Brick & Block

598 topics in this forum

1. Mortar colour poll

   By flanagaj, July 26
   • 17 replies
   • 476 views
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   • Square Feet
   • July 27

2. Garage opening detail

   By flanagaj, July 20
   • 14 replies
   • 515 views
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   • Canski
   • July 26

3. Air Brick calc??

   By Alan Ambrose, July 21
   • 7 replies
   • 296 views
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   • Mr Punter
   • July 22

4. Pre-Drilling holes in Brickwork

   By IanB, July 16
   • 6 replies
   • 372 views
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   • torre
   • July 17

5. Creating the look?

   By Alan Ambrose, June 2
   • 10 replies
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   • saveasteading
   • July 10

6. Lining old 1920s plaster (and lathe) walls

   By MrMark, June 26   

   • insulation
   • insulate
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     • insulate
     • drywall
     • plasterboard
     • renovating
     • revonate
     • cavity
     • rockwool
     • vapour
   • 1 reply
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   • JohnMo
   • June 27

7. Blocks for inner skin 1 2 3

   By Jane W, October 16, 2024
   • 71 replies
   • 14k views
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   • Nickfromwales
   • June 2

8. Non shrink grout and steel columns 1 2

   By DeanAlan, November 8, 2021
   • 25 replies
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   • saveasteading
   • May 22

9. Oh dear DPM forgotten

   By LSB, April 29
   • 4 replies
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   • saveasteading
   • April 30

10. Dual leaf brick wall, what size cavity for full fill batts?

    By allthatpebbledash, April 21
    • 1 reply
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    • Mr Punter
    • April 22

11. How to fill 150mm cavity 1 2 3

    By allthatpebbledash, April 1
    • 55 replies
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    • Iceverge
    • April 21

12. Not ideal. Sack brickie now?

    By flanagaj, March 29
    • 23 replies
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    • Dave Jones
    • April 11

13. Repairing Overkill Chases in Blocks

    By Gaf, April 8
    • 14 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • Nickfromwales
    • April 10

14. Porotherm/Poroton clay blocks

    By allthatpebbledash, April 4
    • 4 replies
    • 1k views
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    • torre
    • April 6

15. 150mm Cavity Build Up for Extension on Old Stone Property

    By Lears, March 23   

    • block
    • cavity
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      • block
      • cavity
      • extension
    • 4 replies
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    • Iceverge
    • March 24

16. Which concrete blocks? 1 2 3

    By flanagaj, February 19
    • 58 replies
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    • Tony L
    • March 9

17. Mini piling - do I need to issue section 6

    By Wadrian, February 28
    • 11 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • saveasteading
    • March 1

18. Class A engineering bricks

    By flanagaj, February 22
    • 4 replies
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    • Gus Potter
    • February 23

19. 150 vs 200mm cavity.

    By Oz07, February 8
    • 11 replies
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    • Oz07
    • February 20

20. Cavity Closures

    By newbridgewolf, February 19
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
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    • Nickfromwales
    • February 19

21. Should I be concerned about this crack?

    By Whats the crack, January 15
    • 7 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • Whats the crack
    • January 15

22. Can't find a brickie (Hampshire). Any suggestions?

    By flanagaj, January 13
    • 19 replies
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    • flanagaj
    • January 14

23. What mortar to achieve the below looks?

    By flanagaj, January 5
    • 23 replies
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    • Brickie
    • January 11

24. Ground floor to wall airtightness

    By SBMS, December 27, 2025
    • 11 replies
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    • Super_Paulie
    • December 29, 2025

25. External cavity wall now internal - cold bridging/other issues?

    By NandM, December 27, 2025
    • 2 replies
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    • MikeGrahamT21
    • December 27, 2025