Building a garden wall yourself - instructions for building a brick wall

Content

• Building a garden wall yourself - instructions for building a brick wall
• Preparation work and material list - How to plan correctly
• Tips
• Apply strip foundation - That's how it works
• Pulling up the wall - This is how you place bricks in an offset position
• Brick pas cut - That's how it works
• Completing the garden wall - low grouting
• Tips

The experienced handyman can build a garden wall with some skill himself

Building a garden wall yourself - instructions for building a brick wall

Are the costs of building a natural stone wall bringing tears to your eyes? This guide explains step by step how to properly plan a brick wall and make it cheap yourself. This is how the construction of your garden wall becomes a successful project.

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Preparation work and material list - How to plan correctly

This guide explains how to build a freestanding, mortared garden wall yourself. The more precisely you plan the construction, the smoother the work goes by the hand. It is important to note that you consult in advance the regional laws for building law and neighborhood law. Moreover, from a height of 200 cm, the stability certificate is usually required by a structural engineer. The following materials and tools are required for the construction of a 0.80 m high, 0.20 cm wide and 10 m long brick wall:

Also required are: wheelbarrow, wooden pegs, string, gloves, spade, pickaxe, shovel, folding rule, spirit level, plumb bob, rubber hammer, masonry and joint trowel. A stone cutter and concrete mixer as well as a vibrating plate can be lent cheaply in many DIY stores.

Tips

If you plan your garden wall, please consider in time whether a passage is necessary. Creating a gate or opening in retrospect involves a lot of effort and unnecessarily increases costs.

Apply strip foundation - That's how it works

When laying the foundation, first cut the course of the garden wall with a guide and wooden pegs. Please make sure that the line is completely horizontal, because you will orientate yourself again and again later. Making a concrete foundation yourself goes like this:

The foundation must now fully harden and settle for about 2 to 3 weeks. Cover the concrete with a tarp to protect it from rain. During hot summer periods, water the concrete strip a little bit every 2 days so that it does not crack.

Pulling up the wall - This is how you place bricks in an offset position

When the foundation has hardened, you can start with the walls. Mix the mortar in a large bucket or in the concrete mixer as prescribed by the manufacturer. How to set the tiles correctly:

Please brush off any swelling mortar with the trowel immediately. The trowel handle is also perfect for placing individual stones in the right position. Start each second row with a halved brick, achieve the ideal gearing of the garden wall for a reliable stability.

Brick pas cut - That's how it works

With a stonecutter you cut bricks with little effort, dirt and low noise. Straight edges are the alpha and omega for a decent brickwork. Please mark each single cut edge and do not rely on your judgment. However, a stonecutter is not suitable for very thick bricks of more than 110-140 mm in height. In this case, you can not get around a cutting and angle grinder.

Completing the garden wall - low grouting

If you build a wall yourself, should have a decorative crown. Therefore, we recommend to put beautifully shaped cover stones as the last row. The wall of the garden described in this manual is excellent thanks to its 80 cm height and a shapely crown to delineate your front yard. This is how you proceed expertly:

The self-made garden wall is now finished in its simplest version. To give the masonry the finishing touch, you can plaster or clad the brick wall. You will also do this work yourself with a little manual skill.

Tips

With an imaginative design you give your garden wall an individual, natural touch. When walling between bricks, integrate one or two concrete hollow stones. In this way you create space for plant bags to green the stone bulwark.