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In which case I must restrict myself to low walls only. Honestly, the structural engineers benevolent fund must be responsible for that load of cobblers! Any competent, and I stress competent, brickie is more than capable of going several mm higher without fear of instant detonation. I am probably the only person who takes the slightest notice of the Hastings Retaining Walls Act (I kid you not), I use it as a sales tool. No structural leech person is necessary or in the slightest useful until you are holding back something humongous or building something massively tall.
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Laying bricks is easy. Doing it fast requires skill.
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You could do it, get all the prep done, have everything you need at hand and take it slow
ColinTheBald
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We've got two brick walls in our garden and I'd love to make it three - at the moment it's just a low slatted fence between ours and our neighbours'.
I think doing it myself is beyond my skill set (especially after reading that walls above 1.2m need a structural engineer's input) and getting someone in is probably beyond our budget.