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Destruction and Resurrection (of a wall)
Our old front wall that had to be taken down, the frost damage can be seen in the first photo.
Pair of gates yet to go as well (cattery in the background)
New wall going up
Cementing and pebble dashing
New wall and gates
Yes the sky is blown but the technical side of photography isn't the reason for posting these pictures, it just what what the builders have been doing for us. Can't do a full on of the gates as a skip is in the way at the moment. Looks dead posh doesn't it?
Bazza
Pair of gates yet to go as well (cattery in the background)
New wall going up
Cementing and pebble dashing
New wall and gates
Yes the sky is blown but the technical side of photography isn't the reason for posting these pictures, it just what what the builders have been doing for us. Can't do a full on of the gates as a skip is in the way at the moment. Looks dead posh doesn't it?
Bazza
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I normally like plain brick best, but the white looks dead smart
I normally like plain brick best, but the white looks dead smart
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Hali
I would have preferred brick as well but I just can't justify another £2000 + on top of the cost of this wall.
Bazza
I would have preferred brick as well but I just can't justify another £2000 + on top of the cost of this wall.
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Looks lovely! Very bright and clean looking.
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Very bright and clean looking.xx
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It would have been lovely to see the brick wall rebuilt but it certainly looks good now Bazza.
Is the white building behind the wall (extreme right in pic 1) the same as the white building in the last two pics that's now flush with the new wall ?
In other words is the new wall further back ?
Is the white building behind the wall (extreme right in pic 1) the same as the white building in the last two pics that's now flush with the new wall ?
In other words is the new wall further back ?
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Looks good Bazza, I love brick walls too, were you able to salvage any of the old bricks?
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Phil That is the end of the bungalow and the wall is flush with it, give a quarter of an inch or so.
MS The bricks were just flaking off and you could pull whole chunks out so the old bricks were only good for rubble. If you go close in on the first picture you will see how bad the wall was. When they took off the top row which tied the double skin brick wall together, all it took was a good push and the lot fell down.
I had to opt for what you see as having it done in brickwork with the gates would have cost around £9/10,000 which we had quotes of, so the only realistic option was to go for concrete blocks as per photos to cut the cost down.
Just don't ask how much the gates cost but I could have bought a Nikon D700 and still had change for a couple of large CF cards and more besides. It took 3 of us and a sack barrow to move them, I hate to even make a guess on how heavy each gate is.
We also had several builders look at the job and never came back with a quote. To get a builder around here is harder than carrying water in a bucket with no bottom, the guys who did the above were relatives of one of my clients.
Bazza
MS The bricks were just flaking off and you could pull whole chunks out so the old bricks were only good for rubble. If you go close in on the first picture you will see how bad the wall was. When they took off the top row which tied the double skin brick wall together, all it took was a good push and the lot fell down.
I had to opt for what you see as having it done in brickwork with the gates would have cost around £9/10,000 which we had quotes of, so the only realistic option was to go for concrete blocks as per photos to cut the cost down.
Just don't ask how much the gates cost but I could have bought a Nikon D700 and still had change for a couple of large CF cards and more besides. It took 3 of us and a sack barrow to move them, I hate to even make a guess on how heavy each gate is.
We also had several builders look at the job and never came back with a quote. To get a builder around here is harder than carrying water in a bucket with no bottom, the guys who did the above were relatives of one of my clients.
Bazza