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Thanks! Will give it a go. Cheers, Ian

Thanks Radian. I’m trying to get a clean finish if I can so if I can avoid wood I’d like to (although I appreciate there might not be many other options. If I drilled a series of holes in the bottom to let the water escape (I’m raising the floor in front of it with hardcore) do you think that would work as an outlet to prevent the water logging?

Thanks Steamy. So you would just add a bit of top soil, lay the grass and pull out any weeds that grow through (if / when it happens)?

Hi, I recently had a bricky make me a planter / retaining wall. My plan was to have it rendered but after reading a bit on this forum, it looks like not having a damp course might make the render stain or fall off over time. Would tiling over the planter also cause issues? Thanks, Ian

Hi, My garden was on a pretty extreme slope so I recently levelled it out (as shown below). My plan is to now raise the level by a few inches using top soil & the roll grass over the top of that. A few weeds are springing up across the current soil and there are also a few grass patches that were already fairly level so I’ve left them. Am I better to put down a weed membrane then 5-6 inches of top soil to minimise the risk of the weeds coming through to the new grass? Any recommendations on how to proceed are greatly appreciated! Cheers, Ian