landscaping

Hi, I have met with a contractor a few times about a new patio. Seems very knowledgeable and I'm hoping to work with them. However I want to check if I am looking into this too much: They initially suggested the following approach: Build the patio up to 75mm below the DPC, which would...

Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate some advice, as I’m currently helping a friend install artificial grass in his garden for the kids to play on. Here’s the plan for the base: Type 1 MOT (hardcore) Compacted Sharp sand Flushed with straight edge or timber Weed membrane Artificial grass Timber...

Hello, I bought a new build (yes I know I know, we are both physically disabled and did not have choices) Bungalow that down the side has a steep incline toward the side of the property. As usual asking the developer for help is a non-starter. There is no option to grade away from the...

Hi all, I am doing up small front garden which currently has concrete everywhere - aiming to dig out a bunch of the concrete (as it currently goes right up to airbricks) and replace mostly with gravel. Trying to keep costs low where I can within reason and doing it myself. I had thought I...

Want to get an idea of what a garden landscaping job like this would cost as my mums been quoted £8.8k with VAT and think it’s steep. What are ballpark figures to expect for jobs like this? Located in midlands Job description: Clear away those slabs, and rockery up to where that line is on the...

Hi there, I've excavated a channel for a garden path and am looking to use a large number of quite large and heavy rocks (size of a football to perhaps 2ft by 2ft) I've reclaimed from an old garden dry stone wall for edging. I've found nothing on how to approach this but my intention was type 1...

Hello all. In Feb this year I had a new patio laid. Everything seemed fine at the time and paid as was happy with the job. Now summer is (finally) starting, the kids have played in the paddling pool on the patio and I've noticed I'm getting standing water, two sections of which are right up...

Hi All, I am in the middle of tiling an outdoor patio and for the outdoor steps I need to create a mitre joint along the full length of a 120cm tile to for an L shaped lip (nose). My plan is to use a coloured epoxy to glue the 2 piece together and then use an epoxy grout to finish. What do...

Hi everyone, I'm thinking about getting some Bexhill Clay pavers from here https://www.chelmervalley.co.uk/paver-brick/brick-pavers/bexhill/ I have never laid pavers before but would like to lay a path very similar to the one in the attached photo: The pavers are 200mm x 58mm x 48mm and I...

These are the same concrete pavers but from different packs. Will they all go the same colour with sun bleaching? They are the same colour when dry but different shades when wet.

Hi there, I have moved into a circa 1950’s house and my next project is tackling the garden. There was an old detached garage which had the roof removed due to asbestos. I have since knocked this down and removed and begun knocking up the concrete base, the plan being to turf/seed over this...

We need help knowing what to do next We've cleared paving slabs, tons of gravel and monstrosities from this garden. We're wanting to lay turf but there is so many stones, clay beneath that and sand mixed in where the previous owner had used I assume to break up clay. Any suggestions? Thanks

Our garden is quite fragmented and we want to remove some steps that split the front section in half. They lead to a gate which we also plan to remove and fill in the hedge. Something we hadn’t planned to do yet but we need to sort our soakaway (linked with septic tank) and since that’s going to...

I'm preparing the groundwork for a timber decking frame but I don't have much height as I'm keeping it level with my newly installed patio. The ground has already been dug off and filled with MOT so is compact. I have started to channel out small trenches so I can concrete in 3x2 treated timber...

Hi everyone, We inherited a very large and deep hole in the garden. It is about 15 meters x 15 meters and about 1.5 meter deep. It was probably dug out with the intention of creating a large pond but just left there. We would like to fill it up so the final thing is a levelled garden, but would...

Hi all I've never designed a garden before but now find myself doing just that. I've played around with a few ideas and I kind of know I want it to be contemporary. If I post a rough design on here (don't laugh), do you think I'd get some tips or ideas of improving it? I have some graph paper...

Hi all, I'm currently in the process of building a sleeper wall to try and flatten out my lawn. There is already a retaining wall for a sunken patio which is due to the house being on the side of a hill and theres not much i can do with that. I'm in a bit of a dilemma on what do to with the...

I have a 1.2 metre concrete retaining wall in my back garden that I would like to strengthen to keep it good for the forseeable future, and also make it a bit nicer to look at. Water is starting to come through the wall and affect the rendering, the wall also leans forwards by around 7cm at the...

Good Evening, Was hoping you could help me please, I have been a homeowner of my property for 25 years, Mortgage paid off and I have my title deeds ownership of the home. We had a back garden extension built 7 years ago, though, before this, we had a wall and wire fencing which partitioned both...

Morning all, I've just finished laying a Indian sandstone patio - Kandala Grey - It's been stop start over the last 8-9 weeks due to intense rain&not being at home. It's been laid of a full bed of cement mixed 5-1 with sharp sand which we mixed by hand each time as we knew we'd not be fast...