The constraint
An existing living wall that had lost coverage in patches, with an irrigation system no longer delivering evenly across the elevation.
- Client
- EQ Bristol
- Sector
- Commercial
- Location
- Bristol
- Scope
- Living wall refurbishment
- Basis
- Retain, replant, re-commission
01 — The brief
Most failed walls are an irrigation problem.
An established living wall that has gone patchy is rarely a planting failure on its own. Blocked or unbalanced irrigation, a drifting schedule and missed maintenance visits do the damage first, and the planting follows.
We surveyed the existing system, established what was still serviceable and rebuilt from there — keeping the structure and substrate where they were sound, and replacing what was not.
What we delivered
- —Survey of the existing structure, substrate and irrigation
- —Irrigation re-balanced, re-zoned and re-commissioned
- —Replanting of failed areas to match the original scheme
- —Maintenance regime reset to prevent recurrence
02 — Challenge, solution, result
How it was resolved.
The approach
A survey-led refurbishment: retain the sound structure, re-balance and re-commission the irrigation, replant the failed zones and reset the maintenance schedule.
The outcome
Full coverage restored without a full replacement, at a fraction of the cost and waste of stripping the wall back to the substrate.
03 — Related work
Related projects.
— — Next step
Wall not looking right?
Send a photograph and tell us roughly when it was installed. We will tell you whether it needs replanting, re-commissioning or replacing.