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Bricklayer in Kingston
A bricklayer builds and repairs walls in brick, block and stone: garden walls, extension walls, chimneys and repointing.
About Kingston
Kingston upon Thames is a Royal Borough in south-west London, with a riverside, a historic market place and a large student population. Rented flats and family houses sit side by side, which makes for a lot of different jobs. Kingston is close to the Thames.
Walls near the water can suffer salts and frost damage, so ask about the right brick and mortar.
Kingston is in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London. If you cannot find the right bricklayer here, the nearby places Esher, Molesey, Walton-on-Thames and Sunbury each have their own page below or in the full list.
What a bricklayer does
On repair work a bricklayer cuts out failed mortar or bricks, replaces them and re-points to match the original as closely as possible.
Jobs people often ask bricklayers to do:
- Building extension walls
- Building garden walls
- Rebuilding chimneys
- Building brick pillars and gate posts
- Laying a patio edge or retaining wall
Before you book a bricklayer
- Older brickwork often uses lime mortar. Hard cement mortar can damage soft old bricks, so ask which mortar is planned.
- Matching old bricks is hard. Ask to see a sample of the brick and mortar colour beforehand.
- Ask if the price includes scaffold, skip hire and clearing waste.
- Cracks in brickwork can come from movement. Ask for an opinion on the cause before repair.
Find a bricklayer on Labora
- Start by opening Labora Tradesmen and making an account.
- Write up what you need from a bricklayer near Kingston, as clearly as you can.
- When quotes arrive, check them against the questions above and choose.
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