Garden Wall

well you done a great job bobj, i think ive seen your garden before, are there more pics on this site?

 

I thought so, lots of before and after pics... loads of ideas to nick

 

Dave, I built a few small walls with rough faced concrete bricks, six years ago, and they have stood up very well.

With ordinary bricks you can make curved walls and do quite complicated things if you want. In fact curves and right angles gives extra strength. You need to build little pillars at intervals it you have a long straight wall. I left drainage holes by just leaving out some mortar at intervals. You can see one at the bottom right. That way it didn't interfere with the spacing of the bricks. That course was then covered up with gravel (or could be soil), so you don't see the holes. I have never had any trouble with it and would certainly do it again if the need arose.

 

Lovely bit of work there Peter and your idea of hiding the holes is wonderful and so simple too.Hel.xxx.

 

Thanks Helen. It's very satisfying building things - it makes it feel like it's your garden.

 

Not to mention how much cheaper it is for your pocket Peter. :D

At least you can have your own way, set your own standards and not feel like you have been duped by some scandalous cowboy. Hel.xxx.

 

Wow i can't believe that's the same garden bobj.
it's wonderful you are very creative, you must have worked very hard. Well done.
WG

 

Thanks, Weekend Gardener, for reminding me that I hadn't updated this post with my progress. We decided to knock everything out and start again. Fortunately, the footings held fast so could reuse them with some heavy duty concrete blocks. They now have drainage every metre or so, and I have coated the back of them with damp proofing designed for below groud walls. I am in the process of painting them but the rain seems to be hampering my efforts a bit! :( I will try and post some pics when I can - but thanks for the help again. Let's hope this is the last time I need to do this job!!

 

Good luck with it Dave,

bobj & PeterS - what can i say. Absolutely gorgeous.

cheers