beam foundation route due to the clay soil and the proximity of trees with building control. The piles and ground beam are now in so I'm now finalizing the ground floor design. Building control have now also...

We are having a front extension built and the ground works team found the mains water pipe with their JCB whilst excavating the foundations. The pipe is 1/2" copper, no protection around the pipe, just laid directly in the clay soil from the house to the supply stop cock just outside the...

Hi, We are building a small single-storey front extension and looking to self-build and project manage most of the work. We are having to have a piled/ground beam foundation for the extension due to clay soil and the proximity of a number of mature conifers. We've had the ground beam...