Brick & Block

589 topics in this forum

1. Air bricks, weep holes and cavity trays

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

2. Stone facade veneer advice

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

3. Sh!t A Brick

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

4. Do new garage walls need to be insulated

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

5. Internal blockwork walls

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

6. Garage Door Piers Cold Bridging

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

7. Brick and block vs Timber frame

   By Matt Jones, February 6, 2019   

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   • epsilonGreedy
   • February 6, 2019

8. Detail without eaves

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

9. Cavity Closers

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

10. 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

11. Bricks specs

    By Sjk, January 28, 2019   

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

12. Blocks - Thermal Values

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

13. Lignacite block

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

14. Thin bed "mortar"

    By Sjk, January 3, 2019   

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    • Mr Punter
    • January 3, 2019

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

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

16. Airtightness

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

17. What’s in a block?

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

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

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

19. 50mm cavity, difficult to maintain damp bridge free?

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

20. Inner Skin (thin-Joint Vs Timber Frame)

    By Big Neil, September 6, 2018
    • 13 replies
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    • PeterW
    • September 7, 2018

21. Choosing bricks

    By Sjk, September 3, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • Temp
    • September 4, 2018

22. Parging for Air Tightness

    By Triassic, August 15, 2018
    • 11 replies
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    • Declan52
    • August 25, 2018

23. Do I need a DPC?

    By Triassic, August 9, 2018
    • 4 replies
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    • Russell griffiths
    • August 10, 2018

24. Is Mastercrete too posh for below ground blockwork?

    By epsilonGreedy, July 24, 2018
    • 12 replies
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    • Brickie
    • July 25, 2018

25. Plan C, leave aircrete walls naked for a winter? 1 2

    By epsilonGreedy, June 19, 2018
    • 28 replies
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    • Big Neil
    • July 6, 2018