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Garden walls are a more substantial alternative to fencing, they’re often chosen to provide a bit more perimeter privacy, support outdoor structures or to complete your grand garden designs. Find an experienced bricklayer, and they’ll be able to build you a garden wall that fits the style of your home and slots seamlessly into your garden.
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Garden walls add a touch of panache to your outdoor space. But they’re there to do more than just elevate your garden design.
There are many reasons why you might need to build a garden wall. Often garden walls are selected over alternatives like fencing because they provide a solid base to fix another structure on (or to). Garden walls can be used to support fencing and pergolas, suspend bulky items like planters, and shallow walls can be used to support decking too. A solid brick wall can also act as a retainer, holding soil and earth in place – particularly handy if your garden has a steep slope or bank.
But garden walls can help to solve other issues. For example, their robust brick construction makes them ideal for reducing road noise. They can also provide an elegant privacy-boosting solution.
Whatever your reason for building a garden wall, find an expert, reliable bricklayer. They’ll ensure your brick boundary is structurally sound, and built to last.
Cost of garden wall building
Most garden wall building jobs will be priced per square metre. So, the price you pay will be influenced by the size of the wall you want to have constructed. Excluding materials (the bricks or stone you choose will affect the price significantly), expect to pay:
- For a single-skin wall, anywhere from £200–£300 per sqm
- For a double-skin wall, anywhere from £250–£400 per sqm
How to build a garden wall
The process to build a garden wall will differ depending on what purpose your wall needs to serve – whether it’s there to act as a retaining wall, or is simply intended to be a neat perimeter.
Your bricklayer will usually follow this five-step process:
- Drawing up plans. Your bricklaying expert should begin by sketching out the design and size of your wall, so there’s no confusion about what you want (and what you’re paying for). Make sure any shrubs, plants, other garden features, and (crucially) electrical cables and water pipes are included, so there are no shocks as the ground is dug for the next phase – foundations. A single-skin wall often won’t provide enough solidity, so most bricklayers will recommend building a wall that’s double skin (two bricks wide).
- Laying foundations. Even shallow garden walls need a solid base to sit on. Your tradesperson will be able to advise on the depth of the foundations you need for your wall. Usually, they’ll dig a trench around 300-mm deep, pouring concrete to the required level and tamping it down to form an even, flat surface when it dries.
- Preparation for laying. Your bricklayer will then set out a string line to ensure blocks and bricks are laid neatly. At this stage they’ll mix up mortar – typically six parts sand, one part cement and one part hydrated lime, with mortar plasticiser added to the water.
- Laying blockwork. Then it’s time to lay the blocks or bricks. Beginning at one end, your bricklayer will spread the mortar along the string line, around 12–15 mm in depth. Once the first brick is laid in place, it’ll be gently tapped down, compressing the mortar to a 10-mm depth. The next brick should be laid with around a 10-mm gap. To give the blockwork that classic overlapping pattern, the next row (or course) begins with a half brick, so each new complete brick straddles the joint on the row below.
- Pointing. As the mortar sets, it can be neatly pointed in using a trowel. For a smart finish, your bricklayer should aim to smooth the mortar back to a few millimetres from the brick face. And, after clearing away any mess, that’s the job done.
Types of bricks for garden walls
- Standard clay brick walls. These are the most common types of brick walls, and are the cheapest option too. You’ll have the choice of a range of bricks – in different sizes, styles and colours. For something more authentic or rustic, you could consider reclaimed or second-hand bricks – just beware you can pay more for these bricks than new ones.
- Natural stone walls. For a top-end finish, look no further than natural stone. Depending on how rugged you want your wall to look, you can opt from an undressed stone (which is essentially the raw stone that’s been dug from a quarry) through to a fully dressed stone – typically machine-cut into neat blocks. Natural stone walls are impressive, but you’ll pay premium prices for that premium style.
- Dry and semi-dry stone walls. A genuine dry stone wall will be built without mortar, using stones which fit neatly together. Finding those jigsaw puzzle pieces can make dry stone walls expensive though, so another option (which might save time and material costs) is semi-dry stone walling. To the untrained eye, it appears to be a genuine dry-stone wall, but there’s mortar hidden between the joints to reinforce the structure.
The qualifications your garden wall building expert needs
Your garden wall builder won’t need to hold accreditations or formal qualifications, but an apprenticeship, diploma or some form of vocational training in bricklaying is helpful.
Beyond that, look for experience and evidence of previous garden wall building work they have completed. And ensure they’re able to provide a number of independent customer references.
Planning permission for garden wall building
Garden walls standing over one-metre tall and bordering a public road or pavement require planning permission. And the same goes for any garden wall over two metres in height. You can read more about planning permission for garden walls on the Planning Portal website.
