brickwork

Hi, I am looking for advice on the brickwork / pointing to the side wall of this property. Aesthetically, the mortar appears a different shade and lighter towards the bottom half of the house. Is this just due to using a different mix halfway through etc. or poor workmanship? Is this any...

Hi all, I’m getting a couple of bathrooms refurbished, and in one of the bathrooms (a bath/shower area), the installers have created a large niche on a party wall. They’ve removed the bricks on my side of the wall, added a lintel (since it’s load-bearing), and our neighbors are fine with the...

Hi, the past 2 years around the same time (November) we’ve had issues with mould in one of the bedrooms. The problem only comes after heavy wind and rain. Last year it was accompanied by damp patches, this year it’s just been mould as far as I’m aware. The mould comes in large patches and is...

I noticed some mould under the stairs and I cleaned it off. However part of the wall was covered with thin ply and this fell apart in my hands. The plaster behind the ply is crumbling. I have attached a couple of pics. As it's under the stairs it doesn't have to look perfect. What would you...

Evening all, I am hoping for some advice here if anyone would be so kind to help. all advice is appreciated. My current front door is as shown below and I would like to widen the opening to get rid of the round window and have a door central to two glass panels for extra light in the hallway…...

Hi there, I'm selling a house and the buyers building survey has highlighted a crack in the brick work below the purlin. They now want to come back to measure the roof space to pass this information on to a structural engineer. Was hoping someone could let me know their opinions on how worried...

Hi all, I've got a bit of a dilemma. I've recently removed a chimney breast from the loft space and first floor (stack had been removed historically). Most the soot and loose material has come off which is good and now it's time to make good and get the wall skimmed over. Sadly, the tricky...

I want to to ask if there are potentially problems here that could cause damp. There are spouts of water hitting the missing mortar. There is also splashback from the dripping gutters, which were previously blocked and over flowing for months. Many thanks for advice

I have a light either side of my front door and they are fed by two standard 3 core grey insulated lighting cables. The problem is that the cables aren't symmetrical to the door so one cable needs to be longer so each light is the same distance from the door frame. Is it possible to extend one...

hi i have had a extention built and the pics are the outcome, to me it looks very messy, can brickies reply letting me know what has happened and the best way to fix it please my first issue is the differant colour morter in the top left corner, the bricky claims it dried out to fast, but the...

Hi all, due to a variety of reasons I need to find a solution to support a greenhouse partition wall, which should have been supported by a course of bricks, as per the perimeter of the overall structure. The overall concrete flag base isn't level, hence the need for the brickwork around the...

Hi My fireplace has 2 X holes, one behind the white fireplace which I believe was for an old fire burner and one behind the old gas fire. Is it possible to remove some of the brickwork and centralis the hole?

Hi I’m wondering whether anyone could offer me any much needed advice. I’ve recently noticed these cracks after having ceiling plastered & coving removed. They can be seen both internally & on externally on outer edges of the lintel. (Pictured) No idea how long they have been there, looked at...

So my mother has an issue on her house, it is an old (c.1700 built) mostly stone walled cottage that does have a more recent (c.1970) extension built from concrete block. It was, until recently, rendered with what we believe to have been sand & cement render that has been replaced in the last...

Hi there After some advice. One of the external walls of my home has some holes in the brickwork (due to loose cement/ lack of cement) which is causing water ingress on an internal wall. One of the bricks appears to have had all the cement removed around the brick. is this something that can...

Hi everyone - thanks for your help in advance - this forum has been great for those questions I just can't get my head around, and hoping you can help me again! I have a small (1.5 sqm) toilet where the plaster on the walls isn't level - the room narrows towards the top of the walls. The walls...

I have some brick counters with a sandstone top and a brick BBQ in my garden. I would like to clad the brickwork in tiles. This brickwork itself is smooth and flat, can I tile directly onto the bricks? If so, what is the best way to go about it?

Hello everyone, Looking for some guidance and suggestions on what the issue is that might be causing damp in the wall of my bay window, and how to remedy. I’ll include some photos too when I figure out how as the files are too large.. Before the damp, the paint on the wall was dry, and some of...

Hello everyone. I need a little help to understand if I am going completely OCD bonkers or if I'm within my rights to fuss. We had our new extension built around a year ago now and from the very beginning I have been upset about the brick work. I have been an electrician for 17 years and have...

I've cut a doorway for my kitchen, the idea is to get the biggest door possible to let max light in. The width of the opening is 35.5 inches approx, and the height from floor to bottom of the lintel is 80 inches. I was hoping to get a bit more in there than a standard 30 inch door. A 33 inch...