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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    Thought I'd put up the finished pictures, but nontheless here they are better late then never! All in all, really happy how it all came out and very happy with my composite deck
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    washing machine and possibly WC into rainwater drain

    Potentially, but you'd need to understand the drainage system better. For example, on my house, everything (literally everything) converged into a single clay pipe run from the back of the house to the sewer - so I was able to run all of my new drainage to the clay pipe. I can't see why you...
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    Tap ceramic valve horrendously corroded - do I need a water softner?

    I've just come to replace the valves in our kitchen tap. It's a £180 CDA tap that went in just over 5 years ago (Because of course it did!) Anyway, it's not gone well - the valves, and spline and handles are horrendously corroded to the point I actually broke the splines off each of the old...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    Not a very exciting morning but they all count! Got the last slabs down, and decided to chuck down some concrete in the funny corner rather than faff with a slab Imgur: The magic of the Internet
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    Unfortunately the Forum stopped letting me upload pics
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    And here's the wall as it stands, after a little wash: Imgur: The magic of the Internet So, you're up to date! I've got the slabs to finish up the sub base and I've got get the coping stones and decking sorted. In truth, financial constraints mean they might need to wait a little bit but I'm...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    From there, it was just more of the same - I'm an exceptionally slow bricklayer, so it's taken a few weekends but I finally laid the last brick on Saturday! One thing I've completely skipped from this write up is laying the slabs. I literally just purchased council-style concrete slabs and...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    One thing that I didn't really ever account for, is that by the time I'd done the subbase I was actually pretty much level, and sometimes below the top of the concrete footing. It's not ideal, really - my understanding is thta it should be below ground for frost proofing but to be honest it is...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    Next step was getting the MOT in. Now, I know from doing my oversite on the extension that moving ton's of MOT wasn't the most fun and in fact can be a real nightmare. I'd got something like 8 bags to get in and with my back wasn't really looking forward to it. So, I took a controversial option...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    There was no getting around the fact I was going to have to move a lot of material! So, I roped in a few favours and got in some plant. I also found a local lad happy to labour who has been a fantastic help. So, with a little mechanical help the first weekend we cleared out all of the top soil...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    So until this point I didn't really have a specific plan for the middle - i.e., the decking. Again, in hindsight, maybe I should have and maybe I should have dug out after the concrete pour but whatever! After much debating we settled on a composite decking solution, with an aluminium subframe...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    One thing I probably didn't make clear is that the decking will be basically the same height as the existing concrete, so there's a fair few courses that won't be seen. I'm glad I decided to do a 1 brick wall insted of half brick, but it was a bit soul destroying having to build everything...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    Naturally, the Mrs found the most expensive rustic looking bricks on sale - but I did agree they looked nice! It was to get on the trowel again but my first attempt was a serious failure as I had major issues with it not bonding. I still don't really know what the right answer is - but they're...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    I spent a while debating whether to get concrete in, or to mix myself. In the end, I decided to rope in my brother and dad and mix it ourselves - mainly because getting it delivered would mean time off work and I'd be on my own. I wouldn't say it was an easy day, but it wasn't the worst with...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    Of course, it wouldn't be a DIY project without some back breaking labour! It took a few weekends but with a little help I managed to clear a bunch of concrete out of the way, set out and dig my trenches. In hindsight, perhaps I should have cleared the middle first - I don't know - but this is...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    Again, not great photos I'm afraid but hopefully it'll give you a feel for the space as it looked after the main construction of the extension. So, after much debate we settled on the idea of a walled-off decking area. The idea was to create a space large enough that we could clear the garden of...
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    Garden Wall & Decking Project

    This is mostly a catchup thread - I'm also very aware I've not gone back and updated my DIY Extension Build thread, but I promise I'll get there at some point! (And no, it's not finished...!) Anyway - the summary is simple. When we purchased the house there were some horrid and somewhat random...
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    Decking above air bricks

    Any thoughts on this one?
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    Decking above air bricks

    Hi all, just a quick one hopefully! Ideally I want my decking to be no-step from the patio doors, which means the boards will be above the suspended floors airbricks. There'll be a void of ~100-200mm between the underside of the decking and the subbase. The decking itself will be surrounded...
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    Blocks

    Maybe they're extending a tower block!
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