First off - Hello all! Just registered and this is my first post!
Moved into a new house about a year ago, and as such have to do the garden from scratch! Have so far got the patio, decking and a second 'round patio' area sorted!
Anyhow, I'm going to be building 2 raised beds of brick at the edge of the patio to lead into the rest of the garden. Each will be 3 metres long (from fence towards centre of garden) and about 1.5 metres out (from patio to garden) and 7 courses high (plus coping). I have a couple of questions about this!
First of all, I have some dolomite left from the patio founds - would this suffice, or would I need a concrete base in addition? And how deep do I need to go?
Secondly, will single skin be adequate given the weight of the muck? I will be putting about 6" of gravel at the bottom, along with several drainage holes, but will be using the muck I've dug out of the garden, of which most is nice and not too clay.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
Dave
Moved into a new house about a year ago, and as such have to do the garden from scratch! Have so far got the patio, decking and a second 'round patio' area sorted!
Anyhow, I'm going to be building 2 raised beds of brick at the edge of the patio to lead into the rest of the garden. Each will be 3 metres long (from fence towards centre of garden) and about 1.5 metres out (from patio to garden) and 7 courses high (plus coping). I have a couple of questions about this!
First of all, I have some dolomite left from the patio founds - would this suffice, or would I need a concrete base in addition? And how deep do I need to go?
Secondly, will single skin be adequate given the weight of the muck? I will be putting about 6" of gravel at the bottom, along with several drainage holes, but will be using the muck I've dug out of the garden, of which most is nice and not too clay.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
Dave