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Brick Walls - Acton W3

Brick Walls in Acton

Garden, boundary and retaining walls, built on real foundations and capped properly. Covering Acton and Ealing, Chiswick, Shepherd's Bush.

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The work

Brick Walls for Acton homes

Acton is a short run for us, so a look at a brick walls job here is a visit rather than a day of travel priced into the quote. We work across W3 and out into Ealing, Chiswick, Shepherd's Bush, Wembley, Southall.

Most leaning garden walls in West London were built without enough foundation, or without piers to stiffen a long run. Once a wall starts to move there is no repointing it back to straight, so it comes down and goes back up on a proper footing.

The other failure point is the top. A wall with no coping, or with a cracked cement capping, takes water straight into the brickwork. Frost then blows the face off the brick. A coping with a drip, over a damp proof course, stops it.

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A brick boundary wall built up to a timber fence

What's included

What brick walls covers

  • Foundations

    Dug and concreted to suit the wall height and the ground, not the minimum that will stand up.

  • Piers and returns

    Piers built into long runs and at gates, so the wall has stiffness where it needs it.

  • Bond and brick

    Laid in the bond and brick that matches the house or the street.

  • Copings and cappings

    Brick-on-edge, stone or concrete coping over a damp proof course, with a drip.

  • Retaining walls

    Built with the drainage and thickness the retained ground needs.

  • Rebuilds

    Leaning or cracked walls taken down, foundations put right, and rebuilt.

The process

How a brick walls job runs in Acton

  1. Step 01

    Measure and check the ground

    Height, length, what the wall retains and what the ground is like all set the foundation.

  2. Step 02

    Agree brick and coping

    You see the brick, the bond and the coping option before we start.

  3. Step 03

    Dig and build

    Foundation in, wall built with piers and movement joints where the run needs them.

  4. Step 04

    Cap and clear

    Coping bedded over a damp course, joints pointed, and the spoil taken away.

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Next step

Get a price for brick walls in Acton

Send the form or ring 020 3128 7576. We will come and look at what you actually have, then put a figure in writing.

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Our work

Read the reviews, then look at the jobs

What customers have said about the work, collected from the places they left it.

Read customer feedback straight from our MyBuilder profile, where every review is tied to a job we were hired for, and see finished work on Instagram as it comes off the scaffold.

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Why TJM

Why Acton customers use us for this

  • Foundations sized for the wall, which is why ours stay straight.
  • Copings bedded over a damp proof course, so water does not sit in the brick.
  • Piers built in where a long run needs them rather than left out to save bricks.
  • Spoil and old material taken away rather than left in a heap.
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A brick front wall with piers along a pavement

The price

Brick Walls costs

What brick walls costs comes down to what you actually have, not a price list. Two jobs that sound identical can be an hour of work or a week of it, which is why we do not price roofing over the phone. We come and look, then put a figure in writing.

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  • Wall height and length, and whether it retains ground.
  • Foundation depth, which the ground conditions decide.
  • Brick choice, and whether reclaimed brick is wanted to match.
  • Access for materials, and how much spoil has to be carried out.

On the job

Brick Walls across Acton

We cover Acton W3 and the streets around it - Ealing, Chiswick, Shepherd's Bush, Wembley, Southall - so most brick walls jobs here are a short journey rather than a day of travel priced into the quote.

If your job crosses into another trade, that is still one price and one person responsible for the order the work happens in. Roofing, brickwork, render and groundwork are all done in house.

  • Foundations sized for the wall, which is why ours stay straight.
  • Copings bedded over a damp proof course, so water does not sit in the brick.
  • Piers built in where a long run needs them rather than left out to save bricks.
Get a free quote020 3128 7576
A brick boundary wall and piers running along a driveway

Questions

Brick Walls in Acton: common questions

Still not sure? Ring and ask. It is usually quicker than typing it out, and you will speak to the person who would do the work.

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How high can I build a garden wall?

Planning rules generally limit a wall next to a highway to one metre and elsewhere to two metres without permission, and your own deeds may say more. We will flag it if what you want looks like it needs an application.

Can my leaning wall be straightened?

Not reliably. Once a wall has moved, taking it down and rebuilding on a corrected foundation is the honest answer. Propping and repointing a leaning wall just delays it.

Does a retaining wall need drainage?

Yes. Water pressure behind a retaining wall is what pushes it over, so drainage and weep holes go in as part of the build, not as an optional extra.

How deep does the foundation need to be?

It depends on the height of the wall and the ground it sits on, and it is dug and looked at rather than assumed. A low garden wall needs far less than a two-metre boundary wall or anything retaining ground, and the quote names what we are digging.

Do I need my neighbour's agreement?

If the wall sits on the boundary it is worth having the conversation before we start, and a wall astride the line can bring the Party Wall Act into it. We will flag it when it looks likely, and you should confirm the position yourself.

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We also provide brick walls to Ealing, Chiswick, Shepherd's Bush, Wembley and the streets around them.

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