Garden wall

[pumabhoy]

How deep should I dig the foundations for a small (approx 1m high) garden wall. And should I fill them to ground level or about a brick or 2 below?

 

[masona]

See this to help you,if you're still not sure get back to us.

 

[pumabhoy]

Cheers for that masona. 1 last question as my wall will be 2 bricks wide am I better to use mortar or wall ties for securing them together. Or would I better just using this deign for the wall.

I'm not too fussed about the design just whatever is easiest/strongest.

1-Wall ties
2-Mortar
3-Design the wall as above with every 3rd layer of bricks layed across the way.

 

[oilman]

If you built the wall using English bond ie alternate layers of headers and stretchers, that would be the strongest wall. If you used lime mortar (cos I think it's great) the wall could flex without cracking the bricks.

 

[masona]

Agreed with oilman,you cannot beat lime mortar.

There's no need to use wall-ties,just mortar will do even for stretcher bond wall (most common)