Home DIY

Blimey, this wall is quite something. I've been using the combined forces of De Walt and a sledgehammer today, and I might be about 30% of the way there. The mortar, or rather the stuff they've used instead of mortar, as just as strong as the bricks, and I'm simply shearing off sharp-edged chunks. No hint of it actually coming apart brick by brick.

You've probably tried all this, and from your description of the wall it's pretty sturdy, but have you tried stitch-drilling the wall into segments, then having at it with the sledge?

I found that after putting a line of perforations into a stubborn wall you could get a satisfyingly large section off- a chain being as strong as the weakest link and so forth.

I also found getting my girlfriend to do it worked well from an energy conservation point of view.