We've got a retaining wall which was built by the housebuilders 12 years ago. It's constructed from engineering bricks ( for cheapness I'm guessing) and most of the brick faces have blown and come off.

I did think about rendering but not all of the faces have come off yet and still secure. If I render over the good bricks, in time they'll just go the same way and blow, taking any rendering with it.

Is there anything on the market that I can disguise the wall with? I thought about that bamboo screening, but next door have it and theirs is all wonky and out of shape so we're not liking it.

Any other suggestions chaps?

Strap it and wood clad it??



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I have had the same problem with some of the engineerings we used 10 years ago, capped my wall with them.

To mask the problem you could like contra said screw some lath/batten to the face (into the mortar joints as engineerings are hard to drill, then clad with timber of your choice, some Cedar would look nice and weather over time, whereas render would probably come off, as keying onto engineerings would be problematic.

Alternatively if you like brick, investigate how wide the founds are and build another skin up the front of the existing wall tying in with screw in ties every 6 courses, at least you would have the choice of brick you would be looking at then..... There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Nice plants/ivy/bush and hide it?

Like the wood clad idea a lot. That would solve another problem as the wall was extended to accomodate a conservatory build and I've always wanted to conceal the join.

Thanks for the idea!