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Garristown, Co. Dublin

Blocklaying and masonry in Garristown, Co. Dublin

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

County Dublin: 47.9% of households here are in dwellings built before 1981.

Blocklaying and masonry near Garristown

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 Garristown 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 Dublin: what the figures say

  • 47.9% of households in County Dublin live in homes built before 1981 — above the national figure of 40.7%, and the 1st 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    Older houses often bring damp, uneven floors and outdated services into an extension or renovation; a survey before work starts is worth its fee.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 Dublin in figures

Active construction enterprises
24,199
Central Statistics Office, 2023
Homes built before 1981
47.9%
Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by natural gas
65.9%
Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by oil
8.8%
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 · Garristown

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