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Jane finds her garden:brick wall question
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from Jane Lumley contains these words: Thanks so much to all for your help - we've found a house with an acre of land.... but I'm not saying any more in case one of you gazumps me! . Well, really! If you're that suspicious of us..... ......you can tell us when it's yours. Thing is, said acre is currently rather exposed to wind and traffic noise, so dh and I are eager to make a walled garden by building brick walls around at least part of it. Are we mad? Maybe. You'd be surprised just how much noise a good dense hedge will absorb. Walls are expensive things to build, though in the right position can be used to grow fruit against. You will need to get planning permission probably. If it's windy and really exposed, lengths of wall tend to come down. Think 'crinkly-crankly': you use more bricks, but it is not likely to be blown over. Best to attend an evening class in bricklaying: it's not really difficult. I was taught by Old Bob, [1] a brickie's labourer - he was in his nineties and still labouring. (It got a bit much for him when he was ninety eight (IIRC) and he got a job cleaning Mr. Whippy vans.) I've looked at several websites and the art of bricklaying seems very jargon laden. Does anyone know of a site in plain English? And has anyone ever done one of those night-school bricklaying courses? Oops! Got a bit ahead of myself there! Old Bob taught me properly, using matured lime mortar and having the frogs in the bricks on the underside so water doesn't seep into them and freeze during the winter. Nowadays, because it's easier and quicker, brickies tend to lay courses with the frogs upwards. "Oh, that's all right as long as you point them well....." Pah! -- Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano, iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03) |
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