Brick planter against house wall

JIL

Homer_home said:

JIL said:

I'm not sure what the planters were supposed to do? The bricks arent as nice as the stones used to build your house and the stone at the bottom of your window is covered and out of view. Were coping stones going on top of the brickwork? Once these were planted up the plants would surely block your view, it wouldn't make sense to have such high brick walls and then use ground cover plants. 
I think I would be tempted to remove a few courses of brickwork, use pots in the beds and hide the brickwork with some wooden sleepers.

I suspect the bricks were going to be rendered given the plastic beading which has been installed 

That makes sense, I presume to match the rendering on the house already.

twopenny

I find the drop at the other side of the house scarey. That's a long way down for anything to fall on a street.

Also part of these planters are against the wall but then come half way up the windowsill and there's a gap between the two despite it appearing as a straight line. Which it can't be.

Davesnave

The way you resolve this is take part responsibility for designing/approving something truly awful, demolish the parts that compromise the weatherproofing of the house and start again.

Jack_Cork

It really does look awful. Why would you think it was a good idea?

Koysii

Sorry but this was not a good idea and would look hideous when finished. The potential damage to your property will not be worth it. Get a sledge hammer and remove them bricks. If you want plants in front put them in pots. Me personally I don't understand why people place plants right next to their wall especially vines. These root into your mortar and guttering and crack walls and also cause damp issues. 

stragglebod

Don't think about the wasted cost of the work done so far.

Think about the more significant cost if you continue with this, not least the additional maintenance you'll have to do on the fabric of the house, and the decrease in sale value of the property.

Homer_home

Are we here to bash the op about his personal choices.....

Or give constructive advice?

Davesnave

Homer_home said:

Are we here to bash the op about his personal choices.....
Or give constructive advice?

In this instance, the constructive advice is to get rid of the elements which might compromise the integrity of the house as a weatherproof structure.

When mistakes are made in building, sometimes the best approach is to start again. This is exactly what I'm doing currently with 30m2 of flooring which I'm not happy with; ripping it out and starting again at a cost of well over £2k. The design wasn't right and I'm taking full responsibility for having approved it. I feel better now having made that decision. It just needed someone experienced to tell me, "You won't ever be happy with that."