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Thanks for the advice. The brick slips are 30mm thick so guess I'll need to find some fixings that can accommodate the width of the plaster board plus adhesive plus 30mm of brick. Got a feeling this could end up very messy haha

I have a plasterboard wall that has been faced with 30 mm brick slips. I am wanting to put up a few shelves to hang pans etc off and I am unsure what type of fixings will be best to use for this. Would it be best to drill all the way through the brick slips and into the plaster and use plaster...

I like it. I'll show the wife and hopefully might get away with that

Hi all Is there any simple way of reducing how much this drain cover protrudes out of the ground. Getting a new patio in this area and don't really want to bring the height all the way up to that drain. Any help or advice much appreciated

Thanks Woody. So just to clarify. If I laid either the bottom course or bottom two courses double skin I could then lay the top course single skin. I'm guessing this provides a bit more strength than fully single skin but not quite as much as laying them flat?

Yeah it is going to be rendered

I guess so, although the current soil etc that is there has been there for some time without a wall and has retained its structure just fine so in that sense I'm not sure how much retaining strength is required

Hi Just after some advice on this project. Have a small garden wall to build out of block. I'm sure that I should should lay them flat. Is this right or do people think I could get away with laying them on their side 3 course high and single skin? Another quick question is what is the best...

Great cheers.

Cheers for the reply both, appreciated. Just for me to clarify. Once I remove all the old sand and weeds and get the height correct I would then lay 30 to 50mm of sharp sand. Then were control. And then lay New paving? Cheers

Hi all. New here. I inherited a patio about 8m x 4m. Quite old and had became quite uneven. I have taken up the old 600 x 600 flag stones and plan to replace with something a bit more decorative. I was hoping that given that a patio was already down then the work to prepare the base could be...