Perforated wall for a bin store

[Ferdinand]

I am planning a small wall for my bin store at the Little Brown Bungalow.

 

I do not really want something completely solid to allow a draught through to keep any smells moving (though brick with header gaps or spaced out soldiers would be one way), so I have been looking at a Bradstone product called Screenwall - which are the traditional performated 290x290 concrete blocks with which we are all familiar.

As new, these are eyewateringly expensive at about £50 per sqm, and I am after alternatives. That is more than double the cost of blue engineering bricks.

 

I could go secondhand or surplus as I only need about 45, but I am also trying to think laterally. One interesting option might be porotherm blocks either the 100mm version or the big ones on their side.

Does anyone have any good ideas or experiences? I want something brick or concrete or similar, rather than fence panels.

Cheers

 

Ferdinand

 

Edited June 5, 2017 by Ferdinand

[jack]

Google "brick fence holes" - few ideas there.

 

Examples:

 

http://taradillard.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/orchard-wall-gate.html

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-brick-wall-pattern-red-bricks-newly-constructed-building-image31530001

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1112795

 

 

 

[Ferdinand]

I am going with a 30% perforated brick wall, topped with cut roof tiles and a red brick diamond. Height will be about 10 courses.

 

ie: stretcher bond but with 75mm 30% gaps.

 

I'll post a piccie somewhere when done.

 

One option I explored but did not pursue which I think would work, and be both interesting and less expensive than Sreenwall, was to use permeable paving such as Turfstone or Truckpave as a low wall. Others may want to consider that in future.

 

Material costs approx:

 

1 - Screenwall = £50 per sqm (may get some discount)

2 - 1/3 overlapping blue engineering bricks = £20 per sqm.

3 - Permeable Paving matrix as wall = £30-40 per sqm. Potential problems buying in small quantity. Use for groundworks and build a decorative wall from what is left over.

 

eg Truckpave:

 

600x400x80mm sections. Weigh <10kg each. Made from recycled plastic so may well bounce.

http://www.terram.com/products/porous-plastic-pavers/truckpave-porous-paving.html

 

 

Turfstone

 

Made from concrete. 600x400x85mm.

http://unilock.com/products/driveways/turfstone/?region=2

 

Ferdinand

 

[Onoff]

I remember these moulds were all the rage years back:

 

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/GARDEN-WALL-SCREEN-BLOCK-MOULD-/322537910800?hash=item4b18c1f210%3Ag%3AQloAAOSwJH1ZLxoP&_trkparms=pageci%3Ab81c0fb7-4a82-11e7-8c1a-74dbd1804045%7Cparentrq%3A7c2010e315c0a8605d46ee6cfffb166f%7Ciid%3A1

 

&

 

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Screencast-Screen-block-Mould-still-boxed-/352078769259?hash=item51f987ac6b%3Ag%3ABCIAAOSwfRdZNGTp&_trkparms=pageci%3A9c204b49-4a84-11e7-8762-74dbd1805feb%7Cparentrq%3A7c2c74f515c0aa12e886e806fff883bf%7Ciid%3A1

Edited June 6, 2017 by Onoff