Hi all.
I am writing on behalf of a friend who lives in an ex council area. She lives in a terraced house that backs on to a garage compound, which in turn backs on to a main road.
The wall for this compound was built 40+ years ago, is six feet high and is only single leaf with the occasional, very thin, pillar for support. The local night life scum like to trave through this compound and over the wall. A tree was resting on it until last year when the Highway cut it down as it could have caused damage.
A few weeks ago a section about 10 feet long was demolished. The residents cleaned it up, bought barriers out of their own money and have had builders in giving quotes. But last night the rest of the wall was demolished. That's about another 40 feet of it.
There will be lot's of arguments about ownership (I'm looking into Land registry already) responsabilities and the like, but my question is about what to replace it with.
Is there a way of reinforcing a single leaf wall to resist this sort of abuse? Can it have inserts like concrete has rebar? Would a better cement mix help? Depending on who ends up paying it may be worth putting a barbed wire top on it, or similar.
A double leaf would be better but it's unlikely that anyone will be able to afford the extra costs.
Has anyone got any tips please?
Mike.