Recent content by adamm7C

Ok, that's very interesting. I could easily go down 3 or 4 ft or more as you might have seen from the pictures. Now what I need is a contractor who can do this and re-do the lawn? I live in Hertfordshire, near Watford. Root zone was suggested as an idea instead of top soil to help with the...

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I hope these images help. You can see the front wall and the back wall. There is no drainage in the patio either.

Thanks. I did that but didn't hit water. It was clay. Would that suggest that the problem is more about the mix of the top soil and not the drainage? Someone suggested root zone and turf instead of top soil?

Hi, I'm new to this site and hope you can help. From my house I walk down two steps onto a patio which is about 2 / 2.5 metres wide and then 5 steps up to my grass (about 1 metre ). I have one retaining wall at the front and one at the back. The garden is about 180 sq m. The soil is...