bricklaying costs

[JIP]

Hi

I posted previously about my garden wall and the cleaning up of bricks after I had to demolish it because it was leaning dangerously. In the end I used what was called a chipping hammer from HSS Hire, and it worked well.

So now I have all the reclaimed bricks and want to get the wall rebuilt

- it will be 3 courses lower than before, so I have more than enough bricks.

The footing is already sorted, and I now want a bricklayer to do the rest - it's to be 20ft long, 6 courses high, two bricks thick.

Any thoughts on what a reasonable quote would be from a bricklayer to do that? And how long would you expect it to take.

Thanks

[The Natural Philosopher]

I think 300 bricks a day for a man and a mate at say £200 a day?

For small scale work

[Weatherlawyer]

I think the OP should try his hand first. If it goes pair shaped he has a chipping hammer to start again. A decent bricky should get a garden wall up to six feet in a day or so. But if it was my wall I wouldn't need to hurry.

At is 20 feet its about 25 bricks long; what's the problem? Use 4 to 1 sand and lime.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Id use three to one and tie in every bloody brick with ties and if its double across the span as well and fill between with mortar