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Bricklayers in Medway

Facing brick that matches the house, blockwork that is square and plumb, garden walls that stay up. Tell us what needs building and we'll pass it to local builders who cover your area.

Brick matchAsk for a sample
MortarLime on older brick
StandardBS 8000

Is this the job you need?

You can always tell bad brickwork.

Uneven joints, courses that wander, a brick that nearly matches. Good brickwork disappears into the house; that's the point of it.

Bricklayers in Medway

Brickwork in Medway.

Medway's older streets are brick: 85 per cent of homes in Gillingham South and more than half in Strood North, Frindsbury and Luton date from before 1919. Matching that brick on an extension, in colour, size and bond, is what makes it look as if it was always there.

In the conservation areas and Article 4 streets, from Rochester High Street to Brompton and Gillingham Park, front walls, gates and boundary walls need permission to change, and listed buildings need listed building consent. Older brickwork should be repointed in lime mortar to match the original.

Including Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester, Strood, Rainham, Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Gravesend, Dartford, Ashford, Canterbury.

Before and after

Old wall out. New wall you cannot tell from old.

A boundary wall rebuilt in reclaimed stock brick on new footings.Drag to compare

How the job runs

Line, level, bond.

01

Match the brick

A sample from the existing wall is used to source the closest match for colour, texture and size, and the mortar colour is matched too.

02

Footings and DPC

Every wall sits on a footing sized for the ground and the height, with a damp-proof course where it needs one.

03

Lay to the line

String line, level, gauge rod. Courses that run true, joints that are the same width all the way along.

04

Point and clean

Joints struck to match the original profile and the brickwork cleaned down before the bricklayer leaves.

Questions

Asked about bricklaying.

Can old brick be matched?+
Usually. There are hundreds of facing bricks in production and reclaimed yards for the rest. Ask to see samples against the wall in daylight before you agree the match.
How high can a garden wall be?+
Up to two metres without planning permission in most gardens, one metre next to a road. Above about 1.2 metres a wall needs piers or a thicker section to stay stable, which should be part of the design.
Is a small job worth asking about?+
Yes. A gatepost, a repointed chimney or a dozen replaced bricks is usually a day or two. Get the quote in writing, as you would for a bigger job.

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Bricklaying across Medway and nearby Kent.

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