Need a new garden or property-line wall? We help you pick brick made for frost and weather, then build it to stay put.
Brick wall installation in Yakima means building a garden or property-line wall from brick that's made to take frost and weather, laid out so it stays standing, with a protective cap along the top.
Most people who call us want a wall to mark a property line, close in a yard or frame a garden, and they've usually already picked a brick by its color. Color matters, but on an outside wall the first questions are whether the brick will hold up to years of frost and whether the layout will keep a fairly thin wall standing.
The price mostly comes down to how long and tall the wall is, the brick you choose, whether the layout needs piers or a stagger, and how much the ground slopes along the line. The schedule turns on the weather and on what the city or county needs before we start, and your estimate puts a figure on your wall.
Here's how a brick wall goes with us, from the first look at your yard to the finished cap.
I spent years laying brick and block for a big commercial outfit before I started this business in Yakima in 2023, and I come out to look at every job myself. We stand where the wall's going, I tell you what I see and what I'd build, and you get an estimate.
If you go ahead, we check with the city or county office that covers your address, and if your wall needs a permit we take care of the paperwork with you. We're fully licensed and insured, and I stay involved the whole time our crew is building.
Once the cap is on and the site's cleaned up, I walk the wall with you and go over it before we call it done. That's what we mean by satisfaction guaranteed.
Most of a wall's life is decided before the first brick goes down, so we start by helping you pick a brick that's made to handle weather and frost, not just one that looks good. Then we plan the layout so the wall stays put, because a thin, straight run of brick can lean under sideways push, and piers or a stagger stiffen it. That choice changes how the wall looks too, so we settle it together. Where your yard sits higher on one side, brick guidance says a garden wall may need a membrane, a waterproof layer built into the wall, to stop water and ground salts working through from the high side, and I'll tell you if yours does. A cap along the top finishes the job and keeps water off the top course.
If you'd rather have natural stone, or want stone worked into a brick wall, that's our stone masonry work. Years from now, when the joints on a wall start to crumble, brick pointing replaces the worn mortar and leaves the brick in one piece. If your wall has to hold back soil, it's a retaining wall with its own design rules, so we'd handle it as retaining wall construction.
The build follows the plan we agreed on, in this order.
We mark where the wall runs and check how the ground falls along it, because a yard that's higher on one side changes what the wall has to deal with.
We dig out along the line and pack a firm base, so the first row of brick sits level and the wall has something solid under it.
Our crew lays the brick with the piers or stagger built in as they go, keeping every row level and straight up and down. Shortcuts here show up later as a lean or a crack, so we don't take them.
The cap goes on last to shed water off the top of the wall. Then we clear out leftover mortar, broken brick and tools so your yard is ready to use.
Send us how long the wall will be, where it's going and whether the ground sits higher on one side, and we'll get back to you within one business day. Then I come out, look at the spot with you and tell you what I'd build. The estimate is free, done at your property, and there's no pressure and no obligation.
(509) 452-1015No, clay brick doesn't need paint or any surface treatment, because the color runs all the way through the brick. Once you paint exterior masonry, most paint authorities agree it needs repainting every three to five years. Some people paint a wall for looks or to bounce more light into a yard, and that's your call, but I'd leave it bare and skip the upkeep.
Washington requires every construction contractor to register with the state Department of Labor and Industries and to be bonded and insured. You can look up a contractor on the L&I site to make sure their registration, bond and insurance are current. It takes a couple of minutes and it's worth doing before you sign anything.
The City of Yakima's codes office takes permit applications online, or in person or by mail at 129 N 2nd St with two sets of plans. Whether your wall needs a permit depends on your address and the job, which is why we check before we start.
Weather matters twice, once in the brick you pick and again on the days the wall goes up. Brick for an outside wall needs to stand up to frost and weathering for the long haul, which is why brick choice comes first here. Cold and hot days are both hard on brick and mortar while they're being laid, so we plan the build around the forecast, and you should ask any crew how they handle a cold or hot day.
Yakima is hard on outside brick. The City of Yakima's design criteria rate weathering here as severe and list the frost depth at 24 inches below ground, which is why I steer people toward brick made for long-term frost resistance over whatever looks nicest on the pallet. The city also places homes in earthquake zone C, one more reason a wall's layout gets planned instead of guessed.
We work out of Yakima and take wall jobs in the cities around it, including Terrace Heights, Selah, Union Gap, Toppenish, Sunnyside, Grandview and Ellensburg. A lot of the walls we're asked about run along a property line or the edge of a yard where the ground steps up. If you don't see your city listed, call and ask.
Call (509) 452-1015 or use the form, and if a wall isn't the right answer for your yard, I'll tell you straight.
If you've got questions about a brick wall before you're ready for an estimate, send them over and I'll give you a straight answer.
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