There is a wall at the end of my garden. Put up by the Council years ago. It's length is 7.2m. The concrete foundation is quite shallow, about 150mm. It's clear that no shuttering was used, because the edge of the concrete is rather ragged and it does not have a flat bottom to it.
Okay, so, what I want to do, is "tidy up" the foundation on my garden side (other side is public pavement), by making a straight edge and trying to make a flat bottom to the foundation on the garden side at least. I'll probably slightly increase the height of the foundation until it is level with the garden topsoil. Then I'll have a concrete band, about 150mm wide, from the wall surface to the start of the grass.
Now, my idea was to do the work in two stages, that is put shuttering in from one end to over half way. Then, pour in the concrete up to half way the length of the wall, but putting in a strong metal bar at the end near the middle. Then, when set, putting the shuttering in from the other end and pouring in concrete. The metal bar "interlocking" the two halves. This way, the idea is that I don't need to buy shuttering to go from one end of the wall to the other.
Now, as to the shuttering itself. I was going to try to buy cheap scaffold boards, but I've not yet managed to source some locally. So, I'm thinking of buying timber gravel board 19mm x 150mm x 2400mm from Wickes at £5.05.
So far that Wickes gravel board appears to be my best option for shuttering. I hope it is alright to use. I've no better idea.
Okay, so, what I want to do, is "tidy up" the foundation on my garden side (other side is public pavement), by making a straight edge and trying to make a flat bottom to the foundation on the garden side at least. I'll probably slightly increase the height of the foundation until it is level with the garden topsoil. Then I'll have a concrete band, about 150mm wide, from the wall surface to the start of the grass.
Now, my idea was to do the work in two stages, that is put shuttering in from one end to over half way. Then, pour in the concrete up to half way the length of the wall, but putting in a strong metal bar at the end near the middle. Then, when set, putting the shuttering in from the other end and pouring in concrete. The metal bar "interlocking" the two halves. This way, the idea is that I don't need to buy shuttering to go from one end of the wall to the other.
Now, as to the shuttering itself. I was going to try to buy cheap scaffold boards, but I've not yet managed to source some locally. So, I'm thinking of buying timber gravel board 19mm x 150mm x 2400mm from Wickes at £5.05.
So far that Wickes gravel board appears to be my best option for shuttering. I hope it is alright to use. I've no better idea.