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Height of the wall varies from about 40cm to about 1.2m over a length of 30m.
DIY - while I'm learning DIY skills very quickly (only having owned a home for 18 months) I'm not up to the task of this job. Also I'm keen to have a professional do it for legal reasons, seeing as it's a boundary wall. I don't want to be to blame if it falls down in the future.
Thanks for the idea of handyman - have submitted a few more requests for quote online under that category.
I might have to resort to other ideas like a second wall but would really rather not, there's issues with that as compared to just new pillars. There isn't a lot of room along the wall, the house and observatory are only about 1.5m from the wall on average.
Seeing as there's no pulling down of the old wall, simply attaching new pillars, footings and wall segments to the existing wall, I'd hope there aren't many complications or un-knowns. The side (our side) where the pillars will be going is completely exposed/visible, simply requires attaching to the existing wall via holes drilled with steel pegs joining the two sets of bricks (old and new). But hey, I'm no bricky!
Thanks all.
Roger.
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