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Side Boundary Wall Height

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  • 14-06-2021 9:44am
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    Lyncher101
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭


    Hi. I'm hoping someone can help me regarding the minimum legal height requirement for lateral/side boundary walls. I recently bought a house at the end of a road which has an ESB sub-station on the far side. It seems my sidewall up to this station is not tall enough. At 6ft tall, I can see over the wall and into my garden. This brings it's own issues with young kids and teenagers as you can imagine! The station is located near my back wall, with a path for ESB access up to it running alongside my side wall.

    Would appreciate if anyone can recommend a solution (bar anti climb paint!) and more so, advice on minimum legal lateral/side wall height. I can find plenty online about back walls and party walls in gardens, but nothing about side walls!


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,527 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    Lyncher101 wrote: »
    minimum legal height requirement for lateral/side boundary walls.

    There are regs on maximum height, before planning permission is required, but little or nothing on minimum height, unless the origional planning for the house and something
    Lyncher101 wrote: »
    It seems my sidewall up to this station is not tall enough. At 6ft tall, I can see over the wall and into my garden.

    It "seems" accrding to you, or has "someone" stated this to you?


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    Lyncher101
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Lyncher101


    Thanks for that. Yes, I can find loads on Max height, but I thought there should be Minimum heights readily available too.

    When I say it seems, I mean I can walk up to the substation and look over the wall into my garden. No tippy toes involved either! I'm 6ft tall.


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    awec
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    Have you moved in yet? Is the wall finished?


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    Lyncher101
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Lyncher101


    Yes, about a year ago! Wasn't a problem until lockdown ended and kids are up on it trying to gain access to a field behind me. Or just playing on the sub-station! I'm talking to the ESB about this, but the only thing I can look into personally is getting the wall's height increased. Fortunately the builder is still on-site, but that's not to say he will lend any help....


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    awec
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    Lyncher101 wrote: »
    Yes, about a year ago! Wasn't a problem until lockdown ended and kids are up on it trying to gain access to a field behind me. Or just playing on the sub-station! I'm talking to the ESB about this, but the only thing I can look into personally is getting the wall's height increased. Fortunately the builder is still on-site, but that's not to say he will lend any help....

    Is the elevation of the path outside your house higher? I.e. can you see over the wall when standing in your garden? It seems pretty low, like it's kind of pointless if you can see over it.

    Your options are:

    - Get the builder to add a few extra courses to make it a bit higher
    - Put your own fencing on top of it
    - Plant some screening plants.


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    Lyncher101
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Lyncher101


    awec wrote: »
    Is the elevation of the path outside your house higher? I.e. can you see over the wall when standing in your garden? It seems pretty low, like it's kind of pointless if you can see over it.

    Your options are:

    - Get the builder to add a few extra courses to make it a bit higher
    - Put your own fencing on top of it
    - Plant some screening plants.

    Hi, yes - the path is well above ground level in my garden, and actually rises further the closer I walk to sub-station.
    Will talk to builder about additional bricks, not sure how receptive he'll be though! It would be nice to be able to provide him with a document on minimum heights to cut out all of the waffle between us!


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