Recent content by mctaggart

You just need a small oval hump between your chippings and the driveway, they will stop the stones from migrating from your drive when you drive back and for, or you can lay mesh to stop them moving.

Just about to start work on laying a new lawn and want to make sure i am doing it right, Can someone run over my plan below to see if its correct on how i am going to do it. Where the grass is going as shown in picture, half of floor to the left will be grass. 1. To get the levels...

Hello I have got a property which has a very large area outside which i intend to cover in decorative gravel and also i want to install a grass lawn area. As shown in the picture, there is a gate currently which has a steep sweeping brick drive leading up to the top, so i also want to...

I am looking to build a garage which does not need planning permission however it does need building control. How exactly do I go about requesting this from my council, can it be done online and what paperwork is involved? Is the paperwork still the same as a planning application with...

Hi I am building a 8 m x 5.5 m garage double skinned and I am looking for some advice on the types of blocks to use. The garage is going to be split into a workshop area with a partition and then a double garage. The workshop area i intend to dig out a basement and I had heard that if you...

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Hi I have been looking to build a garage on a big chunk of land next to my house which was dug up and levelled a few years back. First time i have done it so want to get it right. Here are some pics of the plot, its going in the corner where the shed is with the rear facing the railway...