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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:03 am
by yourgardenworks.co.uk
Morning all, is there a simple way of estimating the cost of a garden wall made from facing brick ?
Cheers
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:31 pm
by DNgroundworks
All i can think of is work out square meterage of the wall, then ask your supplier how much the brick is a square meter, and if it is a twin faced/sided wall double it. then just add on labour cost and construction of the foundation, thats how i do it.
Some building companies do have a pricing template - ie x amount per square mater which is everything concerned with that square meter, bricks, mortar, labour and foundation below, then obviously multiplied by the area of the wall.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:38 pm
by Dave_L
Agree with DNG - that's the way I do it.
I think I found something on here ref: brick estimating! (Might be wrong)
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:18 pm
by Dave_L
Thinking about it, as an exercise I broke the whole job down into individual materials and labour to price the walling we did recently - with a bit of help from LLL 
it worked out a treat in the end, coupled with a decent brickie.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:30 pm
by DNgroundworks
I think everyones got there own way of doing it, my previous post was a bit vague - i do include motar & ties etc, and work out the labour to dig the footing, lay the concrete and build the wall.
I dont realy know if there is a certain, easy sure fire way of pricing a wall on a square meter basis as every job is different!
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:49 pm
by Dave_L
Indeed - access etc are all variables that need to be taken into consideration.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:43 pm
by lutonlagerlout
a rough approximation is allow about £2 a brick inclusive
so a 500 brick wall (8m by 1m high with piers and copings) with a new foundation would cost roughly a grand
personally i work out the component parts and add them,most decent facers are about 60-70 p a brick,plus you are looking at around £ 5-600 a thou to lay them plus ties concrete etc.
heres one i did earlier
8000 cottage garden rose in this baby,12 m crete in the founds plus tile creasings and leccy gates cost the client around 16k
LLL
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:50 pm
by Dave_L
Nice work LLL
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:20 pm
by yourgardenworks.co.uk
Nice work LLL.
Cheers all, i will use the square metre method for ease i think, and then see how it compares to LLL's £2 per brick way.
The brick i'm going to use is 34 p a piece btw, and the access is no problem, 10 mtr x .7 mtr with in an L shape and 1 pillar/post.....:rock:
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:24 am
by lutonlagerlout
£2 a brick is when someone rings up or asks you in the supermarket,you wont go far wrong.
even with 34 p bricks the labour and foundation costs are the same,
cheers guys
LLL
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:54 am
by yourgardenworks.co.uk
Cheers once more kind sir.