Landscape Company Ayrshire

Before Wood Retains

Wood retain wall in the Garden yes or no i think yes we have been putting in Wood retain walls now for years and the advantages are out waying the disadvantages such as wood is relatively cheep compared to Brick plus it is easier to build with.
Do not get me wrong you still have to take great care when building as you do not want the wall to fall
1. Dig out a foundation to 6 inch then put in hard core ore concrete
2. Level Foundation and string line the area from one side to the other.
3. Lay your first New Railway sleeper and make sure it is level along and across.
4. Lay drainage pipe behind sleeper and fill with gravel up to top of sleeper 1
5. Some people like to stagger the sleepers like building a wall i myself pref are to lay them on top of each other then where they join put a sleeper vertically into the ground concreted in this covers the joints and there is no way the sleepers will get by the vertical upright.
6. If you go for the stagger make sure the area that is not supported is either pinned in with a rod to stop it being pushed out to do this drill through the wood and push the long rod through both sections of wood
7. continue building until the required height then put in Sleeper uprights to hold the wood in place then go around all the sleepers screwing them together with large screws.
8. Once finished paint wood to required colour.

If you would like a quote for this type of wall in your garden call Greencare Landscapes
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Charles White

Building a Patio is not a hard thing to do but it is tricky you will have to plan out the job.
Things to Watch out for
1. Spoil how much and were to put it
2. Size and how many Slabs you need
3. Hard Core and Sand and Cement How Much to use
4. Type of slabs some slabs do not suit certain situations.

First Step
a. Measure the area then decide what type of Slabs to use and what colour suits the area ie does it match your house, a good site to use for getting the right amount of slab is Bradstone patio builder go to their site and down load the software put it all the details ect size and they will return the amount you need.
b. Order the Sandstone with a few extra slabs in case of breakage

Step 2
a. Order a Skip for spoil this will cost between £150 and £200 depending on your area
b. If the area is to big to dig out by hand a Mini digger is needed 1 week hire £100 to £150
c. Dig out area to a depth of 6 inches and remove spoil to skip 20 sqr mtrs should get approx 6 tons of soil at 6 inch deep.
d. Put in pegs to the height required at the wall of house below damp course
e. Put a slope of approx 2 inches across to the furthest peg

Step 3.
a. Hire a whacker plate and whack the soil (when dry) to compact area to stop any future subsidence.
b. Put in 2 inch of hard core type 1 and whack again. when done put the other 2 inch in and whack again.
c. You are now ready to put a string line in 2 directions one running to the front and one to the side.
d. You then mix up building sand and cement at 3 to 1 sand plus cement with a little plasticise
e. Put down approx 1 and a half to 2 inches of cement and gently push the Sandstone into the cement
f. Make sure the Slab follows the string line in both directions you would follow the string line in one direction in lines following the Patter en laid out in the plan
g. After all the slabs are down leave them and do not walk on them for 2 Days

Step 4.
Point Slabs with a 4 to 1 Mix Sand and Cement use a colourant if needed mix up using very little water just enough to make cement go but not mark the slabs when cement mix lies on Slabs
Leave slabs till mix Drys then Brush off Lightly
If this is all to much and you just want the job done by a reputable company then E Mail sales@greencarelandscapes.com for a free quote.
Charles White
http://www.greencarelandscapes.com