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• Period Property Links
  [http://www.periodproperty.co.uk/article033.htm History of Brickwork] ...midsuffolk.gov.uk/environmentplanning/localplan/conservation/Brickwork.htm Brickwork Guide: (covers a lot)]
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• Masonry Links
  [http://www.houseprofessionals.com/diy/brickwork/opening_a_wall.htm Making an opening in a wall, fitting a lintel] Basic article on [http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/212310 brickwork types]
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• Mortar Links
  ...rm/thread/a34302d3968fc484/16cdb5eb9a24783f#16cdb5eb9a24783f Discussion of brickwork mortar mixes]
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• Raised flower beds
  ...visibly belly out. It was noted however that where there was perpendicular brickwork against this wall there was no sign of movement. Hence the plan here was to ...blue solid engineering bricks) were selected to be similar to the existing brickwork in this case (although contrasting colours would also have worked), and str
  5 KB (763 words) - 15:09, 7 June 2020
• Mortar Mixes
  A lime & cement mix good for brickwork Lime mortar for historic brickwork & stone walls. Avoids damage to soft brick & stone. Mixes used are often an
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• Crack repair
  ...o the shape of the exposed section of brickwork. This is then fixed to the brickwork using a random pattern of galvanized [[screws]] in [[wall plug]]s, with lar ...lastered with bonding plaster. Start by spraying a little [[water]] onto [[brickwork]] to prevent it sucking all the water out of the new plaster too quickly. A
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• Hammer
  * For brickwork * For brickwork & masonry
  5 KB (809 words) - 00:04, 23 July 2019
• Makita HR2450 SDS Drill Armature Replacement
  ...ssed a beat... at least until a week ago. I had finished chopping out some brickwork to make space for the end of a door sill, and was just about to start drill
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• BBQ fire tray upgrade
  ...iffness, and also to stop the coals falling off the edge or leaning on the brickwork. Then a lip fitted round the under side of the tray for extra stiffness and
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• Sand
  Sharp sand & builder's sand are the most popular sands. Both are used for brickwork and bedding paving. Cue argument about what should be used for what...
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• Roof construction
  ...all the walls (typically by [[Nails|nailing]] through it directly into the brickwork below). Its purpose is to allow easy fixing of all further timber at the wa ...s helps ensure that all the rafters are the same, and so long as the final brickwork level of the house is plumb, the roof should be also. Typically an end pair
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• Plasterboarding
  ==To brickwork and old plaster== D&D (Dot and Dab) is used on newbuild as well as old [[plaster]] and brickwork, certainly on 'thermalite' type blocks, the lightweight insulative ones are
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• Lime plaster
  Impurities in Lime is not always a bad thing, and in fact for brickwork is often desirable as it increases strength of the finished mortar. There a
  5 KB (791 words) - 23:52, 8 January 2022
• More light
  ...ssed, as most are by a few inches, sometimes have the exterior edge of the brickwork painted white. This adds a small amount of light, but the appearance isn't
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• Installing a TV aerial
  ...ilding or chimney. Buildings with sizeable corbelled sections of [[masonry|brickwork]] or deep overhangs at the eaves may require longer brackets or a "cranked" ...so it is not that strong and you can easily dislodge a brick. [[image:284-brickwork-damaged.jpg|thumb|right|Bricks near the tops of walls have little weight on
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• Cement
  On historic brickwork the use of angle grinders is controversial, as its so easy to do a fair bit When repointing houses with historic soft brickwork, only failed mortar should be removed. The practice of replacing all mortar
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• Digger
  ...the 200mm bucket too. I shifted sodden clay and mud, nettle roots, broken brickwork. I pushed and nudged tree roots, stumps, logs, sleepers and big rocks into
  8 KB (1,558 words) - 22:09, 4 November 2021
• Surface wiring tips
  ...t. The fact that the cable form is very slim also helps. Works well on old brickwork for example.
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• The never ending patio rebuild
  ...if it you may not be so bad any more! (also remember this is rustic garden brickwork, not a house) At this point I was realising that the original brickwork seemed to change bed thickness seemingly at random. That made matching it a
  34 KB (6,226 words) - 03:03, 20 September 2023
• Metal handrails for garden steps
  ...hollow, so that meant to get a good fixing the holes needed to be over the brickwork at the periphery of the plinth which would mean less space available for th
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