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More DIY jobs....
Project 5 - Creating a special garden featurePeter Hinde is the genius behind this project and he told us... |
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| "I completed a circular feature made of blocks earlier this year in a shady part of the garden. The blocks had been left over by the contractor who did the drive. I do wish I'd discovered your site before they did the drive, I would've pulled them up on one or two things - cutting and jointing in particular. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them, until I discovered your website." | |
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"Trouble is, when I was doing it I kept referring to it as a stone circle, so people expect to see Avebury when they come to admire!! A friend did say I was being ambitious with a circle - "all that cutting" - but with the right tools, and a bit of practice, oh, and a lot of hints from your website, I would not have even attempted such a project. The pile of blocks left over from the drive would still be a pile of blocks!"
Another of Peter's projects, a stunning yorkstone patio, is featured in the Flag/Slab DIY Gallery elsewhere on this website. |
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Project 6 - An Irish PatioMartin Redican from Ireland sent in the following...."Here are some photos of my patio which you and and your website helped me construct. I was in contact with you last year and you said to send photos, and now that I've accessed a digital cam, here they are. " |
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"As you can see, I have a concrete foothpath around the house which I put in the year before otherwise
I would have brought the blocks upto the house.
I had to block the walls around the patio and move a lot of hardcore in to raise the level, which took a long time - laying of the blocks was the easy part!" |
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| "I put two gulleys in for drainage of the hosepipe and downpipe but the main drainage flows out through the two front piers from anywhere on the patio. This took a lot of consideration in laying out the falls for drainage but it has worked very well with no pooling of water. However, on a really wet day it's like Niagara Falls at the two piers!" | |
Acheson-Glover Country Cobble in "Turf |
"I used Acheson-Glover Country Cobble and am happy enough with them. They look purple
when they're dry but look even better when wet, and seeing that I live on the west
coast of Ireland, that is a regular occurence."
(Note: Acheson-Glover products are available throughout Ireland. The Country Cobble is a range of 60/80mm thick tumbled pavers manufactured in a range of 6 standard colours [Bracken, Brindle, Turf, Slate, Silver and Burren] and 3 standard sizes [200x150, 150x150 and 100x150mm].) |
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"As you can see I've still a lot of work to do around the place, but I hope to have a bit more done this year.
The worst part about the job was screeding - I hated it. The best part about the job was filling in with kiln dried sand." |
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Other DIY block paving projects featured on this site....Project 1 - New concrete block drivewayProject 2 - Clay cobble patio Project 3 - Replacement concrete block driveway Project 4 - Upgrading the basic 'two-strips' driveway Project 7 - Curving driveway to garage |
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| Want to add your pictures to these pages? Send your jpegs and a description of the fun you had to Tony at the usual address... | |