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This row of bricks appears to be sitting on concrete blocks which are hole side up.

Patio settles and creates potential foundation issues

Exactly how you build a Lego structure, where you lay a row of bricks then the row on top overlaps the joints.

Stay safe as houses; HomeImprovements Do you worry about your valuables when you're away from home, such as passports, jewellery or even a memory stick full of precious family photos? Richard Burr shows you how to install a wall safe into a brick wall

QTHE top row of bricks on my garden wall is flaking badly.

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Course: Also known as a course as a course of bricks, this is a single horizontal row of bricks.

Don't be baffled by your builder's jargon

I didn't use mortar to cement the bricks together with this cold-frame design, so this way I can remove a few bricks for ventilation, or add a second row of bricks as the seedlings grow and the frame needs to be heightened.

Unique cold-frame design

The damp course around the third or fourth row of bricks lasts as long as the building but a common problem is bridging it.

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The welder used these cardboard templates to create pieces that fit on the outside of the steel tubes, providing a support for every fourth row of bricks. In addition to each of these levels, stainless steel brick ties were attached to the layers; they sat out from the structure in order to hold the bricks from above and below.

Immense mode vision of legs: Leslie Greentree details art and engineering in a public art project

A row of bricks or slabs can also be useful if your lawn butts up against a fence.

How to be a cut above

But when Maureen turns up she's going to have a harder edge to her character - because marriage to Bill the builder hasn't been as straight as a row of bricks.

Sherrie's not so sweet on visit to Street

"It's a case of building brick by brick rather than row by row of bricks."

Football: On day one in the job I said Wrexham could be a Championship club and my view hasn't changed; As the club celebrates regaining control of the Racecourse Ground, Denis Smith tells Mark Currie about his Championship ambitions for Wrexham on his fourth anniversary at the helm

Lay a row of bricks on top of your foundation, buttering the bottom and edges of each one and constantly using a spirit level to check that the vertical and horizontal surfaces are level.

Food: How to get your own oven ready; There is no end of equipment available for those wanting to indulge in some al-fresco cooking. Suzanna Bain provides a rough guide to building your own barbecue