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Turf delivered today but had problems trying to level the ground. Finally managed to get one side ready and will lay the delivered turf on that tomorrow. However, to level the other side we need more top soil which we may or may not be able to get tomorrow. If not tomorrow it will be...

Thanks again for the reply. We don't really want a brick mowing strip - we'd be happy just strimming the edges that the mower can't get to when needed. We'd like something as thin as possible that provides a clean line between the grass and the decorative stone; although as I say we don't...

Yes, definitely don't want the gravel constantly on the grass, defeats the purpose of having the edge in the first place! Would you have the top of the grass when cut level with the top of the edge? Or the grass prior to cut (say an extra inch higher)? Or the top of the grass sod level with...

Noted. I'm just trying to keep all the posts in one thread to prevent constantly having to link back to this thread. We've binned the idea of artificial grass as its simply going to cost too much. So we're back to turf. We need edging that will separate the edge of the grass from...

So its basically just decorative and therefore we just need to point to ensure the aesthetics remain intact and that part is watertight so no ingress of water?

We're considering artificial grass. Any general thoughts on particular brands to use / is artificial grass any good / does it stand the test of time? Any advice on "below ground" prep would be useful as some manufacturers recommend 100mm total fill below ground (75mm type 1 / 25mm sharp sand)...

What's a "slip step"?

We are landscaping our garden and part of this is replacing the old grey 3 x 2 slabs with new riven slabs. Two of the slabs appear to have been laid under the external cladding of the house (directly underneath a set of double patio doors). When trying to lift up the slabs (first picture) with...

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Which part of the turf in the measurements above should be 40mm below the top of the flags - the bottom of the turfs soil, the bottom of the visible grass / top of the turfs soil, or the top of the grass? And re the turf being approximately an inch thick, is this the depth of the turfs soil...

Almost there with the job now. Final part for next weekend is to lay turf. What is the correct height for turf, in relation to the top of the slabs we've laid? And, when preparing the ground, how much depth should we allow to accommodate the turf (ie how thick is the turf / grass)?

Trying to cut 22mm sandstone with a stihl saw - the saw just seems to stop as soon as the blade touches the surface of the stone. Is there something that I need to do to enable the saw to cut? Or do I need another power tool?

Thank you as always. How wide / deep should the concrete be?

Another haunching query. We're taking our flags up to near the neighbours fence (see red line on pic below. The flags will therefore extend out as far to the right hand side of the picture as the top brick on the "bottom" wall). What haunching do we need here? To the right of the red line...

So no issues with e.g. uneven compaction, with the hand tamper?

Thanks again. Will check out the resin mortar suppliers. Re the 60-70mm depth we need to work with, I agree it would be best to get this down to 40-50mm by adding hardcore of 20mm throughout. Do we need a vibrating plate to compact the 20mm we're laying, or can we use the large hand tamper...

Thanks again. Some more queries:- 1. Whilst we were cutting some of our slabs to square off the circle, there was quite a bit of "dust" coming from the off cuts which when wet became a very fine slurry. This settled on the Type 1 but has been mostly washed into the ground with the rain over...

Thanks. So just to be clear, the "concrete" in the diagram above only needs to be mortar?

Back to the "haunching", r896neo when you say we need a little haunch, nothing major, what do you mean? We're butting the slabs up against the wall marked A and B on the previous pic. So do we only need to haunch at C and D? And only a "little" Everything is being laid on a wet mix.