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I've been trying to research the issue at hand, and stumbled across this; https://www.gov.uk/guidance/your-garden-walls-better-to-be-safe It states the maximum height of a half brick wall in my area is 525mm (my question is about a half brick wall 2000mm high..) It further states that And...

Thank you for your reply Matt. You're right, there is nothing happening to this wall right now, it seems to be holding. Reason I'm asking the question is; I have previously been told that to build a retaining wall greater than 3ft in height, it should be made at least full brick thick, or by...

Hi all, we recently bought a house with a rear garden that slopes uphill. The back wall of our garden appears to be made of a red brick wall approx 2m high. Abvove the top of this brick wall, our neighbours have a deck that starts about 7ft higher than our patio or about 6in higher than the...