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so, it's actually 6x2x1m now :) But that's just the pool (y). Before I even get there I've got another 10-12tons to dig out just to level the area :rolleyes:. Plan was to use Concrete Masonry Units (CMUs), or as you call them hollow blocks, for the pool. Mesh reinforced slab with protruding...

I've been excavating for a new patio that isn't flush with the DPC and have found that the foundation trench of our extension is back filled with old bricks and it *looks* like it may be designed as a soakaway. The foundation blocks are not mortared on their vertical edges and the cavity does...

Well, after digging out about a ton of soil, I finally reached my finished level. So with grab bag in place, I'm now moving soil to its end location, not a temporary place. Getting there... It should hopefully be a case of dig out a square meter into one grab bag so I can put another grab...

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