Our 75m.sq lawn is a mess following building work. There is some "topsoil" and lawn left in places but clay on the surface the area where a new soakaway has been dug in.
The garden slopes away from the house at an angle of about 1:18.
As we have a nice high DPC on the house we are thinking of laying brand new topsoil on top. This will also raise the garden to a suitable level to step down from our decking without the need for a step.
1) What would be a suitable gradient (Aware that we need some drainage, but 1:18 makes the kids' slide lean precariously!) I was thinking perhaps about 1:50?
2) If we laid, say 4" / 100mm of new topsoil (average) on top of the existing ground, would we need to blend in the new soil with the old, (have a tiller onsite) or could we just lay it on top?
We are also re-doing the borders, but would probably dig a greater depth of topsoil in here to make for easier planting.
Would any of you tackle this a completely different way?
Thanks as ever
The garden slopes away from the house at an angle of about 1:18.
As we have a nice high DPC on the house we are thinking of laying brand new topsoil on top. This will also raise the garden to a suitable level to step down from our decking without the need for a step.
1) What would be a suitable gradient (Aware that we need some drainage, but 1:18 makes the kids' slide lean precariously!) I was thinking perhaps about 1:50?
2) If we laid, say 4" / 100mm of new topsoil (average) on top of the existing ground, would we need to blend in the new soil with the old, (have a tiller onsite) or could we just lay it on top?
We are also re-doing the borders, but would probably dig a greater depth of topsoil in here to make for easier planting.
Would any of you tackle this a completely different way?
Thanks as ever