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Walls and openings
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Permitted development allows a boundary wall of two metres, or one metre alongside a road or the footpath next to it, and we check which applies to you.
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Long runs of estate walling need real foundations, piers and copings, because a shallow trench is why a wall starts to lean.
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Ties staggered at 900mm across and 450mm up the wall, brought in to 300mm centres wherever there is an opening.
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Setting out comes before laying for lintels, arches and soldier courses, so the coursing works out rather than being forced.
Repointing work
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Brickwork from before 1919 is lime-built and takes lime again, lime being the sacrificial part of the wall rather than the brick.
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Cement that is harder than the brick drives frost damage into the face, and spalled Victorian brickwork is the result.
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Raking out goes twice the joint width, by hand where a grinder would widen it.
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The mix is matched on colour, sand and profile so a repair does not announce itself as one.
Stacks and stone
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Ascot's tall Victorian and Edwardian stacks get rebuilt, releaded and repointed, with fresh flaunching and the pots made secure.
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Spalled bricks come out singly and go back matched, instead of being rendered over and forgotten about.
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Walling, cills, quoins and heads in natural or reconstituted stone, bedded the way the stone came out of the ground.
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Helical bar stitching across the joints holds a crack, once the movement behind it has been found and dealt with.
Brickwork specialists in Ascot
Frequently asked questions
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Send your postcode, what you would like doing, and a few photographs of the space as it is now.
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We look at the wall before we price anything. Repointing one that is sound risks the brick faces.
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You get the quote in writing, itemised line by line, so you can see what each part of the work costs.
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Happy with it? We agree dates in writing before anyone turns up, and you are fully insured throughout.
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Garden and boundary walls, piers, extension brickwork, repointing, stonework and structural crack repairs for homes throughout Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale. Fully insured, free written quote.