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Damage to wall - giddy

I have a small wall enclosing my front garden and drive. We have lived here for six years and in that time we have had the wall rebuilt five times. Where the wall is getting hit is access to my neighbours garages and a few parking spaces. People are reversing out and hitting the wall. It has been re inforsed the last two times. I have reported the worst incidents to the police but no one has been caught. The annoying thing is i know it must be the people i know and live near. The insurance company will now not pay for the repairs anymore. I have put polite and not so polite notices outside. The wall is getting hit on a regular basis now and it is getting me down. i love the house and the area but i cannot deal with this anymore. Where do i stand? Anyone any ideas?

Damage to wall - jamie745

Is this wall particularly 'in the way' as it were? Because if so then just leave it down LOL!

Damage to wall - Cris_on_the_gas

is there any way that you can build the wall stronger, then when some does hit it and as you suspect its a neighboors car doing the damage you might be able to see the damage to their car.

Damage to wall - bathtub tom

Sections of telegraph pole or RSJ, embedded in concrete, at intervals, breaking up the 'run' of the wall?

Damage to wall - Avant

Have either a bank or a ditch instead (if the latter, call it a moat and see if you can get it on expenses....).

Damage to wall - Bobbin Threadbare

Build a ha-ha. Watch them drive into that and you will be saying ha-ha!

Damage to wall - buzbee

I have had a similar problem for years. The straight part of my wall continues round as a bend into a turning area and they hit that bend bit when turning. My wall is only about 2 feet high.

The low height of a wall means they can't see it when they reverse. Thus if yours/mine were taller, it would be less likely to be hit. I am not convinced it would be a total solution in my case. So I am not re-building until all the curved section has gone. In any case, any new wall would need to be built in separate sections so as to minimise the damage caused by a single hit.

Years ago I talked to the local roads authority and managed to get the silly one slab wide pavement (just the straight bit, in the turning area) extended out a bit after a lot of effort that eventually had to hint at legal action. At least that wall is still up after 20 years.

Also considered (but not for long) was putting round bollards to protect my curved part. Then they said, "Oh, if they are knocking your wall down, they will knock our posts down so we won't do that" -- surely that's what they are there for?

I now no longer have the damage section rebuilt. They are slowly demolishing it, brick by brick, but at least I get several years.

If you build brick posts they need to be at the very least 18 inches square, go in deep, and have their hollow centres filled up with good concrete.

Damage to wall - Problem_Polo :-/

I would have thought you'd be best off 'reconfiguring' your wall layout so that it is shielded by some heavy duty metal of some kind. Simple uprights constructed of short lengths of girder embedded in concrete should do the trick. No doubt they will still get whacked, as it sounds as though your neighbours are totally incapable of negotiating the same bit of road without getting it wrong time and again, but it will do a damn sight more damage to their cars than it will to your girder! They're not overly pretty, but if you paint them white they'll look passable and nobody can complain that they aren't visible. Job done!