block wall

Hi everyone, We are thinking of having a garden room built and need some expert advice as you never know if you can trust the builders! A single skin block construction has been suggested "with insulation". We wonder if it'd be suitable for our purposes and what kind of pitfalls should we look...

Hi All, I am not a bricklayer but trying to learn. I am possibly overthinking this but let’s see. Please see picture attached. I am trying to figure out the cuts for blocks I am laying. This will be the inside leaf of a cavity wall with a door installed to the right. The 1st course I think...

We have a detached garage which we are looking to convert to living accommodation. Whilst trenching for utilities we noticed that the damp proof course has been bridged by the concrete slab. This is inside the garage, the external levels are below. Construction is single skin lightweight blocks...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to build a retaining wall for our garden. We have a slope (back to front) of 447mm and I was planning on using hollow concrete blocks (440mm x 215mm x 140mm) so I can use rebar to tie them into the concrete foundation. I'm a wall virgin but I'm keen! My first question...

Hi everyone. I've to build a cavity block wall 8 courses high & 11m long. The block Laying etc is no problem,my question is how do I do tidy piers? I could do 4" solids ,2 flat,2 upright but I think that will be very chunky. How can I put piers in the middle of the wall so both sides looks...

Hi people, I have started to remove an internal, non-load bearing wall, on the first floor (only the loft above it). Where the internal wall meets the external wall there are staggered blocks that were part of the internal wall. Makes sense; so you couldn't just push the internal wall down, I...

Hi, I have a breeze block out building that has a very substantial crack along the back wall. Big enough at points that you can actually see light through on the other side. My builder had suggested that because it was just a shed of sorts, that he could just 'brace' the wall with metal...

Hi I’ve realised an issue with my extension and hoping for a little input. The building officer has said to cut the brickwork vertically to open the cavity up and I can then tooth the brickwork. The bricks under the lintel (pictured) will then be removed and blockwork rebuilt under it and...

To make up for my previous error - (query in a non-query forum) I thought I would share my DIY project. We bought a house just over a year ago, which had a massive garden, which the previous owner liked to let grow, and a rotting shed, against which a previous previous owner built a concrete...

Hi all, I’ll try to explain the situation. I have a rectangular ground floor room which currently has the joists above it for the first floor removed. I need to add in an internal staircase and so I am in the process of working out how best to construct a wall to section off the stairs and...

Hi I need to rebuild an area of rear wall on the rear of our Victorian house due to it bowing at the top. The wall is brick built and I need to take it down by c. 15 brick courses. As the wall will be hidden internally by a rear bedroom and hallway it doesn’t necessarily need to be rebuilt...