Bricklaying & Repointing Questions

Damp proofing breeze blocks
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Hi all. So... I have a breeze block wall, the outside is bare blocks. The inside is old plasterboard. This was an old (20 years?) utility room added on to a Victorian house. I have no access to the bare blocks due to neighbours boundary. The old plasterboard is damp. …

Landscaper or Bricklayer? Quote?
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I have a 10m long 2m tall brick wall that is need of tearing down and rebuilding. Normally I would look for a bricklayer but the wall is being pulled down by masses (8ft thick) of 10+ year old ivy so I need someone to clear that too. This will …

How do I know if a garden wall needs repointing?
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The pointing of our brick front garden wall (about 4.5m long, 5 bricks high) is looking worse for wear, but still seem fairly solid. How do I know if it needs repointing? Is it just is the bricks start to get loose? Thanks :-)

Removal of old back boiler from fireplace
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We recently bought a house and have taken off the plasterboard which was covering the fireplace. This has revealed what we think is an old back boiler. It all seems to be disconnected. How would we go about removing? Seems they've also thrown I bricks?

Brickwork + pointing around original window in 1920's house
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I have cracked pointing on the upstairs corner of my 1920's house. Being very capable of many building and creative construction I knew repointing was something I can do. As the interior walls were showing signs of damp and cracks I removed the wallpaper. When removing it the plaster came …

Exterior door bricked up?
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Is this an easy job or expensive job? We have a 1950s brick house that has a wooden framed door that needs to be filled preferably?

Skew Bifold Door Wall
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Hi there, we're getting a Bifold Door installed (corner door). The wall built to support this is skew (slanting downwards on the one side). It is a slow decline, but about 4cm - 4.5cm difference from right hand start to left hand end (over the course of a 5 meter …

Damp course
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My sister has a 1930s semi- detached house ,all completely rewired, new kitchen/ bathroom and fireplaces removed. Replasteted. Done about 10 years ago. She now has ' rising damp ' on the inner connecting wall of the dining room. The builder says she needs a new damp course . Though …

Where can we buy inexpensive manufactured brick seconds?
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We want to build a brick garden wall using manufactured seconds. We are Not looking to buy expensive reclaimed or new bricks. Just considering inexpensive options.

Swollen bricks?
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Hi the first 3 rows of bricks on the side of my house look swollen and are not flush with the rest of my brickwork. What needs to be done please Thank you