How to build a wall How to build a wall A wall made from bricks and mortar is not difficult to do as long as you take your time and study other walls before you make a start. Did I know how to build a wall before I started? No! I looked at my neighbours walls and saw how the lines of mortar between the bricks was of the same thickness all the way along. Then I looked on the internet for 'how to' videos, found one on how to build a wall and copied the techniques. If you are careful and start slowly, getting the cement to the right consistency, making sure the bricks are staggered, it will soon become easy. Do you want a wall of red brick or cement blocks? Maybe you want decorative stone? There are a number of possibilities. Whichever you choose you will soon learn how to build a wall. laying my own bricks I've been building walls and laying my own bricks for many years and believe me I'm not a bricklayer, I'm an engineer. The first wall I built was my parents front garden wall. It was red brick and the frost had got under it and it had collapsed. I decided that I could do it and my Dad said,' If you think you can do it, go ahead.' I was a student at the time so I watched builders making walls and I went to the library and got a