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i have got a load of tile adhesive left over from a job. Can i get away with using it to dot and dab plasterboard to brick? Obvs the normal thing to do would be use plasterboard adhesive but seems like they are fairly similar products. Reckon it might work??

my kitchen wall is a retaining wall above which there is a small concreted yard. At the moment the yard slopes toward the kitchen, I need to resurface it so that it sheds away from the wall. Will a "normal" mix of 1:2:4 do, or should i be looking at a stonger mix eg. 1:1.5:2.5 to get more...

I'm having the roof of my ground floor kitchen re done. Where the pitched roof of the kitchen meets the wall of the house, instead of stepped flashing, the roofer has put mortar flaunching: mortar sat on a bell bead lapping over the soakers. I've never seen this before and to me it doesn't look...

Another cavity tray question I am blocking up an external doorway, brick with insulated cavity. Floor level and ground level are the same. Since the cavity doesn't extend 225 below floor level, I guess I need a cavity tray and weep vents. What does BR have to say about cavity trays? can i use...

I often hear of people putting accrows under first floor joists that run into a wall in order to support the upper part of that wall. But is that a sound way of doing it? How do I know that the brickwork sits directly on top of the joists, there could be a gap between joist top and next course...

The back wall of my kitchen is a retaining wall. I currently have it exposed brick / render and am about to insulate and plasterboard it, 50mm PIR / PUR. I'm thinking I should tank the wall: it feels pretty dry but there is soil / rubble / who knows what behind it up to 2m height and we have had...

I will be blocking off an external doorway to my kitchen with blocks and cavity, tied to the abbutting wall with crocodile type wall ties. A few questions: I guess it's normal to have the outer leaf brick, but can i get away with doing both leaves in block, if it's in a sheltered situation and...

I am removing a 2m section of cavity load bearing wall and fitting pair of rsj's. The first floor joists butt into the wall above where i'm planning to open out. I've been told i need to support the joist ends to take weight off the wall, as well as supporting the wall with needles or strongboys...