Rough cost of rebuilding garden wall?

rubble2

We suffered partial damage to a 4ft high garden wall during this weeks storms.

The wall is probably getting on for 100 years old, it has lost a couple of courses of bricks off the top and loosened some other bricks - probably needs re-pointing to make it fully safe.

Just wondered if there is a ball park price per Sq. Metre for rebuilding a two brick thick garden wall? most of the bricks are re-useable so mainly labour costs.

I will be getting some quotes once the weather improves but wondered what sort of price I should expect.

Thanks

suki1964

Hubby says £60 a metre and pointing is £12 a metre

tony6403

In my location would expect to pay £70 m2 for 215mm brickwork and £18 m2 for repointing.

rubble2

tony6403 wrote: »

In my location would expect to pay £70 m2 for 215mm brickwork and £18 m2 for repointing.

Thanks, I am in North West England (Wirral)

thor

I was going to ask the same question so apologies for piggybacking on this thread.
I have got a garden wall which is beginning to crumble and would like to either repair it or replace it entirely. I am thinking of taking it on as a diy project. I need some brief advice on what materials I would need and how to go about it or to be told to just leave it to the professionals even if it costs a fortune.
Here is the piccie:



I hope that a picture does describe a thousand words because I would have found it hard to relay the nature of the wall and how it was damaged.

Furts

Difficult to tell from the photo, but it appears that your blocks are crumbling/degrading, and the corner is not bonded.

If, indeed, the blocks are unsuitable (which is difficult to imagine unless they are weak, or a poor batch, or sulphates are present) then the solution is to re-new the corner and bond it in. However, the remaining wall will probably fail at some point in the future. Hence, you may wish to re-new the lot.

As a further point, a rendered garden wall, or even more so a retaining wall, is asking for problems. It is the height of bad practice.

I apologise if this is not the answer you were hoping for!

zaax

Further education places do evening classes for all sorts of things and one of them is brick laying.

Why not take one and learn how make a beautiful wall that would last another 100 years

rubble2

Got a couple of bricklayers coming tomorrow to give quotes.

Already had one which seemed rather excessive - We agreed not to replace the top two courses of bricks so the wall will be slightly lower, he quoted £550 to replace a row of 'Bricks on End' on top of the wall and re-point the whole of our side of the wall (12sqM).

Will see what tomorrow brings

thor

Furts wrote: »

I apologise if this is not the answer you were hoping for!

Not at all. You have given me the push to knock the diy pipe dream on the head. It looks like I'm going to have to get someone in after all.