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Thanks Woody I agree completely, most of my annoyance is that the deviation to the plan was not communicated to me or subsequently agreed it was just assumed. I appreciate that things have to change, i will make it clear that if (in future) we have to do something different i am informed and...

Guys, thank you for the advice Layest update. I called the builder today and stood him down from the job pending a meeting with me tomorrow morning. He is repeating that they had no other option which is something the building inspector has echoed via an email to me today. My understanding is...

Thanks cjard Your last paragraph has really made me smile. Ultimately I know nothing about construction but I am very ocd and a bit of a perfectionist hence I tend to scrutinise on detail. I don't think I will give it a second thought when the work is all done, we've lived in a sixties house...

Thanks for the advice guys He had laser levels out today to check his brickwork. I understand what you are saying woody I guess the dpc level could have been corrected if it had been seen that it was not level. Not sure if it is relevant but our extension is on a slope. The damp course on the...

To be fair the other side revealed the brickwork (on existing house) below dpc to be not level with the brickwork above dpc. He corrected it at the time but he did show me how out it was, to say I was surprised was an understatement

Thanks woody He is saying the dpc level is out on this side. The dpc is set on the new extension (which does align on the other side of the house) and runs true all the way around until it rejoins the house at this section where it doesn't align (sorry I'm rambling,just trying to paint a...

Thanks for the replies, but would this not have affected the join to the existing wall? What I mean is that the brickwork on the new wall needs to be level, I cant see how he would have altered it that much without throwing the level on the new wall???

Hopefully the pic is attached, you can see the level of the damp course on the new brickwork that runs straight to the existing damp course on the house (on the other side) but is not level on this side

Good evening everyone This is my first post on the forum, i'm just after a bit of advice really I am currently having a single storey extension across the back of my house. The builder and i agreed that the brickwork would be toothed in to the existing house so the join would look seemless...