engineering brick

Hi everyone, first post here. I'm in the process of designing a garden hobby room which is to be built using a cavity wall. My initial idea was to construct it entirely from concrete blocks (considerably cheaper), however I have read here that engineering bricks are better around the DPC and...

These engineering bricks have grooves on one face. Do the grooves serve a purpose ? Such as a better key for rendering over ? How would i search for this type of brick, as the lower half of my property is rendered and I need some for an extension. Alternatively, after Ive laid up to DPC with...

I’m creating an opening (Proposed 1700mm wide) in my rear external ex solid wall (it has been rebuilt using cavity with a width to match existing, 230mm, just in ground floor and half length of the wall). There is a small window and a 900mm door in that wall panel I want the opening in for the...

I have just started my own DIY loft conversion. I have already obtained planning permission and building regs permission. I removed all of the rubbish from the loft and then had scaffolding installed. The structural engineer drawing specifies three loft pieces of PFC steel beams which are 4.9M...