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RichR
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Little bit premature as I have a builder coming in over the next few days to put the facing brick wall up and the steps. My garden slopes both towards the house and across ways so the idea is to put in three levels; this is the upper level first which will eventually be where the shed and patio will be

Garden as it was when I bought it five years ago:







I've done all the work up to now and built the retaining wall that is in the photos over the last week having never built a single thing before. pointing is messy but that doesn't matter as it'll be hidden anyway by the facing bricks and the ground its retaining behind it.

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Retaining wall



Missus with her legs out



[Edited on 23-08-2012 by LiVe LeE]

[Edited on 10-09-2012 by LiVe LeE]

[Edited on 23-08-2013 by LiVe LeE]
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Typical CS response: more pics of missus.

My response: Looking good mate.
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looking forward to this. garden was mental when you first moved in
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problem I assume was that the old woman had moved out a year before we bought it and her husband had died years before so I think it was just left to go. I cleared it 3/4 years ago and with my break up and so on, not really done a lot until now but trying to motor on as I need the shed up so I can get all of my tools and bikes out of the house
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Looking good, keep it up.

Wish I had before pics of my garden so I could show how I've managed to transform it without even hiring a skip (a miracle considering the tonnes of soil..I just put a few carrier bags in the normal bin for a few months until it was all gone, hehe)

Also I'd like to see the end pictures when you have it all how you like it.

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Small update as I'd run out of blocks to finish the wall, so picked up a few last night to finish the last bit



Bricks being ordered today, along with the 4tonnes of pea shingle for the back fill, weed blanket and bituminous paint to seal the abck of the retaining wall
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cost so far:

Concrete - £220
Blocks, 1 tonne Sand, 10bags cement = £242.50

and hours and hours of digging
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The digging is the worst part just seems endless.
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2 packs of Raeburn Bricks ordered (1056 Bricks); 50m2 of weed blanket, 10litres bituminous paint and 3tonnes of pea shingle = £465.82

Total so far = £928.32

Left to sort out is the flags/stone, the shed, consumer unit and electrics for the shed and a few decorative bits.
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Today's little delivery
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How much

have fun shifting that shingle. I moved 3 tonne of the stuff the other week, it was relentless
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thats 1800kg, another 2 bags coming tomorrow morning
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I shifted 10tonne of concrete the weekend before; that was fucking horrible. Me and Dad with a barrow each and my mate who has had a heart replacement levelling it. Had one of those concrete on call, mix on site trucks. Took as long to clean up the street outside the house as it did to shift the stuff in the first place
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
thats 1800kg, another 2 bags coming tomorrow morning


unlucky!

Is there no access to the rear via truck?
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no and the side is temporarily blocked off too with some building work going on so its barrowing through the house with this lot!!
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through the house?! oooo thats gotta be a pita
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would it not of being cheaper just levelling the garden?
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Garden slopes in two directions, house above is higher than me, garden of the house below is lower, then it also slopes towards the house. Only way to have levelled it flat would have been to put a perimeter retaining wall around the outside and then excavate to the level outside the back door, by hand, with no machinery. I don't want a sloping garden at all and not do I want a 12ft retaining wall at the back of the garden which is roughly the difference between the lowest point and highest
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quote:
Originally posted by baza31
would it not of being cheaper just levelling the garden?

I had to level my grass area out (before it was grass), used one of those forks to turn up all the soil, got a piece of MDF, tied string to MDF, dragged around garden with string over my chest.

Sounds absolutely mental, but it's an old way of levelling land and it worked well to be honest

on topic:
You're spending a few quid, I hope the end result comes up good!
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
quote:
Originally posted by baza31
would it not of being cheaper just levelling the garden?

I had to level my grass area out (before it was grass), used one of those forks to turn up all the soil, got a piece of MDF, tied string to MDF, dragged around garden with string over my chest.

Sounds absolutely mental, but it's an old way of levelling land and it worked well to be honest

on topic:
You're spending a few quid, I hope the end result comes up good!


Was that in b.c era or something
Root
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
quote:
Originally posted by baza31
would it not of being cheaper just levelling the garden?

I had to level my grass area out (before it was grass), used one of those forks to turn up all the soil, got a piece of MDF, tied string to MDF, dragged around garden with string over my chest.

Sounds absolutely mental, but it's an old way of levelling land and it worked well to be honest

on topic:
You're spending a few quid, I hope the end result comes up good!


Was that in b.c era or something

Think it's just a way farmers used to level ground before technology, I read it when googling "how to level garden" google results lol
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Root the shire horse
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you wouldn't level a 12ft drop across 45ft with a plank of wood
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Course you could.

Would take you until the rapture but its possible
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Course you could.

Would take you until the rapture but its possible

and free

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