pillar

Hi guys, I had a small existing pillar which sits on concrete foundations and built further to reach around 6ft high. The pillar is 1.5 brick x 1.5 Brick. The core of the pillar had a half brick centre to about 1 ft then I left it empty and filled it with concrete for the rest of 5 ft I...

Hello any advise on how to repair those pillar's and prevent future damage ? they are solid oak but are rotting from the bottom up. I was thinking of putting some acrow's then cutting the pillars where the rot is and dig up a hole and fill with concrete and use something like this ? there's...

Hello! I found this forum from other "purlin nightmare" threads which had really good ideas. The roof section in question is an extension around 3m wide (completed around 15y ago) which is partly separated from the main attic by the old gable end, the main roof is built using trusses in the...

Hi, Has anyone ever come across this? I have what I originally thought was an old boiler flu. But it doesn’t go up to the ceiling above. Instead it appears to be support for the joist of the house. I’ve included two photos. The one with the brickwork is the top of the support / pillar where...

I want to replace these wood posts with a brick pillar between my neighbour’s house and mine. This would be the gate post. The pillar needs to stand on York stone slabs, so there won’t be foundations. But I want it to be secure. My idea is to use perforated ventilation bricks (6 round holes...