Garden Walling And Brickwork In Buckingham
Our team at Buckingham Patios, offers unbeatable value on all types of brick walling installations, from boundary walling to pillars, decorative garden walling, wooden sleeper walls, repairing walls and more.
With a new wall, what the wall has to function as decides how we build it in Buckingham. Footings scale with the wall, from around 200mm to 500mm, and pillars are heavier where a gate hangs on them.
Most jobs start with an existing wall coming down, and if the old footings are good the new wall is built off them, and if they are bad they are replaced with new concrete footings.
What Garden Walling And Brickwork Do We Cover In Buckingham?
Our walling contractors build garden walls and gate pillars in Buckingham, with brick as the more popular finish, with facing brick or stock brick as the face.
Remedial work is common. A damaged section of a front or patio wall can come down and go back up in its own original bricks, and a loose header can be lifted off and replaced, so a full rebuild is not always the job.
Why choose brick or stone walling
Brick is the finish people ask for on a Buckingham wall. Northcot handmade and wirecut bricks, Ibstock Tradesman for matching work from the 1930s onward, and Tobermore facing ranges are the UK names we work from mostly but we will also source from other vendors providing on the specific style.
Marshalls Fairstone is the natural stone walling we use where stone is wanted, and we mix blends so the wall does not read as one flat colour.
Retaining walls
We always pin a retaining wall in Buckingham with rebar from the footings and fill the cores with concrete, because water will push an unpinned wall over, and so will weight. A standard boundary wall does not need that pinning.
Wall builds run four inch single skin or nine inch double skin, and inner concrete block with exterior facing brick is the other common build. Footing depth is decided by the size of the wall, and it is not a standard figure.
A pillar that will hang a gate must be thicker, a bit heavy against the counterweight of the gate. A pillar for a small private gate, or an open entrance with no gate, can be much smaller.
Sleepers can edge a modest level change, and can carry out flowerbed retention but a serious embankment needs a proper retaining wall.
Drainage solutions for walling
The biggest danger to a retaining wall in Buckingham is water trying to get through it, not the weight of the ground. Weep holes go in wherever there will be a backfill, and gravel at the base stops water building up behind the wall.
Where a big embankment is held back we dig down, put in a French gravel drain, the land drain pipe and the weep holes.
Arrange A Visit For Your Garden Wall
Call 01280 430126 to book your free estimate from our bricklayers. Our contractors in Buckingham look at the existing wall and the opening. Access and levels are noted on that visit so we can estimate the labour.
Buckingham Patios will talk you through the brick and footings on that visit, and whether the old wall can be reused. The estimate is written, free, and no obligation.
For other options, make sure to visit our patio services or our fencing services to learn more about all the options we offer in Buckingham.
Common questions about walling and brickwork
Why does my retaining wall lean or crack?
Usually water. If there is nowhere for the water behind the wall to escape it builds up and pushes, and in cold weather it freezes in the wall, so we treat it as a drainage problem more often than a strength problem.
What makes a retaining wall different from a garden wall?
The blocks are pinned with rebar running up from the footings and the cores filled with concrete. Water is dealt with behind it, gravel, a land drain at the base and weep holes through the wall.
What finish can I have on a wall?
In England brick is the more common build and the brick is the finish. Facing brick or stock brick. Rendered block walls are also done. Concrete render, or a silicone render using a monocouche system where the colour is in the render itself.
Does it matter if I want gates on the pillars?
Yes, and it is worth saying at quotation stage. A pillar hanging a gate has to be built heavier to take the pull of it. A pillar marking an open entrance can be a good deal smaller.
Can you use sleepers instead of a wall?
For a modest level change, yes. Sleepers are popular for edging paths, building raised beds two or three high, and backing up a patio where the ground steps down. For a serious embankment you need a proper retaining wall in Buckingham.
Do i need permission from the local council to build a wall?
In normal circumstances, where your walling stays under a certain height, you do not require planning permission at all, however a listed building might come with some more restrictions and we can go through those options with you.
