Bricklaying Services
Bricklaying in Felling
Felling is not one type of housing, which is exactly why bricklaying here is not one method. You will find Tyneside flats and terraces through Felling and Heworth in one part of town and post war housing toward Leam Lane and Windy Nook in another. Felling is a riverside part of Gateshead with a deep mining history, remembered for the 1812 Felling pit disaster.
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More than 25 years of building work across the borough means we know which questions to ask on a Felling property before quoting, and the quote itself always arrives in writing.
Bricklaying Services
Our bricklaying in Felling cover
- Making good: tidy joints, clean faces and a site left properly at the end of each day
- Chimney building and repair: rebuilding, repointing and reflaunching where the stack has weathered
- Garden and boundary walls: foundations, brickwork, copings and piers built to last rather than to look right for a season
- Steps and pathways: brick and block steps, thresholds and paths finished to fall correctly
- Structural brickwork: load bearing walls, piers and openings formed to the approved details
- Stonework and stone cladding: natural and reconstituted stone laid to match the surrounding work
Local Knowledge
Local considerations for bricklaying in Felling
Felling falls under Gateshead Council for both planning and building control, which is the practical starting point for bricklaying here. In a Tyneside flat the ownership split above and below makes the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 a normal early step, and Gateshead Council will also want to see how any new structure ties into the shared building. None of that is a reason not to do the work. It is a reason to establish the constraint before a design is finalised rather than after it has been drawn twice.
Ground conditions are the second thing we look at. The coal legacy here is documented in detail and much of Felling sits inside the high risk mapping, so mining risk is checked as standard before any new foundation is designed. For brickwork the ground decides the foundation under a wall, and a wall without an adequate foundation moves within a couple of winters.
Property types vary across Felling more than the name of the town suggests. Around Felling Square, Heworth, Leam Lane you will typically find Tyneside flats and terraces through Felling and Heworth, while further out there is post war housing toward Leam Lane and Windy Nook. For bricklaying, older brickwork wants a softer mortar and a matched brick, while newer housing is usually a standard modern facing brick that is still available. Terraced streets with back lanes are the pattern, and the lane is usually the practical route for materials. None of this changes how we price, since every Felling job is quoted in writing after a visit, but it does change what goes on the van and how the week is planned.
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Our Approach
How we work in Felling
Site visit first
Every job starts with a proper look at the property. Quoting from a description alone is how a figure ends up changing halfway through.
A written quote
Everything goes in writing before work starts, including what is in the price and what is not.
Regulations handled
Most brickwork is a building regulations question rather than a planning one, but free standing walls have their own height rules at a boundary, and repointing a property in a conservation area can attract more scrutiny than the same job on the next street.
Kept informed
Expect to know what is happening each week. Clear communication is what most of our work in Felling comes from, because people pass it on.
Frequently Asked Questions
Bricklaying in Felling: your questions
Do you cover the areas around Felling as well, such as Gateshead and Jarrow and Hebburn?
Yes. Alongside Felling we regularly carry out bricklaying in Gateshead, Jarrow, Hebburn and across the wider North East, working from our base in Blaydon-on-Tyne.
Is your brickwork guaranteed?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for an agreed period which we confirm in writing before starting.
Do ground conditions in Felling affect bricklaying?
They can. The coal legacy here is documented in detail and much of Felling sits inside the high risk mapping, so mining risk is checked as standard before any new foundation is designed. We raise it at the quote stage rather than after the digger arrives, so you know whether an investigation or an assessment is likely to be needed.
Are there any planning restrictions I should know about in Felling?
Possibly, depending on exactly where the property sits. In a Tyneside flat the ownership split above and below makes the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 a normal early step, and Gateshead Council will also want to see how any new structure ties into the shared building. If your property is affected, the design is shaped around that from the start rather than revised afterwards.
What time of year is best for brickwork?
Brickwork can be laid for most of the year, but not in frost, and mortar needs protection in cold weather. We plan around the forecast rather than pushing on and producing weak joints.
What sort of properties do you carry out bricklaying on in Felling?
All of them. Around Felling Square and Heworth the stock is mostly Tyneside flats and terraces through Felling and Heworth, and further out Felling has post war housing toward Leam Lane and Windy Nook. The right approach depends far more on the age and construction of the individual property than on the town.
Do you build brick piers for gates and driveways?
Yes, including the foundation, the pier itself, any built in ducting for gate motors and the capping on top.
Why does repointing need a specific mortar mix?
Because a mortar stronger than the brick pushes moisture and movement into the brick face instead of the joint, which is what causes spalling on older property. On a soft older brick a lime based or weaker mix is usually the correct answer even though a strong cement mix looks tidier on day one.
Which council handles bricklaying applications in Felling?
Felling comes under Gateshead Council for both planning and building control. That is where a building regulations application is made and where the inspector who signs the work off comes from. Boundary wall height rules and, in conservation areas, mortar and joint specification is what they will be looking for.
Can you match the existing brick on my house?
We take a sample and source the closest available match before ordering. On Victorian and Edwardian property an exact match is rarely available, so the joint profile and mortar colour do a lot of the work in making the new blend with the old.
Also covering near Felling
We carry out bricklaying across the surrounding area as well as in Felling itself.
Other building services in Felling
Whatever else the project needs, it is the same team and the same standard.
Planning bricklaying in Felling?
Send over the details or give us a ring. We will visit the property, talk through the options for bricklaying in Felling and put a written quote in front of you with nothing hidden in the small print.
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