Bricklaying Services
Bricklaying in Newcastle upon Tyne
The kind of property you have in Newcastle upon Tyne changes how bricklaying is approached, and the town runs from Tyneside flats and Victorian terraces through Heaton, Byker, Fenham and Jesmond through to later suburban housing out toward Gosforth, Kenton and the Great Park. Newcastle upon Tyne is a city where the Tyneside flat is still the defining piece of housing stock, an upper and a lower home in a single terraced building with two separate front doors.
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More than 25 years of building work across the city means we know which questions to ask on a Newcastle upon Tyne property before quoting, and the quote itself always arrives in writing.
Bricklaying Services
Our bricklaying in Newcastle upon Tyne cover
- Garden and boundary walls: foundations, brickwork, copings and piers built to last rather than to look right for a season
- Repointing: raking out and repointing in a mortar mix suited to the wall rather than the strongest available
- Stonework and stone cladding: natural and reconstituted stone laid to match the surrounding work
- Chimney building and repair: rebuilding, repointing and reflaunching where the stack has weathered
- Structural brickwork: load bearing walls, piers and openings formed to the approved details
- Steps and pathways: brick and block steps, thresholds and paths finished to fall correctly
Local Knowledge
Local considerations for bricklaying in Newcastle upon Tyne
Every bricklaying project in Newcastle upon Tyne answers to Newcastle City Council, so that is where the application and the inspections go. Alongside that, Newcastle has a long list of conservation areas, Jesmond and Grainger Town among the best known, and in a Tyneside flat the split ownership above and below means the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is almost always in play before a single wall is opened up. Knowing this at the outset is what keeps a project moving, because a design produced in ignorance of a constraint usually has to be produced again.
The ground itself is the other half of the picture, because Newcastle sits over worked coal measures and the city council expects mining risk to be addressed where new foundations are being formed in the higher risk parts of the city. A garden or retaining wall is only as good as what it sits on, so ground conditions here decide the footing before they decide anything else.
Newcastle upon Tyne covers a real mix of building stock. Near Heaton, Jesmond, Fenham expect Tyneside flats and Victorian terraces through Heaton, Byker, Fenham and Jesmond, and beyond that later suburban housing out toward Gosforth, Kenton and the Great Park. For bricklaying, matching an older brick is the difficult part, and on newer housing the brick is usually still in production. Back lanes behind the flats are useful for muck away and materials, but many are gated or blocked, so we check the lane before we quote rather than after the skip arrives. It does not move the price, which is set after we have seen the property, but it does shape the programme.
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Our Approach
How we work in Newcastle upon Tyne
Site visit first
The first step is a site visit. Nothing gets priced in Newcastle upon Tyne until we have seen what we are actually being asked to build.
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 Newcastle upon Tyne comes from, because people pass it on.
Frequently Asked Questions
Bricklaying in Newcastle upon Tyne: your questions
Do you clean the brickwork down afterwards?
Yes. Faces are cleaned as the work goes up rather than left to set, which produces a far better result than trying to remove hardened mortar at the end.
What sort of properties do you carry out bricklaying on in Newcastle upon Tyne?
The full range. Newcastle upon Tyne runs from Tyneside flats and Victorian terraces through Heaton, Byker, Fenham and Jesmond to later suburban housing out toward Gosforth, Kenton and the Great Park, and the construction type is what actually drives the approach on bricklaying.
Can you take on small brickwork jobs?
Yes. A short garden wall, a set of steps or a single pier is perfectly normal work for us and gets the same standard as a larger contract.
Do garden walls need foundations?
Yes. A wall without an adequate foundation will move, and on clay ground it will move noticeably within a couple of winters. The foundation depth depends on the wall height and the ground it is sitting on.
Are there any planning restrictions I should know about in Newcastle upon Tyne?
There can be. Newcastle has a long list of conservation areas, Jesmond and Grainger Town among the best known, and in a Tyneside flat the split ownership above and below means the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is almost always in play before a single wall is opened up. Where that is the case, expect Newcastle City Council to take a closer interest in materials and detailing than it would elsewhere in the city.
Which council handles bricklaying applications in Newcastle upon Tyne?
Newcastle City Council covers Newcastle upon Tyne for planning and for building control, so both sides of the approval sit with one authority. On bricklaying the requirement to satisfy is boundary wall height rules and, in conservation areas, mortar and joint specification.
Do you cover the areas around Newcastle upon Tyne as well, such as Gateshead and Longbenton and Killingworth?
Yes, Gateshead, Longbenton, Killingworth and the surrounding area are all covered for bricklaying. Being based in Blaydon-on-Tyne keeps most of the region within a reasonable drive.
Do ground conditions in Newcastle upon Tyne affect bricklaying?
Often, yes. Newcastle sits over worked coal measures and the city council expects mining risk to be addressed where new foundations are being formed in the higher risk parts of the city. That is why we look at the plot before pricing rather than quoting from a description over the phone.
How high can I build a garden wall without planning permission?
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.
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.
Also covering near Newcastle upon Tyne
We carry out bricklaying across the surrounding area as well as in Newcastle upon Tyne itself.
Other building services in Newcastle upon Tyne
Whatever else the project needs, it is the same team and the same standard.
Planning bricklaying in Newcastle upon Tyne?
Tell us what you are planning and we will arrange a look at the property. You get a written, no obligation quote for bricklaying in Newcastle upon Tyne, and an honest answer about what the regulations will actually require.
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