Possible to increase height of existing wall?

Davesnave

Furts wrote: »

Again putting a technical slant on things, I am guessing that you live near to the coast, or quite high up. In both scenarios it is common to have rendered homes. The local skills have evolved around this. This means a block construction and all the (poor) workmanship gets hidden by the render. Face brickwork requires a much higher skill because this is visible for all to see.

With a tradition, and skill base, for building with blockwork it follows that garden walls will also be built in this manner.

If one looks at the Atlantic coast of Devon, Somerset and parts of Cornwall there is a prevalence of render, not over block, of course, in earlier times. It's a style that persists today.

Bideford isn't called "The Little White Town" for nothing.

Davesnave

Money, I would get someone local to put up 3" support posts, to the face of the blocks if necessary, and then give them some high quality trellis to attach to these:


They could even increase the thickness of supports over the top of the wall by screwing an extra 2" piece to the side facing your neighbour, if you want the trellis to sit on top of the wall, rather than hanging back slightly, as it would otherwise do.

Plenty of trellis in Jackon's catalogue. It will cost, but it lasts without further treatment.

https://www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/fencing/secret-garden-collection/trellis-premier-lattice/secret-garden-collection-trellis-premier-lattice.aspx

moneyistooshorttomention

Davesnave wrote: »

Money, I would get someone local to put up 3" support posts, to the face of the blocks if necessary, and then give them some high quality trellis to attach to these:


They could even increase the thickness of supports over the top of the wall by screwing an extra 2" piece to the side facing your neighbour, if you want the trellis to sit on top of the wall, rather than hanging back slightly, as it would otherwise do.

Plenty of trellis in Jackson's catalogue. It will cost, but it lasts without further treatment.

https://www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/fencing/secret-garden-collection/trellis-premier-lattice/secret-garden-collection-trellis-premier-lattice.aspx

That looks a possible goer to me for how to do this.:T

Re that extra 2" piece to the side facing my neighbour - I presume it will still be possible to put that on the top of my wall (rather than having to add anything in the "airspace" over my neighbours property).

I'd never hear the last of it if a bit of my property was on "her side" and she is quite capable of vandalising anything that is.

Thankfully, I have proof that it is my wall - as she keeps asserting its a joint one...but that wont stop her arguing the toss anyway I'm sure (knowing her). But, as long as everything is either my side of my wall or on top of my wall - then she cant stop me doing what I decide to my own wall and I'll haul out the proof its mine if she tries it.

EDIT; No sooner said than done and I've been on the phone to them and had it priced-up.

Davesnave

It's a block wall and your handyperson would bolt 3" (75mm) uprights to it on your side. They would be at the correct spacing for trellis (about 1.8m)
They'd probably need bolting on because the foundation of the wall would get in the way of sinking them in the ground.

Then short pieces of 2" cross section (50mm) added to the uprights, could carry the trellis over the wall itself. As the wall is about 4" thick, the back of the trellis would be roughly at the mid point of the wall, so still OK even if shared.

Of course, the tradesperson would add the narrower wood before erecting the uprights! If they didn't, they would look a bit daft, trying to fix them afterwards without access to the other side.