Site brickwork,
to the detail
Brick and block for contractors and developers — priced by the metre, run to your programme, and built to the specification you are being signed off against.
Site workPriced per m²Contractors
- Priced
- By the metre
- Built
- To the spec
- Covering
- Bristol and 40 miles
The specification
What he works to
On a commercial job the question is not whether the wall looks right, it is whether it passes. Below is what gets checked, and what the work is built to meet without anything being taken down.
| Bonding | To the drawing — stretcher, Flemish or English, with cut bats kept out of the face wherever the bond allows. |
|---|---|
| Wall ties | To the detail, typically 2.5 per m² and 900 × 450 mm staggered, closer at reveals and movement joints. |
| Mortar | Designation to the spec — M4 or M6 on most domestic work, gauged by the box and not by the shovel. |
| Damp course | 150 mm minimum above finished ground, lapped 100 mm at joints, and never bridged. |
| Movement joints | At the spacing the detail gives, typically every 12 m in clay brickwork, and left clean. |
| Tolerance | Plumb, level and line to BS EN 1996-2 — 10 mm in any storey height, 20 mm over the building. |
| Protection | Walls covered overnight and in frost. Brickwork laid wet or frozen is brickwork laid twice. |
| Clean down | Brushed as it goes and washed on completion. Acid only where the brick manufacturer allows it. |
Asked often
Commercial, answered
If yours is not here, ring and ask it.
What size jobs do you take?
Site brickwork for contractors and developers, priced by the metre. Tell him the drawings, the programme and the quantity and he will say plainly what he can hold.
Do you carry insurance?
Ask him directly — he will tell you what he holds and send the certificate. It is not something to take off a website.
Can you work to our QA?
Yes. Ties, trays, DPC and movement joints to the detail, protected overnight and in frost, and left clean for inspection.
How do you price variations?
Agreed before they are built, not after. A variation that turns up on an invoice is an argument neither of us wants.
The rest of the range
Everything else he lays
Ten kinds of job, three trades.
Brickwork
Walls, piers, arches and detail work in facing brick, laid to the bond the job calls for.
Facing brickPiers & archesAny bond
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Blockwork
Inner leaves, foundations and retaining walls in dense or lightweight block, laid level and plumb.
Dense & lightweightInner leafRetaining
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Stonework
Walling, repairs and features, coursed or random — and the masonry proper: dry stone, mullions, heads and sills.
Dry stone wallingMullions, heads & sillsLime mortar
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Patios & paving
Patios, paths and edging, set out square and laid to falls so the water goes where it should.
Laid to fallsEdgingPaths & steps
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Extensions
The brick and block shell of an extension, from the footings to the wall plate.
Footings to plateCavity workLintels
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New build
Plot brickwork for builders and self-builders, by the metre or by the job.
Plot workBy the metreTo programme
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Repointing
Old joints raked out and pointed again in a mortar that suits the wall, not one that damages it.
Raked outMatched mortarLime or cement
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Groundworks
Digs, drainage, foundations and oversite — his own 360, telehandler and dumper, and a waste carrier licence to take it away.
360, telehandler, dumperDrainage & foundationsWaste carrier
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Whole projects
Derelict house to turnkey. Groundwork, shell, trades booked and run, keys handed back.
Derelict to turnkeyTrades booked and runOne person to ring
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Commercial
Site brickwork for contractors and developers, priced by the metre and run to programme.
Site workPriced per m²Contractors
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