boundary wall

[Steve]

the wall at the end of my garden has not fared well in the recent cold snap. The brickwork is now very crumbly and there are many loose bricks. The whole thing will need pulling down and starting new - back to foundations (its 100 years old so simply has a spreader course foundation).

Which would be cheaper to build a 6ft high wall with?

***breeze blocks, rendered with coping stones on top.

***red bricks with a soldier course top.

Or is the cost difference neglibible?
Are bare breeze blocks, painted, suitable for our climate outside? I see them plenty enough, but often wonder about their pourosity and water freezing in them - hence I suggested having mine rendered. But if its not nessecary, I'd live without!

I want to hang a 4ft wide metal gate off one end of the wall.

 

[hotrod]

Is this the wall you were on about a few months back steve?

How much DIYing are you going to do - I take it you're going to have to pay someone to lay the brick/block and do the rendering? But you can do the groundwork? Or are you wanting someone to do the job lot?

I wouldn't recommend breeze block external. I would use dense concrete solid and then render. But personally, for a 100 year old house, I would prefer a 9" wall, english garden wall bond, finished off with a soldier course. Lovely

 

[Steve]

I wondered if anyone would remember me

Yes, its the same wall. Still crumbling away!

What about a 3ft wall, with brick piers to 6ft with fence panels in between? Cheaper than a solid brick wall? (yes, im after the cheapest option without opting for a plain fence! It has to be solid)

I'd like someone to do all the work, but I have a couple of spare fence panels i could cordon the rest of the garden off with, while I demolish it all. But no way to cordon off any trenches I dig! Would red and white tape strung out between metal stakes meet H&S purposes? I dont wanna get sued!

I'd quite happily dig the founds out and even lay the concrete, if i can meet my duty of care to joe public walking by my property.

 

[noseall]

A rendered block wall will probably succumb to thermal movement that will result in cracking along the courses and vertically through the blocks.

It will also need painting/maintenance.

A masonry wall with fence panels will need some hefty pillars between to resist wind related problems and would require say 450mm x 450mm pillars.

I would go with a 225mm brick fella every time with tile crease and solid blue engineers finishing the top.