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I had a go 6 years ago at building a garden wall obviously I had no ideal what I was doing but the end result wasn’t too bad really what do you think ? How To Build A Brick Wall

Looking to make a cavity wall for an outbuilding. It’s around 500 blocks and 450 bricks, with 50mm PIR in the cavity. Straight forward square building. How much am I looking at for labour if I source the materials myself?

Hi everyone, first post here. I'm in the process of designing a garden hobby room which is to be built using a cavity wall. My initial idea was to construct it entirely from concrete blocks (considerably cheaper), however I have read here that engineering bricks are better around the DPC and...

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...

Hi all, I've just bricked up a old window in single skin outhouse and want to put in 100mm kingspan, board and skim the inside. Could you tell me how long i have to wait before getting cracking with kingspan and plasterboard? As its single skin i thought i could get started quite quickly as it...

Im planning a self build extension (first time doing anything like this) with some help from my dad who has done some self builds himself doing as much of the work as he could getting trades in when needed. I have drawn the plans and written the regs for the extension myself, which have been...

We have a single skin coal house on the rear of our property, now used to store the washer and dryer. It is currently accessed from the rear door to the house. It works but it is a small room and when we have children it would be much-needed additional space. The room is already powered by a...

hey guys I was just wondering if I am by any chance being underpaid by my boss I am a labourer for a 2-1 bricklaying gang I work hard all day that we never stop and have a break because he kicks up a fuss about it I get paid about 280 a week after tax he’s never told me how much I earn a day...

Hi, Either i'm googling the wrong thing or I shouldn't be doing a T-junction! I'm building a little, single skin, 4 course wall. It will be the boundary between the patio and garden. In the middle of the wall I will have a step up to the garden. I want the wall to look something like this...

Previous owner had an extension built, but when they removed part of the garden wall they didn't bother to put a pier at the end the gate was fixed to. So, over a couple of years the gate worked a couple of the bricks loose. Wall now needs strengthening so the gate can be re-hung, allow for...

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone could tell me what style of brick this is please? And where I could possibly purchase this style in person or online. This will be for a low brick wall in my garden to complement my new garden paving. The picture of the bricks I like are below : I like...

I have a client who wants to build a faux inglenook feature in their kitchen. The floor it is to be built off is block and beam (bison beam) and so would need reinforcing somehow. Anybody come across this before? I havent in my 10+ years in the building trade and so am a little stuck in how best...