Is it possible to build a brick house without a contractor?
A wet brick and block build is constructed with a block built internal skin and cavity followed by a brick external facing, remain the preferred building method of self-builders. According to the Traditional Housing Bureau (THB), an organisation that promotes brick and block building techniques, around 70 per cent choose this method to construct their property. Heated discussions over the speed of brick and block construction will be around for years to come – it is often argued that the speed of construction is close between traditional methods and timber frames. This may well be the case if you’ve started trying to build and not yet ordered a timber frame, but timber if you plan to start once your frame is ready – as most do – a timber frame house will be water tight as much as four to six weeks sooner than a brick and block build. Changes to thermal efficiency were introduced in April 2002, toughening up the building regulation requirements – an area where timber frame excels but th
