"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
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nazn wrote:

I would like to build a garden wall that will be adjoining my
neighbours front garden. As there has never been a wall here, how would
I go about measuring/drawing a line that accurately (and fairly) is
straight down the middle between our 2 properties. The wall will be
roughly 16 feet by around 4-5 foot high.

I have considered about using a laser pointing device, but am not too
sure how I would calibrate/level this to get a accurate reading. My
other plan would be to a make a square frame and align this outwards
from my rectangular bay window and then taking measurements between the
bay and the centre point between the two properties and then projecting
this measurement at the other end of the frame.

At the pavement end there is no post or markings where the centre line
is.

I would really appreciate any advice if there was any other method
employed used to work this out, that was foolproof and could be
demonstrated
to produce the same result every time in case of any future issues.

First of all you need to establish where the legal ownership of the
land is. Consult the deeds. Then you need to decide if you are better
off without this clarity made available to all.

(You may find a lot less of the property than you currently assume, is
actually yours. Then what will you do?)

With agreement from the neighbour, you select two datums, one each end
of the border and stretch out a line along it. Mark the line with sand
and dig down about 18 inches to lay a 6" deep 9" wide pad of concrete
all in one pour along the flat, level, bottom of the trench.

Check the measurements again and get agreement on them, before the
pour.

If you only have a small mixer, measure out the mix in advance -if you
have enough buckets, or make a plie of dry-mixed ingredients, that only
requires shovelling back into the mixer and wetting, when you decide to
go for it.

Depending on your neighbour, this 9" wide pad of concrete may straddle the
boundary as a party wall - more likely you will be reauired to have it all
on your side (as you wanted it). Best to get these things sorted before you
start. Sometimes giving an inch can prevent a lifetime of aggro, even if it
does go against the grain.


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Bob Mannix
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