Dan1983

Done with the laying now, grout next week One final cut to make down the side by the looks of it please with the steps also!

Been away for a week but guys are cracking on with the patio and doing a great job! Decided on offset bond rather than brick bond, really pleased with it. My choice to break bond behind the garage as won’t be seen and saves me some slabs/ losing more of the garden to keep bond (retaining wall would have to have been further back) Gone for mid grey grout and will use a similar colour for the decorative stones between slabs and sleepers (stones as allows sleepers to move a little and didn’t want any cuts along the back edge!

No afraid not After getting the astragal bars sorted I was told the adjustment was the best they could do so gave up

One last thing we may do is add a triangular cut of oak sleeper as the levels drop down to soften the look of the RSJ What do others think?

Ground work more or less complete bar building up the ramp in the corner to allow me to get the mower up Top soil to add to the planters and garden behind the retaining wall and a small amount of turf to feather in to the lawn All levels are ready for paving to go down Fingers crossed in about 2 weeks! Very pleased with the work

Typical! waste water pipe right in the center of the final run

Starting to form the beds

My friend is doing it as owns a ground work company He is mega fussy the same as me which is great! I sketched out what I wanted then we have just tweaked it along the way (he has sorted all materials apart from lighting) There is still a flower bed to form with oak around the stairs and main retaining wall then carry the sleepers down the far side of the house There is probably about 85m2 of limestone to lay (slabs are £38m2) Looking to bring it in around the 20-22k mark not including muck away (had 2 lorry’s so far!)

Sleepers now complete I volunteered to drill the 25mm holes for the lighting to save time, not the best of jobs and bad back in the morning! Also run all the wires between the DPM and the sleepers and added ducting to take the loom round the steps

It’s having a DPM across the back of them Will drill out the sleepers for the lights then back fill I think

Oak sleepers going in after first set rejected even though they were AAA rated

This part will be the steps up to the garden, think it’s 4 steps high

Down the side

Behind the garage