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I'm in the process of installing padstones for a universal beam. However, I've cut out the existing brickwork incorrectly and it will result in a 20 mm mortar bed thickness to raise the beam to the correct level. I understand 20 mm is twice the desirable depth but ultimately, will it be okay...

Hello All, My property is just over 100 years old and is constructed with an outer skin of reconstituted stone/cement (I think) block. The blocks below the DPC are very damp and weathered and crumbling, I'm very concerned by it. Is there something I can do to stabilise and weatherproof it to...

Hello All, I'm in the process of buying a 1920"s detached house and had a Level 3 RICS survey which picked up on cracks in the brickwork. The property is made from reconstituted stone, which is very weather worn and several of the blocks have split as well as the mortar in a diagonal and...