It is currently 28 Mar 2024, 14:06
bluebirdnick wrote:A quick question on the plinth.
I was planning a on doing 3 courses of bricks in stretcher bond. But obviously a brick is only 102mm wide - just about wide enough to sit the wall frame timbers on. By the time you add the battens and the cladding, the wall thickness gets to 150mm+.
Is it OK to leave the cladding overhanging the wall? I see Mike's workshop has 50mm blocks behind the brickwork, but neither of the suppliers I am using have 50mm blocks. How much of a faff would it be to cut a 100mm block into two 50mm blocks? I think I need 30x 50mm blocks, so that means (successfully) cutting 15 100mm blocks.
If it is too much of a pain, I assume there is no reason why 100mm blocks instead wouldn't work, other than it being more than is necessary?
Thanks
Mike G wrote:You don't have to have corners in to string a line! You can build a temporary wooden arrangement to tie your strings to. It speeds things up no end.
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