Insurance for garden wall building assembly
Make sure your property and possessions are protected against any damage by asking your professional for proof of their public liability cover.
Questions you should ask your garden wall building expert
- Will they be quoting by the size of the wall, or on a day-rate basis?
- Can they supply bricks and materials?
- Will a single-skin wall be sufficient, or will a double-skin wall be required?
- Are they able to build natural stone walls as well as brick walls?
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As professional landscape gardeners, we can create whatever you require for your garden including patios and paving, driveway installation, garden maintenance. Whatever the scale of the project, we can see it through from conception to completion.
Installed ducting from house to garage for EV charger cable. Work carried out to spec. Quick response to my enquiry and job carried out on time. Highly recommended.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our work. Tailored to help you in the construction of projects whatever the size and build value.
Excellent work at the right price. Helpful and timely. Restored my confidence in builders.
We are a reliable and affordable tree surgeon and garden maintenance company. Specialise in Dead ash.- trees, storm-damaged trees. Dangerous Hanging limbs over houses. Any questions please ask.
A family business that delivers great customer service. We have a reliable team who all take pride in the work we carry out in your home ensuring that we leave you completely satisfied and as proud of our work as we are. All our work is executed to high standard. So, no matter what job needs doing big or small, I will be happy to provide a very competitive quotation free of charge. fully insured. The work that we undertake: Painting and decorating Refurbishment Tiling Plastering and rendering Carpentry Floor sanding Partition walls And many more We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Absolutely fantastic service. We had cracks in our two main bedrooms, hallways and living room that needed repairing whilst we were living in the house with a baby and small child. Tilly got three men on the job to get it all completed asap. The team worked flat out without breaks and got done in 2.5 days (Tilly quoted aprox 3 days). They did over and above what I’d asked them to painting areas they hadn’t even replastered to make the hose look fresh. Tilly quoted & charged very reasonably too.
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Ollie was very efficient and hard working. They completed the fence post remideal job quickly and clearly with expertise. I recommend them.
D Building Ltd is a leader in Rendering and Plastering services. Brickwork repointing With more than 17 years of experience we offer the highest quality decorating, renovation and refurbishment services to domestic and commercial properties.Our priority is to ensure the customer are left satisfied with our service we provide We can offer a 24/7 service always ready to make customers feel comfortable You want to save energy get your house insulated throughout Greater London
Great service, fast response and flexible on price. Really pleased with the quality of the finish.
Small family run building company with over 40 years experience over 2 generations as a premium general building company. All types of building work carried out to the highest standard. A one stop shop for all your building needs right from the design and planning stage to completion. Joinery, roofing specialising in flat roofs Building and Plastering A wealth of experience in remodelling and renovations, extensions and sunrooms. Landscaping and paving. All areas covered. Fully insured, trained and certified tradesmen
We are a family run business with experience in all aspects of Building, roofing & home improvements. working around Newport and the surrounding area's. We provide a fast and professional service at competitive rates. No job too small, call now for a free quotation. newporthomeimprovmentscom
Luke was incredibly fast and fitted a new tap in our kitchen. A very professional job. I would recommend him to everyone.
We are a reliable and successful company and we provide the quality and the qualification of the work and product which we are doing for you .Our motto is, my customer my boss. We coming for a long journey experience working of 20 years working experience in Spain,Italy, United kingdom and Romania of landscaping industry and inside and outside house design of isolation,consolidation, any work of tiles or painting. We coming with the real quote of the work we try to be in competition with the construction quotations and to make our clients to make our publicity for work and quotations
Quick, clean and very reasonably priced.
Our family run business has been going for 15 years? We Cover all garden maintenance and Clearance? Hedge cutting and removals, Grass cutting, Strimming, Tree cutting / Turfing / new grass, Topsoil. Fencing? Gravel driveway We also supply all materials? Garden maintenance and clearance? clearance
Anthony and his tem did a great job, turn up on the day and completed it. We had some boundaries fencies erected with concrete posts, removal of a border and reshaping of another boerder to extend the parking area. Really happy with the outcome. Thank you!
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Iulian was on time, prompt, efficient and responded quickly and helpfully to all queries. Very happy with the quality of work done and he ensured that he left the rooms he worked in spotless at the end of his time. I would happily use Iulian and his team again, highly recommended.
