Hi all,
I want to extend a patio on a new house - this will take it into the
garden where it will be a bit above the ground (the garden falls
away). So I was going to build a little wall 2 or 3 bricks high with
the perimeter slabs resting on it - like you would for a riser on
steps. The Ridgeons guy refused to advise me because this is not the
intended use for bricks (sitting in the soil). But what about walls
of houses below the DPC - it's not too different to that, surely? I
thought as long as I used FL or F2 bricks I should be OK? What am I
misunderstanding?

Maybe I should just "bank" up the lawn to meet the height of the edge
but it is a tad high to start doing that.

p.s. I didn't want to use expensive bradstone etc blocks because it
isn't really a scenic part of the garden.

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Hi all,
I want to extend a patio on a new house - this will take it into the
garden where it will be a bit above the ground (the garden falls
away). So I was going to build a little wall 2 or 3 bricks high with
the perimeter slabs resting on it - like you would for a riser on
steps. The Ridgeons guy refused to advise me because this is not the
intended use for bricks (sitting in the soil). But what about walls
of houses below the DPC - it's not too different to that, surely? I
thought as long as I used FL or F2 bricks I should be OK? What am I
misunderstanding?

Maybe I should just "bank" up the lawn to meet the height of the edge
but it is a tad high to start doing that.

p.s. I didn't want to use expensive bradstone etc blocks because it
isn't really a scenic part of the garden.

Personally I can't see a problem in what you want to do.
The only thing might be the collection of rain water where the lawn slopes
down against the wall. If you can sort out some drainage then it should be
fine.

http://www.pavingexpert.com/ has some good info.