Lost with a damaged wall

[dabomb3k]

Hi guys looking for a cheap but lasting solution here?

I have a neighbouring wall and a lot of the "stone" in a stone wall is lose and I can move it by hand but my neighbour insists he does not want the wall to be knocked down, my side looks awful and I'd like to render the face of it to secure it, but it has gaps missing in lots of places.. Any recommendations on a solution?

I was kinda thinking

A: just fill the thing with a load of expanding foam, cut it into a wall shape when dry and render it?

B: shove a lod of cement on there and some lose stones I have got just to make it level for the render


I'm not looking for it to last 100 years but obv don't want it to fall apart a year from now either

Thanks in advance for any tips with this.

 

[williamglossop]

Could u dig a new footing on your side running parallel to the wall and build a new wall on your side.

 

[Himaginn]

Who's wall is it?
How high and for what purpose is that other brick wall in pic 3? A pic from further back might be useful. or wider angle.

It looks like the wall's been raised at some point, by a bodger just stacking a few loose bricks on and spreading some mortar around.

Dig out the loose soil, etc. Fill in with bricks/stone and mortar. Then render.

 

[theprinceofdarkness]

Is the wall holding back your neighbours garden?, it just that it seems to contain a lot of soil, and who puts loose soil on a wall?
Frank

 

[dabomb3k]

I thought there seemed to be too much soil in there aswell tbh but both walls seem to have that soil kinda effect going on and they stem weeds like nobodies business...

It's a neighbouring wall and the land registry doesn't state ownership so I'm guessing it's joint responsibility, it's about 1m high and if it was rendered I'd be happy to put a small little fence on there and I'd be happy but in its current state it just looks terrible..

I agree it looks like someone's tried nothing a wall at some point with some lose bricks ,

I'm afraid the only pic I have of it a bit further back is this one where you can just about make out the wall on the right hand side

 

[Himaginn]

So someone has built another wall on top of that stone wall? Without taking off the capping stones?

 

[dabomb3k]

So someone has built another wall on top of that stone wall? Without taking off the capping stones?

Sorry I see what your asking now, that bit at the bottom is next doors garage, whether it's built right next to it or on top of it I have no idea as it would of been done way before my time here


EDIT: it would seem after a second look that your right, it appears the garage was just built on top of the walls that were there

 

[Himaginn]

It's not surprising your neighbour doesn't want you to touch the wall!
It's a right bodge up. That bit of the wall is the foundation for that corner of the garage. And it looks like it's starting to collapse! Pic 3.

Either put up a safety barrier round it and keep away, or bring your neighbour round and insist it needs attention!
Or build a new retaining wall to support that original wall.
Or.................. using a long long crow bar, or similar, (and loads of PPE) slowly remove a stone per day without your neighbour knowing, until that garage wall falls down, then it'll have to be redone properly. Be prepared to run a mile! Or better still, be out, when it falls down.

What kind of roof is on the garage? If it's a concrete roof, it could slide into your garden and probably do anyone in the way very serious injury! Not to mention the collapse of the masonry!

I'd suggest some more pics of that garage wall and roof and some advice on what to do next.

 

[hansPulesh]

Your neighbour seems to have built his garage on your property...... However I think that if it's been there 5 years or more though, you won't be able to do much about it?

Either just let it all collapse as Himaginn said or alternatively

1. Clean the wall right out. Make sure you remove all soil/plants etc - plants ruin walls as they grow!
2. If the wall is very dry, splash a load of water on it.
3. Use bricks and mortar to fill in the more level gaps.
4. Use a concrete mix to fill in the smaller 'holes'

Once done, it won't look very neat as you'll have bricks and stones of different colour and sizes all over it. I'd render it and top it off with some sort of copping.

Don't fill it with expanding foam, it's not the right way of doing it and it won't help the structural integrity of the wall.