Repair Garden Walls




Thursday, 20 September 2012

Repair Garden Wall


Repair Garden Wall













Common defects to brickwork
  • Cracking over time or shrinking when it dries, also it could crack by the effect of the weather which will slowly weaken the joints between the wall

  • Thermal movement which will make the wall expand

  • Ground movement which will make wall move out of place and make cracks in wall.


Tools

Pointing trowel
Brick trowel
Level
Pencil
Pointer
Hammer drill
Extension cored
Dust sheet
Bin
Broom
L Lump hammer

Materials

· Shape sand £10 (1 bag)
· Cement £10 (1 bag)
· Bricks £5 (3 bricks)

PPE

Boots
Goggles
Gloves
Dust mask



Limitations of a garden wall




  • Brick walls are made from compressed earth and, therefore, are susceptible to water absorption.When bricks absorb water, they deteriorate more quickly than other materials that do not absorb as much water.
  • Additionally, building brick walls can be very time consuming and expensive because each brick must be mortared and placed by hand
  • The lasting of joints because it may not be long before it needs to be replaced


Risk assessment



Bricks falling on to feet
Dust floating around area and getting in to your eye or theypublics eye
Heavy or sharp objects

We wear correct PPE to prevent objects falling on to feet and dust getting to areas like lungs and eyes. To get help with any heavy objects and sharp objects then we will be working to the (HSE) standard and they health and safety act of 1974.

Method statement

The way I will start this job is to drill through the mortar around the bricks we are taking out until the bricks come loose. Once the mortar is drilled enough for the brick to come out of the wall we will remove and dispose the bricks. Next we will chisel and wire brush the excess mortar form inside the wall so when we get to lay the bricks, they will fit perfectly. We will mix up the mortar then Lastly we will fill mortar into the holes and set two common bricks into it, once laid and dried we will brush the whole wall down to a perfect finish and repoint the front to a finished to make it look like a brand new wall.

Quote

Dear Customer

We have inspected your garden wall and found out some of your bricks have cracked

We will lay dustsheet on the floor to make less mess

We shall replace the cracked bricks with new ones

Will also repoint wall as well to a good finish

The last touches that need to be done. (plus clearance)

Time
6 hours

Cost

The cost of all materials and the job will cost £345 plus VAT


  • Materials £25
  • labour £20 per hr
  • overhead (petrol, PPE,permit) £200
total cost £345


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