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  1. J

    Help!! Gravel patio DIY drain question

    Hi, The decking in our back garden rotted and caved in, so we have decided to take it up and have a patio instead. We have a very sloping garden, and not much sun with a lot of algae growth, and after getting a few quotes for stone patios, we instead decided to install a gravel patio ourselves...
  2. JamesAtkin

    Gravel Drive Help!

    Need some help. Have dug up my front garden to lay a gravel driveway. Have put down a hardcore base and a membrane however have totally botched the gravel. Have laid it too thick and it's now like a gravel trap. Its about 4 inches. However it's level with the road. Think I dug too deep. Is...
  3. D

    Gravel path along house

    Hi there, Help please, I am building a one metre wide gravel path alongside my house. Does it all need to be 2 bricks below the DPC? I have hit really tough ground and am struggling to dig it down any further. Hoping I can get away without but still want to do the right thing! Many thanks...
  4. Ouch77

    Remove poor, shoddy tarmac and turf?

    Some bright spark in years past (70's I reckon, given what other detritus I've dug up) had decided to lay some tarmac type stuff in my back garden, in a strip adjoining the lawn. My desired outcome is to extend the lawn over this area (about 1x7m). It's a fairly undefined patch of tarmac...
  5. T

    Stone chippings/aggregate on top of decking?

    Hi, I have an outdoor area about 3x4 meters which I want to renovate. I'd like to put some decorative gravel/stones down with some interspersed paving stones as a sort of patio. Currently, there is decking in this area of the courtyard which was there when we bought the house. Originally I...
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