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Yea, I'm having to do all this in stealth mode because my DIY time is after dinner and putting the tiny human to bed. Then I've got to do hard landscaping literally outside her window... So the lovely slab on concrete is flush with the house DPC... So the bottom of this hole is where I need to...

It's been 4 years since I started this wall.... Today (well, yesterday) I cut the last sleepers (BY HAND o_O) and fitted them all together. Got to gravel in-fill and back fill and we're away. Seriously, don't recommend cutting Azobe sleepers by hand. Although, I am getting some big...

Small gain, well, reasonable gains. Got another 1m of back garden. Still behind front elevation of house though. The in-ground pool dream is evaporating a little and I'm focusing on making the area a usable space as big as possible. Then get an above ground pool for a couple of years to, ehem...

Oh, right, yeaaaaaaa. You'll be fine. In fact, I imagine it's last a damn long time with just a piece at the front. By the time you've built that up to 150mm and load has spread out at 45 degrees, you'll only have a 30cm unsupported span. But if you're actually going for the secret entrance to...

Agree with Woody here. Did patio last year and while most of it was smooth, there were a few bits where the 'dust' was absent after compacting. It ate a fair amount of sand before being 'full'. I did leave the sand in the sun and it was powder dry mind.

So is the base of the Pizza oven, or is this a platform for a free-standing one to sit on? how big will the load be dimensionally? If it's 600kg point load in the centre, I would be wary of needing a bit more rebar. if 90% of the load will be directly above the walls that the concrete sits on...

I have a fence that runs down the side of my corner property with a pavement (~1m wide) and road on the other side. The alleyway between fence and house is 2.2m wide. There is a drop of ~800mm from the pavement level to the nominal garden grade. This has been handled by an embankment and/or...

Retaining wall Query

Clearance has started. Slow going at the moment as I need space to work. But giant brick pillar is down and sleepers are out the way. Going to pull back the remainder of the raised bed in front of the fence by hand and get it grab-bagged away. Then move the fence behind wood shed back another...

The great pillar

The great pillar has fallen

Photo diary of moving towards having a pool