Garden wall rebuilt.

oxroxx

Thanks for any advice.

Looking to have my front garden wall replaced, it is a retaining wall which is only one brick thick. Needs to be a 9" thickness. It is 7m long and 1m High. Quotes around £5000. Quite a bit of earth will need to be removed as well.

Is this price about right for south Oxfordshire area.

MikeJXE

How deep is the foundation, are you using the same bricks maybe the backing courses, you will need gravel at the rear of it. 700 engineering bricks plus other consumables would be less than £1,000  £200 for a grab load. £3,800 for labour seems a lot to me considering at the top end 2 men £200 per day each is nearly 10 days work when it's more like 4/5. Get at least  3 quotes, traders who don't want the job because they are too busy will quote high and make a killing if they get it. 

stuart45

A bit more info is needed. 
What type of bricks are being used?
Are the foundations being replaced?
What is the subsoil?
Is it directly on a pavement or road?
The last question can make a big difference to the price. This is one I looked at, and will be expensive.

infectedeggs

I wasn't aware bricklayers earned £1600 a week. £80000 a year. I am in the wrong trade.

MikeJXE

infectedeggs said:

I wasn't aware bricklayers earned £1600 a week, £80000 a year. I am in the wrong trade.

Bricklayers midlands do not earn £1600 a week, they earn about £250 a day.  what is happening they take on jobs at weekends and charge the earth.

That wall is not 1 brick thick as quoted it's 2 bricks and already 9 inches thick. You need a much stronger/thicker wall than that and someone who knows exactly what they are doing 

stuart45

MikeJXE said:

infectedeggs said:

I wasn't aware bricklayers earned £1600 a week, £80000 a year. I am in the wrong trade.

Bricklayers midlands do not earn £1600 a week, they earn about £250 a day.  what is happening they take on jobs at weekends and charge the earth.

That wall is not 1 brick thick as quoted it's 2 bricks and already 9 inches thick. You need a much stronger/thicker wall than that and someone who knows exactly what they are doing 

Which wall are you talking about? The one in the photo doesn't belong to the OP. 
A one brick wall is a 9 inch wall. A half brick wall is around 4 inches.

oxroxx

Thanks for all the replies.

I've been quoted everything from £3000 to £8000. I've decided on bricks at the face and blocks at the back.

Hope it turns out OK.