How much to build a garden wall in brick or block?
These are example prices you could expect to pay a bricklayer to build a wall for you, not usually as part of a larger project. For example it could be a garden wall (or any other wall for that matter) in brick or blockwork.
Bricklaying is a sought after skilled trade and in high demand, which pushes prices up. For larger projects such as an extension or house build a fast an efficient brickie will probably charge per 1000 bricks or metre squared, a day rate can be quoted as well but ensure you’re getting value for money, you should expect to get an estimate of how long it will take.
For a typical garden wall a good tradesmen will usually quote a fixed price, it’s only once you’re looking at larger house extensions and builds that a piecework price would be more likely. It’s always best to obtain a fixed price for the total job if possible, you can check our garden wall calculator to give you ball park figures for a typical external wall.
User submitted bricklaying prices
| Job type | Description | Price | Units | Region | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden wall | Building a garden wall 13 feet by 3 feet including the construction of 2 pillars to form an entrance and installation of wrought iron gate 3 feet by 3 feet. | £1510 | Total price | South West | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Garden wall consisting of 3 pillars 15 course high (approx 66 bricks to each one) and 2 side walls 9 course high by 4.5 ft length (approx 110 bricks to each one).Also a length of one course of bricks (approx 40 bricks) Approx. Total 458 bricks with cement, sand and labour. The ground was already prepared and old wall had already been taken away. I used my old caps for the 3 pillars. | £720 | Total price | North East | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Front garden wall either side of drive way, removed existing wall (500 bricks) rebuilt wall, supplied bricks (600) sand, cement. | £650 | Total price | West Midlands | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Garden wall, laid 850 bricks, 18 concrete block. For :- 2x 4 brick piers 1x wall 19 bricks long x 10 bricks high ( this wall faced an existing concrete block wall) 1 x wall 16 bricks long x 8 bricks high (curved ) which was backed with concrete blocks. This then had another 4 courses on top which was double sided with bricks which were stepped ( 3 times to take the slope of the garden) 3 x steps 1800 wide which had 4 x 450×450 slabs on each step, the wall was returned each side of the steps ( to make the steps). The job was labour only | £2000 | Labour only | South West | 2023 |
| Garden wall | 11 meters long 1.2 high 7 pillars at 700 high 9 inch wide wall | £2940 | Total price | North East | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Erection of outdoor wall, bricks, digging and concrete foundation of wall of 30m2 | £1360 | Total price | South East | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Took down existing wall 1 metre high x 8 metre long. Carted away rubbish, rebuilt wall in second hand stocks, left site clean and tidy. | £1195 | Total price | South East | 2023 |
| Garden wall | I had wall built there were 1000 face bricks | £1300 | Total price | North West | 2023 |
| Garden wall | 30 feet length 6 feet high garden face brickwall with pillars and concrete footings | £5900 | Total price | East of England | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Take down a old garden wall and build a new one approx 600 bricks 2x men and remove old stuff | £880 | Total price | South East | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Knee high brick wall with concrete capping stones approx. 10m long with two 4ft columns at gap for gate. | £2200 | Total price | London | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Garden wall 10m x 0.7m high in 9inch block work. hack off render below bay window and re-render. labour, materials + skip | £950 | Total price | Cymru Wales | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Garden wall 2200 bricks, 25m of copings, rip up and relay concrete path. All materials and skips supplied. | £3490 | Total price | Cymru Wales | 2023 |
| Garden wall | Building a garden wall 13 feet by 3 feet including the construction of 2 pillars to form an entrance and installation of wrought iron gate 3 feet by 3 feet | £1500 | Total price | South East | 2023 |
