Garden Walls

[SweetLorele]

Our garden has several sections of brick wall, both on the side we are responsible for and on the side which is our neighbour's' responsibility. All of these walls are in a state of disrepair now with cracked sections, missing bricks and crumbling mortar. We'd like to get these repaired or replaced as we have a toddler who loves playing in garden. The remainder of the garden is fences.

I don't know where to begin with this. Do we need to get a structural engineer to look at them and get them pinned or repaired? Or do we cut our losses and get them removed and new fences put in?

Any advice would be great thank you!

Is it a retaining wall? If it is you will likely need to keep a wall there and so you probably need a builder/bricklayer. How tall is it?

If it's retaining but very short you might be able to replace with another material. I've seen people do short retaining walls with logs.

If it's not a retaining wall and just a 'wall' then you can probably knock it down yourself and get a fencer to put a fence in it's place. Get the fencer out first though and get his advice (he might offer to knock it down).

I've replaced some bricks on the wall in my garden - it was retaining so we had to keep it. We removed crumbling bricks and replaced. I had a 'handyman' do it as he was working at my house anyway. He took ages to do it but it looks ok. A builder/bricklayer would likely have done it much quicker and straighter.

I don't think you need a structural engineer as it's 'just' a garden wall. Unless you are on a really steep plot or something.

I think garden walls do this because they get wet, then freeze, then thaw out and this is hard on the bricks.

That was my experience anyway.

Thank you @Poochypaws that's really helpful. They aren't retaining walls.