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  • We were reccommended a local brickie and not only did he do a lovely job putting up a replacement front wall, with curves, but was just as happy on smaller things like rebuilding a small buttress. Get more than one quote.
    Southampton 
  • So you had wall broken down and re done?
    Must have been expensive
  • If you do get it repointed, I'd strongly suggest that you have it done with hydraulic lime mortar (probably NHL 2).  Not cement mortar, not hydrated lime. The bricks look quite soft, and having mortar which is harder than the bricks (cement based) would lead to them deteriorating faster. I'm also wondering if the wall has a good cap on the top, or if water is getting in at the top..
  • Zahid_63c said:
    So you had wall broken down and re done?
    Must have been expensive
    Yes. OH reckoned it leaned (OK, a bit), so using a new jackhammer (his birthday present) and son in law we put it straight into a skip next to it. Digging out the foundations left the roots of a hydrangea exposed so I slung a bag of compost in till the brickie was ready. We also bought a cement mixer (cost divided by use = it was cheaper than hiring).
    I sacrificed the other hydrangea (climber) because every other year I had to cut it back as it was overhanging the well-used pavement.
    Southampton 
  • Zahid_63cZahid_63c Posts: 121
    How do you mean by cap at top?
    Do you suggest I should get full wall re pointed or just where damage is? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Get the brick to rake out any loose joints and repoint them when he/she replaces the spalled bricks. 

    As for capping the wall ... what’s the top of the wall like?  Can we have a picture of that please ?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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