Brick & Block

598 topics in this forum

1. What’s in a block?

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

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

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

3. 50mm cavity, difficult to maintain damp bridge free?

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

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

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

5. Choosing bricks

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

6. Parging for Air Tightness

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

7. Do I need a DPC?

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

8. Is Mastercrete too posh for below ground blockwork?

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

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

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

10. Beguiled by thin-joint.

    By epsilonGreedy, June 14, 2018
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    • Brickie
    • June 22, 2018

11. Facing brick or block courses first?

    By epsilonGreedy, June 12, 2018
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    • Declan52
    • June 13, 2018

12. 6 months leadtime ..I almost SHIPPED a Brick ! 1 2

    By Ed_MK, May 22, 2018   

    • bricks
    • reclaim
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      • reclaim
      • bricklayer
      • building supplies
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    • divorcingjack
    • June 12, 2018

13. Airbricks are below the desired finished ground level

    By daiking, May 24, 2017
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    • daiking
    • May 30, 2018

14. Interior cills

    By vfrdave, April 24, 2018   

    • interior
    • cills
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      • cills
      • sills
      • concrete
    • 8 replies
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    • Declan52
    • April 26, 2018

15. Fire resistance rating of blockwork with perpend joints

    By Minky, April 25, 2018
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    • Minky
    • April 26, 2018

16. Concrete Blocks Per Day 1 2 3

    By Barney12, May 18, 2017
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    • Dreadnaught
    • April 12, 2018

17. Strewth, mortar dyes are expensive.

    By epsilonGreedy, March 28, 2018
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    • Roundtuit
    • March 31, 2018

18. Strength of single skin decorative brick bonds. 1 2

    By epsilonGreedy, February 6, 2018
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    • epsilonGreedy
    • March 15, 2018

19. Brick Slips

    By Ed_MK, February 6, 2018   

    • bricks
    • tiles
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      • tiles
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    • MikeGrahamT21
    • February 7, 2018

20. Air tightness of quinn lite blocks

    By DeeJunFan, November 4, 2017
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    • Jeremy Harris
    • November 4, 2017

21. Blockwork's out! 1 2

    By Pocster, September 14, 2017
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    • Declan52
    • October 17, 2017

22. Ventilated cavity - mad idea? 1 2

    By oldkettle, October 11, 2017
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    • oldkettle
    • October 13, 2017

23. Modern solid wall construction

    By Archer, August 16, 2017
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    • jayroc2k
    • September 27, 2017

24. EML for Reveals

    By Barney12, September 6, 2017   

    • eml
    • reveals
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    • Barney12
    • September 7, 2017

25. Rising Wall / Block Dims

    By Paul15, August 20, 2017
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    • Paul15
    • August 20, 2017