Hi all,
I am after some advice about a free-standing brick wall.
I want to build this in my garden, well clear of boundaries. I have spoken to building control who say I don't need approval for it.
I plan to have a small (pedestrian) gateway at one end of the wall with a brick pillar (concrete reinforced) on each side of the gateway as I want it 6ft high. My problem is that the main drain off my property (not shared) passes under what will be the centre of the gateway but at a depth of about 4 foot. The other end of the wall abutts the house which is victorian and built on pyramidal footings with no foundations.
From reading books and online guides I think I cannot get away with anything but foundations with their top below the level of the drain invert and then lintel over the drain. This then makes my wall 10 foot high!
Am I correct or is there an alternative? Should I get an engineer to design this (rather not fork out for that though as I suspect the answer will make the wall financially non-viable)?
This is making my 'simple' garden wall project turn into a major undertaking!
Thanks in advance.
Matt.
I am after some advice about a free-standing brick wall.
I want to build this in my garden, well clear of boundaries. I have spoken to building control who say I don't need approval for it.
I plan to have a small (pedestrian) gateway at one end of the wall with a brick pillar (concrete reinforced) on each side of the gateway as I want it 6ft high. My problem is that the main drain off my property (not shared) passes under what will be the centre of the gateway but at a depth of about 4 foot. The other end of the wall abutts the house which is victorian and built on pyramidal footings with no foundations.
From reading books and online guides I think I cannot get away with anything but foundations with their top below the level of the drain invert and then lintel over the drain. This then makes my wall 10 foot high!
Am I correct or is there an alternative? Should I get an engineer to design this (rather not fork out for that though as I suspect the answer will make the wall financially non-viable)?
This is making my 'simple' garden wall project turn into a major undertaking!
Thanks in advance.
Matt.