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Thank you so much @markc, looking forward to getting started now. Have a good rest of the weekend

Great, thanks @markc, good to establish it should be ok to do there Now, down to the detail - do you have any pointers at all for how we should do this? Should we be chiselling out brick by brick, removing the soil in the shape/measurements the steps will take, building the wing walls (with bricks or maybe sleepers, as we have no experienceof brick-laying?) Then adding in the sleeper steps? Any advice to help me get started would be AMAZING - Thank you!

Thanks Redbeard - we need to cut fully into the wall, as there is no space for steps to lean against the wall unfortunately

Thank you for replying markc. Here we go - I hope I've attached the photo correctly. We intend to cut steps in the other side of where the ivy is..

Hello there, I'm hoping someone can help me... We have recently acquired a piece of garden at the back of our garden - the trouble is, it is about a metre higher than our garden, and a 1m high brick wall is retaining the soil. We need to cut into the wall (several metres long, 1m high) to build steps to get up to the new top level garden. We have no budget for professionals, so need to tackle this ourselves - we are give-it-a-go DIYers, willing to learn and want to get it right. Has anyone done this before? Or does anyone have any advice on the most straightforward way to achieve this? Any pointers at all - we would really appreciate it. Thank you so much