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Strengthening a garden wall

  • 10-08-2017 8:41am
    #1
    stiofan85
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    Bought a fixer upper 9 months ago and getting through the jobs bit by bit. Cut back the jungle of a back garden and found the wall between my house and neighbour is a bit wobbly. Wall is on my side of the property division so it's my problem to fix.

    Don't have budget to rebuild it, so hoping I can support it for a couple of years and then get it sorted properly.

    It's about 15m long, a little over 2m high. Neighbour tells me the footings are very shallow. It is tied into the house but I am unsure of the far end as it is obscured by trees and a shed. There are piers every 5m.

    Mortar isn't too bad so I don't think there's much to do in that regard - the whole wall moves as one piece, although there are a couple of cracks.

    I was thinking some steel box section driven deep into the ground/embedded in concrete bolted to the wall every 3-4m would probably do the job. Would obviously need to get galvanised steel or coat it in some way to prevent rust.

    Anyone have any advice?


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  • #2
    Calahonda52
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    Wall is on my side of the property division so it's my problem to fix.

    not that simple

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2009/act/27/enacted/en/print#part8-chap3

    the box section or channel will work iff done properly

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  • #3
    stiofan85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭stiofan85


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    Wall is on my side of the property division so it's my problem to fix.

    not that simple

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2009/act/27/enacted/en/print#part8-chap3

    the box section or channel will work iff done properly

    Thanks for that.

    I should also say that the neighbour is not interested in fixing it and I'd prefer ot not go down the route of disputing it as a new neighbour. He's been pretty sound given the amount of noise and disruption I've caused I want to maintain that relationship. If I can make it safe for a few years with something I can hide behind some creepers up the wall then happy days. Also he is in a council house, whereas I own mine - I'm not sure what the implications are in that scenario?

    Would there be any point in trying to underpin the crappy foundations if I'm digging down that deep anyway?


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