This was a replacement wall to the previous one laid by another builder, that collapsed due to it being only one brick thick, a common mistake in retaining walls with such a large amount of soil to hold back.
We removed the old wall, laid a concrete foundation and laid a double brick wall utilising concrete blocks at the rear and decorative blocks and copings at the front
On 5th May 2010,
in Bricklaying, Building, Concreting, Excavation, General Building Repairs, Pointing,
by Damon
This was a replacement wall to the previous one laid by another builder, that collapsed due to it being only one brick thick, a common mistake in retaining walls with such a large amount of soil to hold back. We removed the old wall, laid a concrete foundation and laid a double brick wall utilising […]
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