Walls and Brickwork
Walls have multiple uses within hard-landscaping, from simple division of what’s yours and what’s not, to support and restraint, and then there’s the construction of features such as barbecues and pizza ovens. This section looks at the key materials - the bricks – and also at the bonds used, the foundations, the copings and all the other essential basics.
Walls and Brickwork
This page looks at some of the basic features of the types of walls regularly used in hard-landscaping projects, including brickwork patterns. It covers only simple, free-standing walls, up to 1200mm in height, and basic retaining walls.
Brickwork Basics
The building of small walls is a regular requirement for many hand-landscaping projects. This page provides a simple illustration of the materials and techniques used.
Regulating masonry
"Regulating Masonry" is the term used for the construction formed to 'even up' or 'regulate' an underlying structure, such as a manhole or gully, making it ready to accept ironwork, such as a cover or grating, onto an even and regular depth bed of mortar.
Stone Balustrading and Building Regulations
An article from a leading supplier which looks at how balustrades are used within hard landscape projects.
