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Hi folks,
Long time lurker here, but now registered finally. I have just started a garden project to lay decking over an already played patio, got all bases covered for the decking apart from one thing, I wonder if anyone has any ideas or ran into the same issue.
The garden has a slight slope to it, higher at the back of the garden running to the house where the lowest point is (patio area and drainage). There are 2 small wall planters which will be built, could be used as small retaining walls.
When the decking is finished, it will be a level (of course) this means it will almost meet the slope at some point (at the 4.2m to be exact). I have no idea on the slope gradients, I presume it is about 1.5ft difference.
I have attached some images of what I think is going to happen after the decking is laid.
How to transition the decking to the grass area? would you add a step here?, possibly large long steps to go from deck to meet grass slope. I think there is going to be a slight drop from the decking to grass as the deck won't exactly meet the slope exactly. I don't really want to re-grass if I backfill the gaps with dirt.
Any ideas?
Garden slope issue:
Garden design:
Long time lurker here, but now registered finally. I have just started a garden project to lay decking over an already played patio, got all bases covered for the decking apart from one thing, I wonder if anyone has any ideas or ran into the same issue.
The garden has a slight slope to it, higher at the back of the garden running to the house where the lowest point is (patio area and drainage). There are 2 small wall planters which will be built, could be used as small retaining walls.
When the decking is finished, it will be a level (of course) this means it will almost meet the slope at some point (at the 4.2m to be exact). I have no idea on the slope gradients, I presume it is about 1.5ft difference.
I have attached some images of what I think is going to happen after the decking is laid.
How to transition the decking to the grass area? would you add a step here?, possibly large long steps to go from deck to meet grass slope. I think there is going to be a slight drop from the decking to grass as the deck won't exactly meet the slope exactly. I don't really want to re-grass if I backfill the gaps with dirt.
Any ideas?
Garden slope issue:
Garden design:
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