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How high?
Our ~1m wall. Is single with some... ummm... columns(?)* every few meters.
It seems perfectly solid. Although the guy who built our drive did manage to knock one section down with a digger.
*this makes it sound very grand!
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Single is fine, but might look a bit rubbish at the front, IMO walls need to look robust in the most obvious places, then you can have coping stones and caps on the top etc like a proper wall which just look right. You can get away with singles down the sides.
When we DIYed our front we planned to do single skin initially but frankly it looked a bit weak and we then doubled it up like a real wall.
Our ~1m wall. Is single with some... ummm... columns(?)* every few meters.
Piers, my man, they’re called piers in this context.
Also, anyone any thoughts on how much ripping up crazy paving and putting down a concrete base and ~ 20sqm of paving for side return and patio would be?
20sqm is a lot of paving. It’s half the size of a London flat. It won’t be cheap. But the majority of the work isn’t difficult. Hire an SDS drill ,have some weekend fun and smash up what there is, pop it in a skip. Dig out a little and get some fresh concrete delivered to pour into the space, you can buy it online delivered to pour per square meter directly into the space. If you want nice paving you can pay someone to do that bit. But perhaps easiest to just re-pave on top of the current crazy paving?
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Looking at getting a new, red brick garden wall (front of the house) built. Quote that has come back is for a single skin wall. I'd have thought a double skin wall was more usual for that unless I'm missing something.
Also, anyone any thoughts on how much ripping up crazy paving and putting down a concrete base and ~ 20sqm of paving for side return and patio would be?