Brick Walls in Lewisham
Brick Walls in Lewisham — London Borough of Lewisham
Lewisham's Victorian streets are defined by their front garden walls, and a great many of them are in poor condition — leaning, missing copings, or repointed badly in hard cement at some point in the last fifty years.
What matters for brick walls in Lewisham
Repair or rebuild
If the footing is sound, rebuilding the top courses and replacing the coping usually restores the wall at a fraction of the cost of a full rebuild. If the wall is leaning because the footing has failed, patching it is wasted money — we will tell you which you have.
Matching stock brick and copings
We use reclaimed yellow stocks and match the coping style found along the street, whether that is brick-on-edge, saddleback or a stone cap.
Rear boundary walls
Old shared rear walls between terraced gardens often need rebuilding at the top or repointing. Where the wall is shared, it is worth agreeing the work with your neighbour before starting.
How we build it
- 1Free on-site estimateWe check the ground, the height you need and any retained load.
- 2Brick and coping selectionMatched to the house or chosen as a deliberate contrast.
- 3FootingsExcavated and concreted to suit the wall and the ground.
- 4BricklayingLaid to line and level with piers, DPC and drainage as needed.
- 5Coping and pointingTopped, pointed, cleaned down and the site cleared.
Full detail on materials and build-up is on our brick walls page, and more about the area on our Lewisham page.
Brick Walls in Lewisham — your questions
My Victorian front wall is leaning — can it be saved?
Sometimes. A slight historic lean in an otherwise sound wall can be left alone or partly rebuilt. A wall that is actively moving, cracked through and out of plumb generally has a failed footing and needs taking down and rebuilding on a new foundation. We check the base before quoting either.
Other work we do in Lewisham
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Free brick walls estimate in Lewisham
Call +44 7847 037606 or send us the details and we will come and measure up.