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Will a 2ft high brick wall need a foundation?

We are looking to a have a small wall built to outline / border our drive and wonder if its only about 2ft tall will it need foundations? The wall will be built on existing block paving.
Thank you 

:j

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  • stuart45
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    I would put in a strip foundation myself for a brick wall 8 courses high.
  • grumbler
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    ferry said:
    ...will it need foundations? The wall will be built on existing block paving.
    It will - if you want it to last more than a month. And nobody builds walls right on block paving (that typically rests on sand).
  • ferry
    ferry Posts: 2,017 Forumite
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    Thank you 
    :j
  • Ajmason42
    Ajmason42 Posts: 171 Forumite
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    Yes it will also think of the location of the wall in relation to opening the car doors we had one similar height and so many times flung the door open a bit to hard and bang etc etc  
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