Advice needed with my Leylandii hedging

Apologies for the delay in responding - yes it is the most pressing of the two.

Hope to have a quote from one contractor soon.

I did look at Gabions but put off because they MAY not work and also two different sources said they can be a home for rats and finally if not filled properly they can look awful

 

Have been told they travel in a downward diagonal about fifteen feet so about 8 - 10 in neighbours land but downward.

The less invasive solution and maybe cheaper BUT need neighbours permission.
The contractor says it will work and sent an engineer down to assess just waiting on pricing

 

Id be looking into your neighbours new house fence etc contributing to the pressure on the wall.
Beech hedge is great but the leaves brown in winter and mostly drop off in Spring leaving a seethrough hedge for a few weeks till the new green buds break. May be a privacy issue ?

 

Evening all,

Almost three months after an update and here goes - regarding the wall that is

I had two options for the wall - well two that were engineer approved. Option 1 was a sort of bank against the wall with specialised blocks by a company in East Cork and we were going tp go with it as we would not have needed to ask the neighbour behind for permission HOWEVER they left us down BIG TIME - We were told that we would have a final price first week in August. We never got one. I messaged numerous times only for the texts to be read but not responded to. I did speak to the rep on the phone one tine in Sept to be assured that he would have a final price in Mid-Sept - never happened. Total waste of our time and just added to stress as the weather changed and we have had constant wet weather with horrendous downpours at time! This was our first choice of a solution even though it meant losing the existing wall behind this bank that they were to create. Like I said a huge letdown and delayed out decisions

Option 2 was by a company called Cumnor here in Cork and the engineer visited the site and his solution was 8 wall anchors with Ishbeck rods that are 5 metres in length and a "grouting" pumped in. The neighbour had no objection to this so that was a big relief. They started on Tuesday and are almost finished now



Attached are some photos!

Let me know what ye think

 

thanks for modifying the photos !!

Was took dark last night/ this morning and I at work now so will take a photo to show the 95% complete photo tomorrow- they fixed the holes and the partial collapse yesterday along with some pointing and fixing minor cracks

two of the plates are on remaining to be installed Monday (weather permitting) and the plates painted black

once this is done I will spend time cleaning the bank above it and, after research, will landscape the bank

does anyone have suggestions of plants/ hedge specimens etc that I could plant up there - thinking of low maintenance plants some medium size grasses etc and building two or three planter boxes that will be accessible from lower (with aid of step ladder) and these planters I will sow wild flower seeds every spring

I picked up a pack in LIDL this year and found they provided a great display - they are laid out in strips of paper similar to tissue paper

 

It seems to be going well Will. I think regarding plant suggestions it would be best to wait on further images of the completed work, if you would be kind enough to provide them please. It's always good to see the site for plant inspiration.

 

Here are some photos of its current state

 

Is the aim of the planting to cover the fence or the wall or both.
Is it a sunny aspect.

 

Hi there fence is too high so don’t want anything too big or substantial

the wall/ bank is south facing so gets quite a bit of sun

want to put some nice small/ medium shrubs etc that provide interest to the bank but not be too disruptive to the wall itself so nothing with major roots

 

OK fellow gardeners here is the final photo of the wall with the Iscehbek (sp??) install along with the painted wall plates

Let me know what ye think?


Would you have done the same??

 

Fingers crossed