Project Patio

[The Mighty Elvi]

Women! 

So...either put a railway sleeper there or build a small brick wall.

[JC]

i got my old women planks i used as ramps  whack them down job done 

[SoundillusioN]

Only just spotted this.. Nice work so far.... Damn I feel your pain... I always get whipped onto garden work! Ponds, Walls, sheds... it never ends... looks like you've done a good job though.

Not sure what I can add at this stage, I would probably make a box for flowers.  A narrow version of your veg beds.. Similar to what we have done at ours.

[Guy]

Only just spotted this.. Nice work so far.... Damn I feel your pain... I always get whipped onto garden work! Ponds, Walls, sheds... it never ends... looks like you've done a good job though.

Not sure what I can add at this stage, I would probably make a box for flowers.  A narrow version of your veg beds.. Similar to what we have done at ours.

i like that idea... but the mrs has settled on something... and that something is being actioned, whether it'll look any good or not is another matter! 

[Organisys]

Timber / boards, but hold it in place with some of the smaller size metposts and short timber uprights on the lawn side (for tidyness) to stop the timber moving under weight of soil / shingle.

[Guy]

Timber / boards, but hold it in place with some of the smaller size metposts and short timber uprights on the lawn side (for tidyness) to stop the timber moving under weight of soil / shingle.

i like this 

[Guy]

update time

project is just about complete

I used treated deckboard which I got for a bargain price down at travis perkins which is only spitting distance from me, I put them in place using secure posts hammered deep into the ground.. then batoned the deckboard to these... I then backfilled in behind these (using the earth and rubbish I dug up from the patio) and the topped it off using top soil upon which I will sow new grass seed which I am sure the birds will love... the drain I installed has been covered over with pea shingle in front of the deckboard so that it provides ample drainage...


Untitled by Guy Frankland, on Flickr


Untitled by Guy Frankland, on Flickr


Untitled by Guy Frankland, on Flickr

thanks to everyone for their advice and input 

so... bring on the BBQ's!! 

[Rhyso]

Good work 

Fancy sorting my patio out 

[JC]

With all this Spannering and DIY suprised you got teme left to valet owt 

[Guy]

With all this Spannering and DIY suprised you got teme left to valet owt 

Had nothing on today....


Naked DIY ftw