Brick & Block

520 topics in this forum

1. I want to make a brick. How hard can it be? 1 2 3 4 5

   By Construction Channel, December 20, 2016
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   • Construction Channel
   • June 2, 2019

2. Best place to get joists?

   By gwebstech, May 26, 2019
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   • bassanclan
   • May 26, 2019

3. Which is stronger, a cavity block wall or double block solid wall?

   By epsilonGreedy, May 25, 2019
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   • Oz07
   • May 25, 2019

4. Block wall on steel beams

   By Chablais, May 2, 2019   

   • steel beam
   • thermal bridge
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     • thermal bridge
     • block wall
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   • Chablais
   • May 5, 2019

5. Step cracking

   By Mark123, April 13, 2019   

   • crack
   • step
   • 13 replies
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   • K78
   • May 2, 2019

6. Render advice. 1 2 3 4

   By zoothorn, March 29, 2019
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   • Onoff
   • April 12, 2019

7. Air bricks, weep holes and cavity trays

   By Mr Punter, April 10, 2019
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   • Russell griffiths
   • April 10, 2019

8. Stone facade veneer advice

   By Moonshine, April 3, 2019
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   • Declan52
   • April 3, 2019

9. Sh!t A Brick

   By Onoff, March 29, 2019
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   • newhome
   • March 31, 2019

10. Do new garage walls need to be insulated

    By Pigsfoot, March 6, 2019
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    • PeterW
    • March 6, 2019

11. Internal blockwork walls

    By DaveH, January 22, 2019
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    • PeterW
    • February 14, 2019

12. Garage Door Piers Cold Bridging

    By wozza, February 6, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • wozza
    • February 7, 2019

13. Brick and block vs Timber frame

    By Matt Jones, February 6, 2019   

    • brickandblock
    • timberframe
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      • timberframe
      • traditional
      • sips
      • productivity
      • nonprofit
      • survey
      • questionnaire
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    • epsilonGreedy
    • February 6, 2019

14. Detail without eaves

    By Moggaman, February 5, 2019
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    • Stones
    • February 6, 2019

15. Cavity Closers

    By wozza, February 2, 2019
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    • Miek
    • February 2, 2019

16. Instead of putting PIR in the cavity why don't we put it on the inside

    By AliG, January 31, 2019
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    • billt
    • February 1, 2019

17. Bricks specs

    By Sjk, January 28, 2019   

    • flood risk
    • 3 replies
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    • Temp
    • January 28, 2019

18. Blocks - Thermal Values

    By wozza, January 23, 2019
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    • wozza
    • January 23, 2019

19. Lignacite block

    By kxi, January 12, 2019
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    • kxi
    • January 13, 2019

20. Thin bed "mortar"

    By Sjk, January 3, 2019   

    • selfbuild
    • 1 reply
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    • Mr Punter
    • January 3, 2019

21. Basic advice of block construction and timber cladding please.

    By Tony99, December 16, 2018
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    • Tosh
    • December 16, 2018

22. Airtightness

    By nod, December 6, 2018
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    • nod
    • December 6, 2018

23. What’s in a block?

    By Ben100, November 6, 2018
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    • Ben100
    • November 6, 2018

24. Cold bridges - suggestions on ways to deal with them?

    By Digmixfill, October 30, 2018
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    • Digmixfill
    • October 30, 2018

25. 50mm cavity, difficult to maintain damp bridge free?

    By epsilonGreedy, September 10, 2018
    • 6 replies
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    • epsilonGreedy
    • September 18, 2018