Is it easy to build a brick wall?

[Randomposter]

Say 5ft high 12ft long ( & we're not bricklayers/builders obviously ) just enthusiastic diy'ers.

Thank you.

Tell the hander outer of gratuitous put downs and insults that she is being aggressive, not me,SD.And she still has nothing to offer to the OP.

In my wildest dreams I never envisaged a fight breaking out on this thread

Thank you all for your advice, it's just dh seems to think he could manage to build a brick wall in the garden, ( trying to save money ) it's only us that would see it so it wouldn't need to be perfect or anything.
He'll give it a go.

Thanks again.

I would like you to point out exactly where I have put you down or insulted anyone?

I will hold my hands up to being slightly sarcastic.

if he really wants to do it he should watch a few tutorials on the web or maybe do a class in a diy store.

Tell the hander outer of gratuitous put downs and insults that she is being aggressive, not me,SD.And she still has nothing to offer to the OP.

The only person being aggressive is you.And I love the way you complain about Palomb not offering the OP anything when you have offered precisely nothing.

OP from watching my dad build single storey extensions, I know DIY is possible but you do need to get the foundations right and ensure the wall is straight both horizontally and vertically. (I believe there is still s spirit level bricked into one of those extensions where my dad accidentally dropped it between two walls and couldn't retrieve it!)

My mother was the mixer of cement. If my dad was feeling generous, he would hire her a cement mixer - so romantic.

Brick walls built by a professional are £££££ sounds like a big wall for first attempt but I'm guessing he will work out fairly quickly if he is in too deep and then hopefully can get a brick layer to finish it. Could perhaps get a bricklayer on a day rate instead and then your DH can labour for them and get all the materials himself?

Bricklayers are paid a good wage for a reason. It is a very skilled trade - having seen the results on site of a poor job I wouldn't try it except for a very small non structral job.

My initial posting was that it was not a big deal to make something with bricks- as i had been able to make a bbq with bricks . P responded with nothing for the op BUT a put down for me. I responded to P and you called ME? aggressive. P was happy to have another bully on his/her team and upped the insults. and so on . Name calling is your main contribution BTW so you are well matched with P.

You could try however if you get it wrong you'll have wasted approx £200 worth of bricks plus sand and cement for mortar and hire of cement mixer etc.

If you found a local brickie who would squeeze your job in on a slow morning, he shouldn't charge you much more than £300 to build it (in south east cheaper elsewhere).

Or occasionally a competent handyman who has had years of experience could do it.

If you're determined and you don't have time to do a course, watch lots of YouTube vids and research technique online.

DH and I are very competent DIYers but neither would attempt a brick wall of that height ourselves. A lower brick boarder or bbq yes but not a fairly high wall. Besides I would want the wall to look good if I was spending money on bricks so I'd get a brickie to do it.

Still. It's not impossible but hard to get a good finish and to get it to look even (and not fall down on someone at a later date).

Have fun.

Building walls isn't so difficult. Think about your footings, I'm a fan of adding steel even for garden walls. A string line to keep your wall straight, a set of spirit levels to check your courses are staying level/consistent and on the vertical is a good start but
what I found useful was a template for laying a mortar bed. The last wall I built was in blocks and I knocked a template up out of 12mm mdf, you would want something thinner for brickwork but commercial versions are out there. Of course it's physically hard! If like me you are a bit messy when pointing you can wire brush the faces after the mortar is dry.
Lots of information on line as to bonds, footings and pillars/dims.