Removing garden wall

[usn90]

Appreciate it’s not rocket science, but any tips on tools and methods to take this wall down,there’s around 200 blocks to be removed.

Also, a small section of this wall runs alongside a neighbours driveway I’m leaving this section of wall in place up to the vertical red line where the concrete fence post will be going, any tips on this section, I see there’s 2 blocks which will need to be removed/cut.

[wolfracesonic]

Hire an SDS Max breaker or buy a cheap one from Toolstation/Screwfix. For the cutting of just two blocks, a lump hammer and a 4’’ bolster chisel will get you there, or again hire/buy a grinder, 9’’ would cope, 12’’ or 14’’ better.

[Landlubber]

If you're digging fence post holes make sure you know exactly where all the services run.

[Simpo Two]

I'd use an angle grinder on the two blocks; battering away with hammer and chisel could loosen joints you don't want loosened.

[JoshSm]

Nothing clever about it - a 9" grinder should be enough for the cutting down the corner and a plain old 6lb sledgehammer would likely get the rest down in no time. If you put you mind to it you could probably kick it over if you had to.

That assumes it's just the half thickness blockwork it looks like and there's nothing in there tying it together.

[Magooagain]

Removing one part of the wall and it’s corner will weaken what you leave standing and by the look of it the remaining bit of wall might be under a small amount of pressure from the vegetation behind it and possibly some soil.
Have a think about the liability of it falling down at a later date. Hard to see what’s going on with just that photo mind and I could be talking out of my hat like.

[usn90]

Magooagain said:

Removing one part of the wall and it s corner will weaken what you leave standing and by the look of it the remaining bit of wall might be under a small amount of pressure from the vegetation behind it and possibly some soil.
Have a think about the liability of it falling down at a later date. Hard to see what s going on with just that photo mind and I could be talking out of my hat like.

This was a concern of mine, although I don t know how warranted it is, the wall continues for about 20 Feet up their driveway, I d have thought once the concrete post has been set though that any support the demolished section of wall
Was providing would be substituted?

[Magooagain]

usn90 said:

Magooagain said:

Removing one part of the wall and it s corner will weaken what you leave standing and by the look of it the remaining bit of wall might be under a small amount of pressure from the vegetation behind it and possibly some soil.
Have a think about the liability of it falling down at a later date. Hard to see what s going on with just that photo mind and I could be talking out of my hat like.

This was a concern of mine, although I don t know how warranted it is, the wall continues for about 20 Feet up their driveway, I d have thought once the concrete post has been set though that any support the demolished section of wall
Was providing would be substituted?

If you put the post in front of the bit that’s left, otherwise you will need to bond/fix the post to the remaining bit of wall on it’s end.