Bricklaying in Longbenton

It is North Tyneside Council. People sometimes send paperwork to a neighbouring authority because of the postal address or the historic county, and that costs time rather than money. For bricklaying you will need boundary wall height rules and, in conservation areas, mortar and joint specification.

A single elevation on a typical house is usually a matter of days rather than weeks, though weather has a real effect because pointing should not be carried out in frost or in heavy rain.

Often yes. If the brickwork below the roofline is sound, a rebuild above the roofline plus new flaunching and flashings is the usual and much less disruptive option.

Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for an agreed period which we confirm in writing before starting.

It depends on the address. The authority is North Tyneside Council even though the area reads as Newcastle on most maps, and that determines which building control team the application goes to. We check the designation before any design work goes far enough to be expensive to change.

Yes, and it is worth knowing early. The area sits over worked coal measures like most of north Tyneside, and inter war foundations are typically shallower than a modern equivalent, which matters when a new extension foundation meets an old one. Where that applies we say so before you commit, not once the trench is open.

As a general rule a wall up to two metres is permitted, dropping to one metre where it adjoins a highway used by vehicles or a footpath beside one. Different limits apply to listed buildings and some conservation areas, so it is worth confirming before the foundation goes in.

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.

We do. Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Wallsend are all within our normal working area for bricklaying, as is most of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and south east Northumberland.

Everything from inter war and immediate post war semis and terraces across the estate through to later infill and regeneration housing around Benton and Forest Hall. Which of those you have changes the method more than the postcode does, which is why we look before we quote.