Rebuild brick wall
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That depends whether the shrubs/trees/hedge is staying or not. Or if you intend using the same foundations, etc.
Oh my!
A desperate brickie might put their hand up for that one, but a lot will nod smile and run a mile.
If the entire wall is now at an angle, then surely that means the foundations have moved due to the hedge, and pointless rebuilding off them. Aside from that, I’m not a bricky, but I’ll start the banter off at £1.5-2k if foundation kept.
Work must be plentiful for brickies then, I assume.
Not at the moment, lots looking for work, 1600 would be around the figure i would charge, including a new footing which looks like it needs doing, its 2 days work for a single brickie, could be 3 if footing full of roots etc.
Can you imagine for one second any normal human being wanting to point the flip side of that garden wall? Plus that hedge is only going to get more destructive on the wall and the foundations.
I'd rather go hungry.
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No self-respecting builder would touch it with that hedge and the effect it could have on the wall. Plus you need to factor in the deeper foundations, to prevent the hedge roots having an effect on the wall.
Just for a bit of perspective - the job below has a hedge in close proximity on both sides. Granted, it was made up ground (400-800mm) so that also affected depth, but we still had to go down to a suitable depth below the root interference. Average trench depth was 2.1m. Average concrete thickness was 1.6m deep.
If you dig down the 2.1m footing, and fill it with 8m2 of concrete, i'll come and build the 300 brick garden wall
Bin the wall, keep the hedge. Needs a trim though, maybe wait until winter and get an arborist to do a hedge refurbishment.
Money saved on a rebuild can be used for that, and a decent hedge trimmer so you can maintain it.
Or if you want to rebuild the wall, remove hedge and roots, replant with something similar, or some nice shrubs.
Money saved on a rebuild can be used for that, and a decent hedge trimmer so you can maintain it.
Or if you want to rebuild the wall, remove hedge and roots, replant with something similar, or some nice shrubs.
Hedge refurbishment?!?! Do you really need an expert for everything these days?
We had an overgrown privet hedge, it had tipped over and become an arch, you could crawl under the back of it. It just took a pair of B&Q loppers and a garden shredder. Just chop each branch down to about 3/4 of where you want its height to be then let it regrow.
If you want a wall and hedge then it needs chopping down first, I'd say to about the same height as the wall. Then clear the branches from about a foot behind the wall to give some access to rebuild it. Then let it regrow to perhaps a foot above the wall, keep it clipped at that.
But I agree with others, that the hedge and wall aren't really compatible. One or the other would make more sense. Or perhaps a fence and hedge, as a fence will be able to flex if necessary.
You may well discover that you enjoy the daylight you'll suddenly get in what must be a pretty dark house at the moment. Perhaps carefully chosen blinds or even good old net curtains would give privacy without all the darkess.
That hedge is definitely big and dense enough to have birds in, you won't see them until you start hacking, then it's too late as they'll die if exposed to predator birds and cats. So you'd be breaking the law by disturbing them now. It's too late to do anything this summer, you need to wait until autumn to chop the hedge back then any building would be after then.
We had an overgrown privet hedge, it had tipped over and become an arch, you could crawl under the back of it. It just took a pair of B&Q loppers and a garden shredder. Just chop each branch down to about 3/4 of where you want its height to be then let it regrow.
If you want a wall and hedge then it needs chopping down first, I'd say to about the same height as the wall. Then clear the branches from about a foot behind the wall to give some access to rebuild it. Then let it regrow to perhaps a foot above the wall, keep it clipped at that.
But I agree with others, that the hedge and wall aren't really compatible. One or the other would make more sense. Or perhaps a fence and hedge, as a fence will be able to flex if necessary.
You may well discover that you enjoy the daylight you'll suddenly get in what must be a pretty dark house at the moment. Perhaps carefully chosen blinds or even good old net curtains would give privacy without all the darkess.
That hedge is definitely big and dense enough to have birds in, you won't see them until you start hacking, then it's too late as they'll die if exposed to predator birds and cats. So you'd be breaking the law by disturbing them now. It's too late to do anything this summer, you need to wait until autumn to chop the hedge back then any building would be after then.
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