Directly employed install teams
The people on your scaffold are our own teams, working to our own details, not a subcontracted crew seeing the system for the first time.
01 — What installation includes
One trade for frame, irrigation and planting.
We hold the whole package, so there is no gap between the frame installer, the irrigation fitter and the landscaper.
Planting to full density
Planted on site as standard, pre-grown on request, at 36–42 plants per m² on Channel Pro® and 30–36 on Living Louvres®.
Irrigation commissioning and testing
Zones set by aspect, controller programmed, every dripper checked and the system left with a printed schedule.
Sequenced around site programme
We fit around façade completion, scaffold strike, M&E and handover dates, and we hold the slot once it is agreed.
Access, IPAF and RAMS handled
Access equipment specified and booked, RAMS issued before we arrive, IPAF-certified operators where a MEWP or mast climber is used.
Handover pack and training
As-installed drawings, irrigation schedule, plant schedule and a walk-through for whoever will look after the wall.
02 — How it works
Four stages on site.
Survey and access plan
We confirm the substrate, fixings, water and drainage, and agree how the wall will be reached, both now and for maintenance.
Frame and irrigation
Rails and system fixed back to the structure, supply line run and pressure tested before a plant goes near the wall.
Planting
Planted to full density and set out to the drawn palette, so the pattern reads as designed rather than as delivered.
Commissioning and handover
Irrigation programmed and run through a full cycle, wall cleaned down, handover pack issued and maintenance started.
03 — Key facts
Installation facts.
Install rates come from the estimate generator and are the figures we quote from.
- Install rate
- One day per 5 m² within the M25.
- Domestic courtyard wall
- Usually two to four days on site.
- Commercial installation
- One to three weeks, depending on access and sequencing.
- Access methods
- Step-up, ladder, tower, MEWP, mast climber or existing scaffold.
- Coverage
- London and the M25 weekly. Bristol, the Home Counties and internationally by programme.
- Planting method
- Planted on site as standard, pre-grown on request.
- Response
- We reply within one working day.
04 — Pricing
Price your wall before you call.
The estimate generator uses the same rates we quote from. Enter the wall dimensions and it returns a figure, with labour shown at one install day per 5 m² within the M25.
- Channel Pro® system
- £240 + VAT / m²
- Living Louvres® system
- £200 + VAT / m²
- Installation labour
- One day per 5 m² within the M25, quoted separately
- Fixings
- Wall fixings are not included
Rates are indicative and confirmed after a site inspection.
05 — Relevant projects
Installed by our own teams.
Hospitality · London · Channel Pro®The Westin London CityA hard bridge structure greened on a live hotel arrival route.
Courtyard · Mayfair · Channel Pro®Marriott Grosvenor SquareA full courtyard elevation installed to a hotel operating programme.
Temporary · Mayfair · Channel Pro®Scott’s Restaurant, MayfairA short-programme facade installed and struck around a restaurant’s opening hours.
“The living wall created by Life on Walls has become a defining feature of the hotel.”
Chief Executive, Energy & Environment Alliance
06 — Straight answers
Installation questions.
How long does installation take?
We install at one day per 5 m² within the M25. A domestic courtyard wall is usually two to four days on site; a commercial installation runs one to three weeks depending on access and sequencing.
Do you need scaffolding?
Not always. We work from step-ups, ladders, towers, MEWPs, mast climbers or existing scaffold, and we choose the access method at survey so it can be priced and booked with the rest of the programme.
Does the wall look finished on day one?
Planted on site as standard, pre-grown on request. A pre-grown palette arrives at full density; a wall planted on site reads as a complete wall but fills in over the first season.
Which areas do you cover?
London and the M25 weekly, with projects delivered in Bristol, the Home Counties and internationally. System supply ships UK-wide.
Can you install to another designer's specification?
Yes. We install to issued drawings and specifications, and we will flag anything in the detail that will not survive the first winter before we start.
What happens after handover?
You get a handover pack, irrigation training and a maintenance proposal. Planned visits start in month one so the wall is looked after from the moment it is signed off.
07 — Elsewhere on the site
The rest of what we do.
Living wall design & consultationFeasibility, structural interface, planting palettes and drawings a contractor can build to.
Living wall maintenancePlanned visits, irrigation servicing, replanting and written condition reports.
Living wall system supplyChannel Pro® and Living Louvres® hardware, irrigation and substrate, shipped UK-wide.
The two systemsChannel Pro® and Living Louvres® compared: weights, depths, planting densities.
Estimate generatorPublished per-m² rates. Price your wall before you call.
Next step
Tell us about the wall.
Send a drawing, a photograph or a rough square metre figure with your programme dates and we will come back with a method, a sequence and a price.
Or call +44 1202 045490
2–4 Gatton Road, London SW17 0SQ