I have been asked to extend or replace a garden wall.
The existing one is about 18" high by 10' long, double brick thick.
The extension would add about 5' to the height.
It is the boundary wall of the end of the garden, with a gate access on one side.
The foundations are 6" deep, and slightly wider than the wall, the wall was built using secondhand bricks from the different colours of the bricks.
Not sur if 6" is deep enough for a 6'6" high wall.
I doubt it.
Not sure what is under the foundations, whether stone, rubble or soil.
There are shrubs on the outside of the existing wall, some roots have come through.
Apart from external bricks is there any other spec for the bricks that I should use?
One merchant is goinig to quote for concrete bricks, faced to look like bricks, not heard of these before, are they ok?
Were I to build a new wall, would a mini digger be better than hand digging due to the roots that are already there?
Why are some walls built with a gap down the whole height of it?
The existing one is about 18" high by 10' long, double brick thick.
The extension would add about 5' to the height.
It is the boundary wall of the end of the garden, with a gate access on one side.
The foundations are 6" deep, and slightly wider than the wall, the wall was built using secondhand bricks from the different colours of the bricks.
Not sur if 6" is deep enough for a 6'6" high wall.
I doubt it.
Not sure what is under the foundations, whether stone, rubble or soil.
There are shrubs on the outside of the existing wall, some roots have come through.
Apart from external bricks is there any other spec for the bricks that I should use?
One merchant is goinig to quote for concrete bricks, faced to look like bricks, not heard of these before, are they ok?
Were I to build a new wall, would a mini digger be better than hand digging due to the roots that are already there?
Why are some walls built with a gap down the whole height of it?