We have a little brick wall separating our house from the alley, with an archway and a gate. We want to knock the wall down and put a nice wooden fence with a gate, but we'd like to re-use the bricks for a garden wall.
We were quoted over £1000 to knock down the wall, remove the rubble, and put in a fence and gate.
We were also quoted almost £1000 to build a little 12" high wall around the garden.
We've been thinking about it and wonder if we can do it ourselves, is it really as simple as whacking away with a sledgehammer and knocking the mortar off the bricks so they can be re-used?
Dh rather fancies giving it a go, on the basis that it will be free and if it doesn't work out we can always call in the experts to do it.
I'm not too convinced of his ability to build a fence and gate from scratch, but I'm willing to let him have a go (and I'm quite looking forward to letting rip with a sledgehammer
Anyone have any experience of this sort of thing?
Are we insane?
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reclaiming bricks from a wall? how?
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oopslateagain · 14/03/2011 09:55
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