sti-04!!

My mate has just moved into a new house. The previous owners idea of a nice back garden is different from ours. Its a mess tbh.
So i am going up next week to clear it with the JCB.
The garden is about 100ft long by 40ft wide.
Ours plans are to clear it all, dig down 12 to 18 inches & fill this with hardcore till 3/4 of the way, then sand then turf. I will do this for say half. Deck most of the other & then make a nice kinda patio area, using hardcore throughout.

Question is ? Will the turf take to the sand & then hardcore ?? I reckon that this way will be good for drainage or am i wrong ??

Cheers

ScoobyDoo555

tbh, probably a bit too much drainage......

Dan

speye91

Ask Anthony Chricton Weeler, he is into back door maintanance.


Mick

sti-04!!

Hardcore, sand then top soil do ??

MattW

Top soil and sand mix, why the hardcore, is it particulary wet? Make sure you get good quality top soil, no weeds etc.

Chip

Thats one hell of a lot of soil to move. With a m3 of soil weighing up to 1 ton and just saying you take off the top 12" then that's about 140 tons of muck to shift or 70 tons if you deck the other half.

Chip

David Lock

Why are you digging all that up?? You may have some reasonable soil there. Might be better to spend the money on a rotavator, then some topsoil and then turf. You could drain a football pitch with all that hardcore if you're not careful

I'd use patio slabs over decking but that's a personal preference. And plant a tree or two. Good luck. dl