Brick wall installation in Palm Bay FL - a garden wall that holds up to the weather
Planning a brick wall around your yard and want it to last? We fit the style to your ground and pack every joint full.
What goes into building a brick wall in my yard?
Brick wall installation in Palm Bay means building a brick garden wall from the footing up, on its own brick or concrete foundation. You end up with a solid wall for privacy, a property line or a patio edge that stands up to sun and rain for years.
Most people who call about a new wall want privacy along a property line, a border around a patio or a cleaner edge to the front yard. The price moves with the wall's length and height, the style you pick, the brick itself and how much digging the footing needs, and the schedule turns mostly on the city's permit and on how the weather treats fresh mortar. If the wall has to hold soil back on a sloped lot, that's a different build, and our retaining wall construction page covers it. I'll come out, walk the line with you and write an estimate, so you have a number for your own wall before you decide anything.
How we handle brick wall installation
We start by helping you pick a wall style that fits your ground and the height you're after, because a wall that suits the lot is cheaper to build and easier to keep straight. Then we stake the line, dig out the footing and build the foundation the brick will sit on. Once the brick goes up, every joint gets packed full of mortar, since a garden wall takes weather on every side and a hollow joint is where water gets in first. We tool the joints as we go, cap the top so rain runs off, and clean the brick down and haul away the dirt before we leave.
Some yards call for more than brick. If you'd like stone piers, a stone cap or a whole wall of natural stone, our stone masonry work fits right alongside a new brick wall. And if you already have an older brick wall whose mortar is turning sandy, brick pointing may save it before you decide to replace it.
Pier and panel wall
Thin brick panels run between brick piers set at intervals, so the wall uses less brick and steps easily along uneven ground. It suits a long property line or a yard that isn't flat, and it usually costs less than a solid wall of the same length.
Solid wall two bricks thick
Two layers of brick laid together make a heavier wall that blocks more sight and sound. It suits a shorter wall on level ground or a patio edge where you want it to look substantial, but it takes more brick and more labor, so it costs more.
Brick wall installation rules in Palm Bay
Brick is one of the wall types the city's fence and wall rules allow, and the city's Building Official issues the permit for any new fence or wall once plans showing where it goes and how it's built are turned in and the fee is paid. Before work starts, we check with the office that covers your address and handle that permit for you. The city also keeps masonry walls out of utility and drainage easements, the strips of a lot set aside for lines, pipes and runoff, so we set your wall's line outside them from the start. The height limits are in the questions below, and they're worth reading before you settle on a spot.
Most of the walls we build here go up beside block-and-stucco homes, along a back property line or around a patio. Afternoon storms are common in summer, so we lay brick early in the day and cover fresh work before the rain hits. We plan the same way on jobs north in Rockledge and south into the West Vero Corridor.
Brick garden walls up close
Why call us for a brick wall
I look at every wall myself
I come out to every job, look at the spot and write the estimate, and a crew led by our lead mason does the building. That way the person who planned your wall is the one you can ask while it goes up.
Building in Palm Bay since 2013
I ran another Palm Bay mason's jobs and crew for years before opening our doors in 2013, and we've been at it 13 years now. That's a long time watching how brick and mortar hold up in this heat and rain, and it shapes how we build.
Licensed and insured, as required
We're fully licensed and insured. State and local law require anyone you hire under a verbal or written contract to build on your property to be a licensed contractor, state certified or registered, so ask any mason about it before you sign.
The right wall starts with the right spot and height, so call or send us a note about where you want yours and I'll come walk the line with you.
(321) 326-1779Get a brick wall estimate for your yard
We reply to every call and message within one business day, and then I set a time to come out and look at where you want the wall. The estimate is free, done on site and comes with no obligation. It helps to know roughly where the wall should run and how tall you'd like it, since the city's permit asks for both.
Brick wall questions from Palm Bay
How much does a brick wall cost in Palm Bay?
Brick and masonry work in Palm Bay usually costs about $9 to $28 per square foot, which is the going rate in the area and not our quote. Where your wall lands in that range depends mostly on its height and length, the style, the brick you choose and the footing work. I'll give you a figure for your own wall at the estimate.
How tall can a brick wall be in Palm Bay?
Out past the building lines, the edges of the area your house can sit in, a wall can be no more than four feet high in the front setback and no more than six feet anywhere else. So a six-foot privacy wall works along the back or side, but across the front yard you'll need to stay at four feet or under.
How do I make sure a brick wall has a solid foundation?
Build it on undisturbed earth, not loose fill. Long-standing brick industry guidance puts garden wall foundations on ground that hasn't been dug up or filled, built of brick or concrete and reinforced if needed, especially where the soil swells and shrinks with moisture. Fill settles over time, and a wall sitting on it settles unevenly and cracks.
What causes white powder on a new brick wall?
On a new wall it's usually new building bloom, a kind of efflorescence that shows up shortly after the wall is built as the water dries out of it. If the white film keeps coming back after that first stretch, water is likely getting into the wall and staying there, and that's worth having us look at.
How do I check if a masonry contractor is licensed in Florida?
Call the state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation at (850) 487-1395, which answers licensing questions. A licensed contractor's printed ads also have to show the state license number, so a flyer or mailer without one is worth a second look.
What is the best mortar joint for a brick garden wall?
A concave or V-shaped joint, because it sheds water instead of holding it. Brick industry guidance prefers those two for walls one brick thick, since they leave no flat ledge of brick exposed for rain to sit on. Flat or raked-back joints leave that ledge, and that's where water starts working into the wall.
Get your brick wall, footing and permit planned
We pick up seven days a week, from early morning into the evening, so call (321) 326-1779 or send the form when it suits you.
