Hi
I have read a lot on these forums and found the responses very helpful in the past however on this occasion I can not find anything on this.
I have a garden which is split up by an old garage, roughly 1/3 of my garden between the house and the garage then the garage covers 1/3 and the other 1/3 is behind the garage and is forgotten about.
We want to remove the garage (simple) and open the garden up so it is one space. I would like to build decking to cover where the garage currently stands and the area behind the garage. However the ground raises about 2 feet from the edge of the garage to the pavement.
So I have started to dig out the garden to try and bring the level as close to that of the garage concrete base as possible. I have hit a snag, the concrete that is holding the pavement edging in bulges into my land almost a foot. I am wanting to have a new fence put in so from the deck I will see 2 feet of gravel boards up to the level of the pavement and 5" of fence from the pavement.
Now at the moment I have big lumps of concrete holding the pavement together in the way of the fencing I want to put in as i do not want to loose a foot all around my boarder.
I have thought of a few possible solutions but I am not sure which are viable so would appreciate your input.
1 - Remove the concrete bulges and put the fence in with the gravel boards and infill between the gravel boards and pavement with gravel.
2 - Remove the concrete bulges and put the fence posts in and then between the posts build a retaining wall with concrete bricks and infill between the wall and pavement with concrete before putting the fence panels in.
3 - Remove the concrete bulges and screen off the boarder with timber and place the fence posts and pour full of concrete to set the fence posts and effectively make a retaining concrete block.
Thanks in advance!
I have read a lot on these forums and found the responses very helpful in the past however on this occasion I can not find anything on this.
I have a garden which is split up by an old garage, roughly 1/3 of my garden between the house and the garage then the garage covers 1/3 and the other 1/3 is behind the garage and is forgotten about.
We want to remove the garage (simple) and open the garden up so it is one space. I would like to build decking to cover where the garage currently stands and the area behind the garage. However the ground raises about 2 feet from the edge of the garage to the pavement.
So I have started to dig out the garden to try and bring the level as close to that of the garage concrete base as possible. I have hit a snag, the concrete that is holding the pavement edging in bulges into my land almost a foot. I am wanting to have a new fence put in so from the deck I will see 2 feet of gravel boards up to the level of the pavement and 5" of fence from the pavement.
Now at the moment I have big lumps of concrete holding the pavement together in the way of the fencing I want to put in as i do not want to loose a foot all around my boarder.
I have thought of a few possible solutions but I am not sure which are viable so would appreciate your input.
1 - Remove the concrete bulges and put the fence in with the gravel boards and infill between the gravel boards and pavement with gravel.
2 - Remove the concrete bulges and put the fence posts in and then between the posts build a retaining wall with concrete bricks and infill between the wall and pavement with concrete before putting the fence panels in.
3 - Remove the concrete bulges and screen off the boarder with timber and place the fence posts and pour full of concrete to set the fence posts and effectively make a retaining concrete block.
Thanks in advance!