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Not sure about the shed base aspect, although you could try and remove as much of the soil as possible from the base, and re-do the hardcore? I wouldn't pour concrete onto the soil as it won't be stable enough. As for the wall, the guy was correct, by having the soil pilled up against the...

My suggestion, go and talk to him, remain calm and explain what he has done and how it is effecting you and causing you stress. Ask if there is a way that he could adjust the chimney so that it is less high, and also ask if he could complete the top of your wall on your side so that it is...

I wouldn't leave the 2.5cm for the turf, make it less as the soil will keep compacting over the next few months and will invariably end up lower than the level that you lay it at. Also agree with the above, just use topsoil and forget the type 1, turff will do so much better with 100mm of...

This does make perfect sense, however, I think you may get better responses from the "building" section of the forum, they talk alot about french drains and damp, which is effectively what you are preventing by leaving a gap between house and step. - I have alerted the moderators to move this...

Should be fine then.

when you say decorative, I assume you mean like a border, not a path, and therefore will not be walked on? What was the point of sprinkling the sand and cement over it? If it is not for walking on then it should be fine, as it won't be carrying any weight. With sand down, I would put a...

If you are going to take this on by yourself, you need to consider drainage as a factor as well. Search on here as there is plenty of advice on how to do retainning wall drainage and weep holes etc. It would be far easier to do the wall on both sides as one block wide. You also need to...

From what you have said, I would assume you would have a gap both vertically and horizontally, some of that can be filled up with the concrete mix which will hold the kerb edging. The tarmac from a bag isn't great, but if your pavement is that material, you could give it a go... Best to...

Put a line of concrete kerb edges in, these should give you a nice level edge to work from, and will protect the edge of the slabs. I think you will find the council wouldn't build their pavement up to meet this edge though, so it is likely that you may have to repair that edge to bring it up...

I would suggest doing this, otherwise the only thing stoping the gate from sagging will be the strength of those hinges, and I personally wouldn't leave it to those. You may be better off buying some better hinges...

I had my lawn totally re-turfed, this work involved bringing in approx 15 ton of topsoil, soil improver (I assume some sort of fertiliser sprinkled on the surface prior to the turf) I did see it but dont know what it was for..., and then thr turf ontop, this was for approx 100m2 (10x10 garden)...

screw piles and poured piles and precast piles can save money on large ground works costs on large scale construction sites, however, you require a piling machine to install the pile... how is that getting into hte back garden? Also, you still require a trench foundation to attach the piles...

Mike, I have done this in my garden where there is a retainng wall, holding my garden in from the neighbours lower wall. I concreted the posts in below the foundation of the wall and then built a close board fence using rails and planks, not pannels. In my opinion, if you can offset the...

Assuming you are mixing in batches on site, it may well be best to get a few more bags of the cement, which can then be returned if not used, that way you will have sufficient supply and can take account of variations in the ratio as needed.

Once you have spent some time on here you will know to ignor a few people who aren't as helpful as others. Also if you hadn't posted that much info, you will have had all the questions anyway, so you won't win. Just ignor some comments and move on, there is nothing you can do about it in a...

It looks like it is... I'm going with yes.

B I used postcrete on my fence run, this was with some large posts, 2 foot in the ground. The trick is to use the correct method. I put some water in the hole first and added all the mix and compacted it in with a bit of timber to pack it in tight all around the post. There was sufficient...

Agree, Geotextile membrane should be used to seperate the hardcore from the soil, weed membrane will be worthless. concur with 150mm.

My suggestion, take out what is there, replace the slabs with an appropriate retaining wall, to hold your neighbours driveway up, but it doesn't have to be 3 foot, just a suitable height. The only reason you would need to put anything higher up would be to replace your neighbours fence...

I did a simple extension, approx 6x2 on the rear of the house. got three quotes, lowest was £17k and highest was £28k. difference being level of detail paid. Went with the cheapest quote and now regret it. Was a half decent builder, i.e. block work, roof lintels and steels all ok, but the...