Category - Brick and Stonework

Brick and Stonework • Featured • Tools and Equipment

4 Ways to Fix a Loose Wall Plug

6 min read

Wall plugs are a brilliantly simple and familiar bit of DIY equipment. When used correctly, they...

Brick and Stonework

Pointing and Repointing Brickwork

6 min read

The natural action of wind and rain will cause mortar between the bricks of your house to loosen...

Brick and Stonework • Building Guides • DIY Spotlight

Types of Lintel

8 min read

If you are planning to add a doorway or window to a load-bearing wall, you will almost always be...

Brick and Stonework

Removing a Fireplace

13 min read

There may be one of several reasons why you would want to remove your fireplace, from simply...

Brick and Stonework • Outdoor

Laying Wall Foundations

5 min read

Any wall not built on a solid surface must have a firm and level foundation. Standard wall...

Brick and Stonework • DIY Spotlight

Building a Brick Pier

6 min read

Building a pier into a wall not only looks good, but it also adds to the structural strength of the...

Brick and Stonework • Featured • Stud Wall

Load-bearing Walls

3 min read

Whenever you are planning on doing major work on the walls of your house, you need to know if they...

Brick and Stonework • Garden

Building a Paver Path

5 min read

There are several different ways to create garden paths, but one of the most attractive is to use...

Brick and Stonework • Building Guides • Carpentry Guides • Plumbing • Stud Wall

Home Improvement Safety Tips

8 min read

These Home Improvement Safety Tips cover the very least you should think about before even opening...

Brick and Stonework • Building Guides • Carpentry Guides

Understanding Internal Partition Walls

5 min read

When you are planning DIY jobs which involve altering or fixing to internal partition walls, it is...

Brick and Stonework • Featured

Filling Gaps Around Window Frames

5 min read

Gaps can appear around any type of window frame, on a house of any age. They may be caused by...

Brick and Stonework • Building Guides

Replacing a Cracked or Spalled Brick

5 min read

If you live in an old brick built house, it is inevitable that at some point some of the bricks...

Brick and Stonework

Cutting Bricks and Blocks

4 min read

Cutting bricks or blocks cleanly and accurately takes a little practice, but once you have the...

Brick and Stonework

Building a Wall

7 min read

Building a wall is a fairly easy task, building a wall well is a lot tougher. Bricklaying is a job...

Brick and Stonework • Concrete and Render • Outdoor

Building a Concrete Driveway

10 min read

Adding a driveway to your property makes very good sense and if you have the room, this is a summer...

Brick and Stonework

Fitting an Airbrick

5 min read

Too few or blocked airbricks can cause serious ventilation problems in the home (there should be...

Brick and Stonework

Cleaning Brick and Stone

4 min read

Before painting or treating the outside of your house, you need to make sure the stone or brickwork...

Brick and Stonework • Building Guides

Planning a Solid Block Wall

8 min read

There are several reasons why you may want to build a partition wall from solid blocks, rather than...

Brick and Stonework • Building Guides • Stud Wall

Guide to Wall Construction

5 min read

A complete guide to the many different types of wall construction you may encounter in your house.

Brick and Stonework • Building Guides

Blocking Up Doorways in Brick Walls

8 min read

When blocking up a doorway or entryway in a brick wall, it is important to make sure that the new...

Brick and Stonework

Spanning Openings in Brick Walls

3 min read

When planning on adding a doorway or window to a brick wall, you need to make sure that the wall...

Brick and Stonework • Building Guides • DIY Spotlight

Building Block Partition Walls

8 min read

Non-loadbearing Partition walls are usually constructed from wooden studs and plasterboard, and in...