Brick wall installation in Davis CA - a garden wall built to stand on its own
Planning a brick garden wall for your yard? We size it to stand on its own, with outdoor brick and a cap that sheds water.
Brick wall installation builds a solid garden wall. Planning keeps it standing.
Brick wall installation means building a freestanding garden wall out of brick, which makes for a strong, solid wall that can mark a property line, screen a yard or frame a garden. Done right, it looks like it's always been part of your house.
Most walls that fail weren't planned for the job. A wall that's too slim for its height can lean or crack from sideways push, brick that isn't made for outdoors wears away, and water soaking in from the top leaves white stains that keep coming back.
If you already have a brick wall that's standing fine but its joints are wearing out, you may not need a new one, because brick pointing could be all it needs. If you'd rather have stone, take a look at our stone masonry work.
We plan your brick wall installation first. Then we lay brick.
We start with the shape, not the brick, because a wall's height and length decide how much support it needs. We size and shape a garden wall so it can stand on its own, which can mean adding piers, short columns built out from the face, or a wider base.
That choice changes how the wall looks and how much brick it takes, so it moves the price along with the length, the height, the brick you pick and the cap. The schedule mostly turns on the city's permit review. Your written estimate gives you the figure for your wall.
Brick wall installation is more than laying brick. Here's what's included.
Layout on your lot
We mark where the wall runs, how long and tall it'll be, and how it meets your house, fence or paving.
Piers or a wider base
When a slim, straight wall can't stand on its own, we build piers out from the face or widen the base to steady it.
Outdoor brick selection
We help you pick brick made to hold up to weather and frost outside, in a color that suits your house.
Laying and mortar joints
We lay each course, one row of brick, level and true, and finish the joints so they shed water instead of holding it.
A cap that sheds water
The coping, a cap along the top of the wall, is set so rain runs off instead of soaking down into the brick.
Drainage at the base
Where paving meets the wall, we slope it away or leave a drainage strip when we can, so the bottom rows don't stay soaked.
Plan the wall and paving together. Your brick stays dry longer.
A badly built wall shows it sooner than you'd think. Water soaks in from the top or the ground, the face of the brick wears, white stains keep coming back, and you end up paying to repair a wall that should still look new.
So before the first brick goes down, we plan how water runs off the top and away from the base, the same way I'd want it done on my own place. Every wall we build is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
From your first call to the last brick. Here's how it runs.
Call or send the form
Call (530) 298-0279 or send the form with a few lines about the wall you have in mind, and we'll set up a visit.
I walk the spot with you
I come out myself, look at where the wall will go with you and tell you right there what I think it needs.
Written estimate, then permit
I follow up with a written estimate. Once you give the go ahead, we file the permit, and the city says processing typically takes 20 to 35 business days.
Building and walk-through
A lead mason and I run the crew, and I check the work as it goes. We clean up and walk the finished wall with you.
Tell us about your wall. We'll come take a look.
Send the wall's rough length, height and spot on the lot. We reply within one business day, and the on-site estimate is free with no obligation.
(530) 298-0279We're based in Davis. We build across the cities around it.
- Davis, CA
- Vacaville, CA
- Woodland, CA
- West Sacramento, CA
- Dixon, CA
- Winters, CA
- Elk Grove, CA
- Fairfield, CA
- Roseville, CA
- Rancho Cordova, CA
- Florin, CA
- Arden-Arcade, CA
We're based in Davis and build brick walls in the cities around it, including Winters and Woodland. If your city isn't on the list, call and ask.
Mon–Fri: 6 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–9 PM
Brick wall questions come up. Here are straight answers.
Read the answers below. If your question isn't covered, call (530) 298-0279 and ask me straight.
Do I need a permit for a brick wall in Davis?
Most likely yes, so plan on a permit for a brick garden wall in Davis. The city requires one for fences of heavier materials like masonry, and the Davis Building Division reviews and issues it. We're licensed and fully insured and pull it for you, or you can apply as the owner with what we give you.
How do you keep a brick garden wall from leaning over?
We give it enough support for its height, usually with a wider base or piers. Brick guidance says a thin wall can only be so slender against sideways push, and that a thicker base, piers built out from the face or a zigzag layout gets around that. I'll tell you at the visit which fits your yard.
Why is there white bloom on my new brick wall?
Bloom showing up soon after a wall is built usually comes from normal drying. If that white bloom, called efflorescence, keeps coming back, water is likely getting into the wall and staying, which is why we plan the cap and the ground at the base to shed it.
What if the ground is higher on one side of my brick wall?
Tell us early, because that changes the design. Brick guidance says a garden wall with higher ground on one side may need a membrane, a barrier layer, to stop water and ground salts moving in from that side. If the wall is holding back soil, it's really a retaining wall, which gets planned on its own terms.
We do more than brick walls. Here's the rest.
Planning a brick wall or walkway? Ask for a free estimate.
Call or use the form with the wall's rough size and spot, and we'll set a time to look, so the permit can start early.
(530) 298-0279