ᐅ Building a Privacy Screen for Your Terrace: Hire a Professional or Do It Yourself?
Created on: 25 Jun 2021 08:51
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Pwnage619
Hello,
we have purchased a newly built semi-detached house.
Our neighbors want a solid masonry partition wall made of stone instead of the standard glass divider.
We have two options for the wall.
We both want it to be 4m (13 feet) long, 2m (6.5 feet) high, and built on the property line.
Option 1
Have the builder construct it:
They would build a proper foundation for the wall and build it up (I believe with sandstone—the same type of stones used for the exterior walls of the house), finish it on the outside with the same high-quality render as the house, and place a capping slab on top.
Cost is about 6000 - 8000 € (to be calculated exactly) (price would be split between us).
Option 2
We skip the glass divider and both receive a small credit, maybe 100-200 € (to be confirmed), and then we build the partition wall ourselves using hollow blocks which can be filled with gravel or sand at the end to provide stability.
Cost: no idea but definitely cheaper 🙂
Could the wall in Option 1 settle over time, causing cracks in the masonry? Cracks usually develop inside the house over time, and sometimes even on the outside.
The high-quality render on the wall is also difficult to repair yourself. With Option 2, that should not be an issue since nothing is glued on.
we have purchased a newly built semi-detached house.
Our neighbors want a solid masonry partition wall made of stone instead of the standard glass divider.
We have two options for the wall.
We both want it to be 4m (13 feet) long, 2m (6.5 feet) high, and built on the property line.
Option 1
Have the builder construct it:
They would build a proper foundation for the wall and build it up (I believe with sandstone—the same type of stones used for the exterior walls of the house), finish it on the outside with the same high-quality render as the house, and place a capping slab on top.
Cost is about 6000 - 8000 € (to be calculated exactly) (price would be split between us).
Option 2
We skip the glass divider and both receive a small credit, maybe 100-200 € (to be confirmed), and then we build the partition wall ourselves using hollow blocks which can be filled with gravel or sand at the end to provide stability.
Cost: no idea but definitely cheaper 🙂
Could the wall in Option 1 settle over time, causing cracks in the masonry? Cracks usually develop inside the house over time, and sometimes even on the outside.
The high-quality render on the wall is also difficult to repair yourself. With Option 2, that should not be an issue since nothing is glued on.