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Yep agree. I dread cutting the excess off. Did manage to sponge them down though which seemed to help a fair bit.

Looking good now 23vc. Difficult bricks to lay. That's why in the old days with bricks like Accringtons and Southwaters they used really...

Decent weather, ditching the dye and proper bucket gauged mixes have made me happier with the slowest wall in the world. It’s still got...

Hats off to any of you chaps who have done a bit of selfbuild and especially king Andy who's a king

Of every “trade”, block and brickwork was the one I enjoyed the most. Dunno why, just seemed to be the furthest removed from a hobby...

Nice, that the one just behind the shopping park? I'm usually using MKM as my mate has a trade account with them so they usually do...

I’ve used BPS for about 20 years. Brilliant local merchants. 90% of materials through them unless very obviously cheaper elsewhere -...

Leamington (y) The other thing I forgot to say was, I never planned to do it all myself on day one. I thought I’d go as far as...

Cavity brickwork took several months and I was a lot better when I finished than when I started I did Trench fill foundations

I built mine myself in 2017-2018 as did several others on here. Did everything except muckaway, gas and electric. Total cost for a 2...

Good shout on the refurb site, didn’t know there was one

Consider it an upgrade if you’re going from 230mm to a 305mm blade - which is perfect for making it all the way through a single skin...

All good points. Before this, I did fit the gizmo to spray a fine jet onto the blade, put my thick gloves on and it worked a treat...

We tend to do awkward cuts on a dampened lawn. Call it 'slit tining' . :mrgreen:

Sorry, I’d only just seen the thread tonight to reply. The water model churns out a lot of water to make the dust suppression...