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Mrs
Just Starting Out
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Hello fellow DIYers, I’m looking for advice on edging ideas for our driveway please Gravel laid and brushed in a few bags of cement to help keep ...

dave9
Just Starting Out
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I am considering building a garage over a space that used to house a carport. One wall of the garage would sit on top of a timber sleeper retaining w ...

Nas2025
Just Starting Out
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The pathway on the sides and back of the house are very uneven and the drains are higher than the ground. Wondering if there is a way other than concr ...

Skimmo24
Growing in Experience
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Hello experts! Seeking some advice in relation to sorting out drainage issues in my enclosed courtyard area. I was thinking of doing a french drain ...

LorenClayton
Growing in Experience
16 replies

Hello My house has a slight negative grade from the street. Front carport and roof gutter are connected to kerb. The 3 rear gutters need to connect ...

apeople
Just Starting Out
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Hi Team, I have removed an old steel fence and am left with the round steel posts as shown in the pic. I'd like to add timber sleepers or similar to ...

Offcut
Growing in Experience
8 replies

This backyard's pool area has a 1.8m tall partition wall separating the pool area from the pump and pool equipment in the back corner and clotheslin ...

nboucher
Finding My Feet
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Hi members My wife and i moved into our new house in March but noticed in heavy rain water pools a lot at the side of the house. I was planning t ...

felipenm
Cultivating a Following
11 replies

Hey all, I am looking for ideas on how to fix a drainage problem I have. As you can see in the photo this area gets “flooded” whenever there is heavy ...

JoB166
Just Starting Out
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Hi, I’ve done two rounds of granitic sand in my back yard, following the correct process and using a compactor. There are some small areas where it is ...

donmattdon
Finding My Feet
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Hi Team! I am looking to lay turf in my outdoor area. I am currently working on installing a drainage system. I understand it is recommended to lay ...

asharkey
Building a Reputation
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Hello everyone and happy holidays Looking to do some outdoor landscaping this summer break and would really appreciate some 2nd opinions on our pla ...

Harit
Just Starting Out
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Hi We are planning to lay turf on our small front side garden. However the garden needs some levelling. Which is the best way and product to do that. ...

BecB
Getting Established
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    Hi there, We are looking to do some drainage down the sides of our house. We are looking to lay ag pipe at a depth of 300mm down the side of the ...

JesseS6
Finding My Feet
8 replies

Hi All, I’m after some suggestions/help on how we should landscape this narrow side of our house. We need to have water flow away from house but als ...

ArashM
Cultivating a Following
9 replies

Hi all, I've got a stormwater pipe going perpendicular to my land at the end of the block and connecting to stormwater drain in the left corner of t ...

oneteaspoon
Cultivating a Following
7 replies

Three times in the last two years my courtyard has flooded without a trace of where it came from. We had rain on all three occasions so I thought one ...

wearingshoesinv
Finding My Feet
15 replies

Hi there, I want to transform the side of my house (see first pic) into a blue stone paver area with dichondra ground cover (see second pic for info ...

ososbg
Cultivating a Following
27 replies

Hi all, First time poster here and sorry if it's a naive question. I want to build a retaining wall and also to be a raised garden bed at the same tim ...

JamesP
Finding My Feet
5 replies

Hello, I'm looking to install pea gravel in this sandy area in the photo beloow outlined in red. Context: we're in the Perth hills and the rest of the ...

Dani29
Growing in Experience
7 replies

Hi, I need to pave an area (2 metres x 4 metres). I have these fine rocks in the area. I can't attach the photo unfortunately I have no experience ...

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