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    Older Heavier Bricks On Top of New

    Hi, Has anyone got an experience using an reclaimed heavier brick on top of a new lighter weight brick? Im building a 3m high cavity wall and have laid up to the DPC with 73mm x 100mm extruded engineering bricks. My intention is to now lay the rest of the courses using reclaimed 75mm x 105mm...
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    Porting Air Bricks - Concrete or Substrate?

    Hi All, looking for a bit of advice, I’m planning an extension on the rear of my property and I’ve been advised to port the existing air bricks through which seems sensible. Due to the slant of the ground around the property if I bury the porting pipe work in the substrate (mot type 1) I’ll...
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    Joining a Foundation to a Neighbours Property

    Hi Just looking for a bit of advice, I’m starting a strip foundation on the boundary of my property for a single storey wall as part of a conservatory. The wall will sit aside my neighbours extension and gap to it by about 70mm. When it comes to the foundations, I’m pretty sure they’ll be next...
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    Foundation Advice for Party Wall

    Hi, I’m looking to build a conservatory on the back of my semi detached property. It’ll be a lean-to design with a 600mm dwarf wall. One end will have a solid wall. This wall will come out 3m and slope down from approx 2750mm to 2500mm over the 3m. It will have the 600mm dwarf wall at the end...
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    1930s Drains, water, stink under floor

    Hi All, Looking for some advice, I was looking to extend my drainage for a new conservatory however after breaking through a concrete floor and digging down I’ve noticed a foul smell. Having dug further there’s a lot of water around the foul drainage soil pipe (see photo). It doesn’t drain away...
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