Tie masonry (privacy screen) to facade

Hello dear Häuslebauer team

I have purchased a semi-detached house and would like to build a partition wall between the terraces. It should be about 9 m long and slope from about 2.80 m down to the property boundary. My question now is: Do I have to remove the facade insulation boards or can I connect the wall, which I would prefer, to the insulation boards? Wall width between 26-30 cm I am grateful for any tips.

Kind regards

I wouldn’t connect that at all but leave an air gap.

But: afaik you are not allowed to build a 2.80 meter high wall on the boundary.

In any case, do not remove the insulation panels. Doing so will create a serious cold bridge for you!!.

I can only agree with hbf12 on that.

Leave a small gap towards the house, which you might then possibly close off from view with a plant.

But please inform yourself beforehand about the regulations regarding boundary constructions – I also don't believe that a wall up to 2.80 m high directly on the boundary is permissible.

Regards,

Dirk

Hello,

I have purchased a semi-detached house and would like to build a dividing wall between the terraces. It should be about 9 m long and slope down from about 2.80 m to the property boundary.

We do not know in which foreign country you bought a property, but I do know that in Germany you would not get approval for a boundary structure of this length and height. Therefore – and if you haven't done so already – please clarify beforehand at what height and length such a boundary wall may be built.

Do I have to remove the facade insulation boards or can I attach the wall, which I would prefer, to the insulation boards? Wall width between 26-30 cm

Always leave the system undisturbed and place the wall bricks in front of the insulation.

Rhenish regards

To be completely correct and to push it to the extreme:

In most federal states or municipal statutes, boundary constructions up to 1.8m or 2m are exempt from approval.
Depending on other regulations, however, you can also obtain approval for a 2.8m high wall, for example through neighbor consent and/or by registering a building obligation.

It is also the case that the neighbor must object promptly to a wall that is too high. If you build the wall 2.8m high and the neighbor comes up with the idea after 3 years that the wall is actually too high for them, it may be that their objections will no longer be effective.

Regarding the height, you should therefore talk to the neighbor and the building authority beforehand to see if it is possible.

Best regards
Dirk Grafe