29/12/08
Hello there fellow Diy'ers,
My names Joe and i do like a bit of DIY. The upcoming year main project is the garden. My famliy and i completed an extension on the house in 08. This reduced the size of garden we had left so we bought the property next door and nicked the garden!
So far i have limited myself to a bit of mild chainsawing to remove 8 of 20 year old trees along the old boundary fence and putting up a new fence on the new boundary line. This was mere busy work while the final details percolated through my brain for the main project.
Do any of you out there use google sketch up when developing garden projects?
I have found it to be a brilliant tool on the development of this project. In the great tradition of diy'ers it has of course changed since i posted this version! Its a small change, we decide that 100sqm of decking was a bit OTT so we are looking to pave the areas closest to the house and leave the social area over beside the tub as decked. Anyway here's the link
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ae7b502fcfdbbff613be453cc579b75b&prevstart=0
To really see the model properly you would have to download sketch up. Its SOOO gooodddd!
My son and i felt we were being a bit lethargic post xmas so decided to crack on with the hot tub foundation yesterday, photos below.
Rough position of Pergola vertical posts pegged out
And they're off!
Mostly dug out but needing some depth
Dug out, broken up and dragged over with a rake.
We used a 6Lb sledgehammer as a compression tool on the earth and then laid in some boards. This is Martin, he turned 14 on Xmas eve, all 6'3" of him! We had a great day doing this and he's officially a real grafter now!(that's ma boy).
After the extension was finished we had a few old blocks, slabs etc lying around. Being of the kilted persuasion i decided to keep them for a base for the concrete tub base, Here they are. Also laid in a roofing felt membrane, the foundation is approx 150mm deep.
I'm away up to my mates today to pick up a cement mixer and then on to buy various bags of stuff to pour the first section of the base. I will update as the job goes along i am expecting to be finished around Aug/Sept 09.
Hello there fellow Diy'ers,
My names Joe and i do like a bit of DIY. The upcoming year main project is the garden. My famliy and i completed an extension on the house in 08. This reduced the size of garden we had left so we bought the property next door and nicked the garden!
So far i have limited myself to a bit of mild chainsawing to remove 8 of 20 year old trees along the old boundary fence and putting up a new fence on the new boundary line. This was mere busy work while the final details percolated through my brain for the main project.
Do any of you out there use google sketch up when developing garden projects?
I have found it to be a brilliant tool on the development of this project. In the great tradition of diy'ers it has of course changed since i posted this version! Its a small change, we decide that 100sqm of decking was a bit OTT so we are looking to pave the areas closest to the house and leave the social area over beside the tub as decked. Anyway here's the link
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ae7b502fcfdbbff613be453cc579b75b&prevstart=0
To really see the model properly you would have to download sketch up. Its SOOO gooodddd!
My son and i felt we were being a bit lethargic post xmas so decided to crack on with the hot tub foundation yesterday, photos below.
Rough position of Pergola vertical posts pegged out
And they're off!
Mostly dug out but needing some depth
Dug out, broken up and dragged over with a rake.
We used a 6Lb sledgehammer as a compression tool on the earth and then laid in some boards. This is Martin, he turned 14 on Xmas eve, all 6'3" of him! We had a great day doing this and he's officially a real grafter now!(that's ma boy).
After the extension was finished we had a few old blocks, slabs etc lying around. Being of the kilted persuasion i decided to keep them for a base for the concrete tub base, Here they are. Also laid in a roofing felt membrane, the foundation is approx 150mm deep.
I'm away up to my mates today to pick up a cement mixer and then on to buy various bags of stuff to pour the first section of the base. I will update as the job goes along i am expecting to be finished around Aug/Sept 09.