Garden project preparation for garden room

[Silken]

This is a work in progress, garden room is for next year. This year we began transforming the back section of the garden; previously fenced off by other owners.

After clearing the rubbish and moving anything of use I removed the fence panels, I then hired a man and his digger, who did a great job levelling the area, not completely level but close enough, the ground is like concrete in places lots of cobbles.

After teddy completed his site inspection (see 3rd image) I got materials for retaining the banks and creating planters (got to keep the wife happy), I laid the weed matting, fitted posts, gravel boards - slabs and blocks for paving and curb stones, with a final fitting of gravel boards on a bed of pea gravel.

The garden room will be for next year, I will take it to the max allowed using permitted development 30ms, this will include a shed for garden tools and a paint store; approximately 5.5m x 5.5m in total area. I need to design this using Onshape once I learn how to use it .

 

[BucksDad]

Looks like an exciting project!

 

[Silken]

Looks like an exciting project!

Yes, thanks, it has continued to develop over the past couple of years.

 

[Fergie 307]

Always amazes me how much material you can have to get rid of to make an area that looks "pretty flat" to the naked eye genuinely level.
Looking good.

 

[Silken]

Always amazes me how much material you can have to get rid of to make an area that looks "pretty flat" to the naked eye genuinely level.
Looking good.

We only had to clear the rubbish, tree branches old fencing etc, filled a 7qubic yard skip with about 10 qy's of rubbish @ £300 a pop it was going in. The actual ground was raised about 400mm or 16 inches on one side and dropped to about 600mm or 2 feet on the other, but it has a lot of cobbles in it; so difficult to dig - even the digger driver found it hard.

Between the patio and the back section we had a 300mm 1f high gravel board, once levelled out it was almost the same hight.

Part of the project was getting my neighbours trees cut back, and our 1 tree topped, fortunately I got mates rates on the tree work.

 

[duke]

Food and Beer?

 

[Silken]

Food and Beer?

I wish, no just a good price,

 

[BC'er]

Looks pretty shaded and those trees are going to be dropping leaves etc. continuously. Your fence design is actually good for that situation as the lack of horizontals avoids the problem of leaves and wind-borne dust and dirt accumulating and causing rot. Worth thinking about the design of whatever you build from that point of view also, as well as just the practicalities of cleaning off roofs, skylights, gutters etc. Nice if running water applied from ground level could do that without ladders or climbing on the roof etc.

 

[Silken]

Looks pretty shaded and those trees are going to be dropping leaves etc. continuously. Your fence design is actually good for that situation as the lack of horizontals avoids the problem of leaves and wind-borne dust and dirt accumulating and causing rot. Worth thinking about the design of whatever you build from that point of view also, as well as just the practicalities of cleaning off roofs, skylights, gutters etc. Nice if running water applied from ground level could do that without ladders or climbing on the roof etc.

Yes, leaf drop come autumn is an issue, fortunately my neighbour who has a fully mature sycamore tree has had it cut back this year, although I would have preferred it cut right back to the ground I take what I can get. She is the only one who has made an effort.

In the future I think I will hire a scissor lift and trim the overhang back, that I hope will keep the leaf's at bay.

I am thinking of putting a Metal corrugated SIP roof panel system on when I build the garden room, I expect to have to clean it.

 

[XTiffy]

Autumn leaves, nice to look at but a real pain to clearup. We have a large Norway Maple in the garden with leaves like dinner plates!
With reference to Sycamore trees, the seeds (twirly seeds) are deadly to horses (and possibly other animals?). Had a friend loose four Shire horses from wind borne seeds from neighbouring land.

 

[Fergie 307]

I have an old Hayter harrier, just lift the deck up a bit and it Hoover's up the leaves a treat.