St Johnston, Co. Donegal

Blocklaying and masonry in St Johnston, Co. Donegal

Walls, piers, openings and repairs in block, brick or stone. Post your task free and professionals working in St Johnston reply with their own price. You choose, and pay them directly.

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County Donegal: 32.6% of households here are in dwellings built before 1981.

Blocklaying and masonry near St Johnston

Blocklaying and masonry: what the job involves

Walls, piers, openings and repairs in concrete block, brick or stone: boundary and garden walls, pillars for gates, building up openings, and repairing cracked or damaged masonry. Done by a blocklayer or bricklayer; render and capping finish most walls in Ireland.

How long it takes: A few days for a garden wall; long walls, stone facing, demolition of an old wall or a wet spell for render make it longer.

The full guide to blocklaying and masonry — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.

What blocklaying and masonry in St Johnston costs, and why

What jobs on Talqero came to

Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.

What affects the price

Length and height of the wall
Foundations: new footing or building on an existing one
Finish: rendered, fair-faced block, brick or stone-clad
Demolition and removal of an old wall
Access for a mixer and deliveries
VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced 13.5% rate by a VAT-registered builder, unless materials are more than two-thirds of the price (Revenue’s two-thirds rule)
VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.

County Donegal: what the figures say

32.6% of households in County Donegal live in homes built before 1981 — below the national figure of 40.7%, and the 22nd highest share of the 26 counties.
Older houses often bring damp, uneven floors and outdated services into an extension or renovation; a survey before work starts is worth its fee.
Central Statistics Office, 2022

What to ask before you choose

Are you pricing from drawings and a specification, and which revision?
Who handles the Commencement Notice and any certification?
What is excluded — electrics, plumbing, finishes, skips?
What insurance do you carry, and can I see it?
How are payments staged against the work done?
Is VAT included?

What the work usually involves

Blocklaying and garden walls
Groundworks and foundations
Damp-proofing
Garage and attic conversions

What to put in your task

What you want built or changed, with rough sizes
Whether you have drawings or planning permission
Access for machinery and where waste can go
When you would like it started and finished

County Donegal in figures

Active construction enterprises: 3,164; Central Statistics Office, 2023
Homes built before 1981: 32.6%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by natural gas: 1.1%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by oil: 67.2%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Households: 61,575; Central Statistics Office, 2022

Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.

Blocklaying and masonry · St Johnston

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