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At Border & City Developments, we bring expertise, reliability, and a passion for quality to every job we undertake. Specializing in both general building services and groundworks, we work with homeowners, developers, and businesses across the region to deliver top-notch construction and infrastructure solutions. We specialise in all aspects of building and groundworks: - Driveways & Patios - Pattern & Printed Concrete - Groundworks - General Building Work Why Choose Us? 1. Comprehensive Building Services From home extensions to full-scale renovations, we provide a range of building solutions tailored to your needs. Whether it’s residential, commercial, or industrial, we’ve got the experience to bring your vision to life. 2.Groundworks Experts Our groundwork services lay the foundation for success. We handle everything from drainage, foundations, and site clearance to hard landscaping, ensuring that every project starts with solid, reliable groundwork. 3. Skilled & Trusted Team Our skilled builders and groundworkers are fully trained, ensuring your project is completed to the highest standard. We pride ourselves on delivering excellence, on time and within budget. 4. Locally Trusted With a strong reputation built over years of service, we are proud to be the go-to builders for clients in both city and rural areas, providing quality craftsmanship with a personal touch.
Best choice contract to Ltd we specialise in top and quality construction project in Wiltshire and London we cover all areas of building work from renovation and extension and conversion through to entire managed construction project whether you want a larger kitchen open plan living area and extra bedroom a house extension we could take you one step closer to having the home of your dream we work throughout Wiltshire and London area providing reasonable price quality construction and building services to a wide range of satisfied clients we pride ourselves on our reputation by offering a high standard of workmanship friendly and professional advice and making your project with us as hasslefree as possible Valentino
Valentino has done a fantastic job of bathroom and kitchen refurbishment. He has delivered what he had promised no hidden charges and no false promises. Very reliable and soft spoken. He uses the best material in the market so quality of product is very good. He did the facia as well which is also of very good specifications. Overall he is a fantastic builder and I would 100% recommend him.
Thank you for looking to consider volt developments and construction, here we pride ourselves on good hard work and quality craftsmanship. we like to put extra time in to bringing you the best quality work on your project weather it might be a big brick wall with foundations, a little driveway refurb or a restoration project ! Our years of experience paints a whole new picture for the up and coming young tradesmen. Having been trained by some of the best in the business we each bring our acquired skills to the table to give you a quick and nice clean turn around on whatever your project may be ! Here at volt, we specialise in Brickwork, Stonework, landscaping, groundworks & driveways and a-lot more (please don’t hesitate to ask! ) we also work along side some other good trades including roofers, plasters & gas engineers meaning we have alot of knowledge under our belts and a good network of connection’s within the construction industry. we were pushed to our limits in area’s of special brickwork including arches, ponds, twisted pillars & serpentines all of witch are very intricate and very desirable and make us stand out from the rest ! we are fully insured for all of our work and always work closely with any customer concerning budgets and budgeting techniques to make the process a whole lot easier for each party, we aim to make it as less stressful for the homeowner as I personally have dealt with a few who are abit unsure to start off but are overwhelmed with the outcomes and customer satisfaction ! Testimonials will all be on our page for everyone to see. Thank you for your time to consider us and we hope we can work along side anyone and everyone to get their dreams fulfilled
Spot on from start to finish. Understood the assignment and details of the job and executed perfectly. Ensured everything was done to detail. Would definitely recommend and use again. Many thanks Phil.
Family run business, with thirty years experience in the industry. We are a friendly and reliable service.
A good job, expertly carried out, but not quite up to our expectations with clearing the debris. It took us two days to get the garden back to normal. The second phase of the order is yet to be done and I’m sure that they will satisfy our requirements.
Very honest , transparent, and polite team , providing a service from concept design to finished product Unfortunately last job was unfinished due to an accident in filey in where I drowned trying to rescue someone in the sea Tragic failed rescue has miraculous happy ending , on youtube I suffered memory loss and severe problems after this and after working for another firm for short while I am ready to start again on my own so please take this into consideration with my last review
Unfortunately, over 12 months into the project, it is still not finished. There were a few circumstances outside of Tom's influence, but the delay's have been accompanied by repeated lies about finalising the project, and poor quality of the work that has been done.
family run business with over 20 years in the roofing industry we can meet all of your roofing needs from flat roofs fibreglass felt or rubber we do small single slate and tile repairs to whole new roofs all UPVC products dry verge systems dry ridge systems all types of guttering basically anything to do with your roof chimney repairs to lead work we do it all hard and soft Brick layer re-pointing /
I call Phill and sons 3 days ago to fix a leak on my roof. I did have the valley fix by an other roofer but they did not do anything just to take my money. I was a bit suspicious but I was happily surprise when I call Phill who repond to my call very quicly. He is very friendly and most of all very professional. So so please with Phill I'll will recommand him anytime.Thank you Phill for your excellent job
What about me? I’m stuck in Uk without work, clients want only my ideas !! Non smoking company Multi trade team with 13 years experience in electric appliences, plumbing, windows fitting, tiles, flor fitting, interior design, painting, fancing, and mutch more Wee usualy take our time to perfect our work You want something extravagant and out of this world.... you are at the right place, because wee love to do the job I’ll make your home special in my way that you will fall in love
Great service, went out of his way to do an excellent job.
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