Stepped pathway down the side of our house

[jessfors]

Completed pathway

Needed to create a pathway down one side of our house because this area is mostly shaded by a neighbouring garage, so the grass didn't grow very well and because it's a narrow sloping area, was often slippery, untidy and a pain to mow.

The solution was to put down a stepped path and create some small garden beds to make the area more useful. This particular side of the house is used often and seen from our family room, so a more permanent solution was desired as opposed to simply laying a basic gravel path. I also wanted to keep the slope and not have to create raised steps, but at the same time needed to ensure everything stayed in its place because this area can be affected by heavy rain runoff.

Materials

100 x 100mm 2.4m Slab H4 Treated Pine Wet CCA - Bunnings Australia

Jack 450mm Heavy Duty Steel Sleeper Peg Flat Stake - Bunnings Australia

Jack 450mm Heavy Duty Steel Corner Stake Sleeper Peg - Bunnings Australia

Pillar 1.8 x 10m Black Platinum Weed Control Mat - Bunnings Australia

Jack 200 x 90 x 4mm Heavy Duty Weedmat Pins - 20 Pack - Bunnings Australia

Strol 0.5m² PebbleLock Permeable Pavers - Bunnings Australia

Tuscan Path 10 - 20mm 10kg Smooth Cream Pebbles - Bunnings Australia

Landscape Lock 2L Concentrated Garden Glue - Bunnings Australia

Tuscan Path 600 x 400 x 20mm Sand Porcelain Paver - Bunnings Australia

Bastion 20kg Quik Set Concrete - Bunnings Australia

Paving Sand or light road base/scoria for ground levelling.

Tools

Gloves, eye protection, knee pads, hat

Spade/Shovel, Tape Measure, Stringline, Spirit Level, Mallet / Large Hammer

Large Circular Saw for cutting of Treated Pain Slabs

Small Circular or Jigsaw for cutting of Pebblelock Pavers

Steps

Step 1

Step 1: remove all of the grass and weeds. Laid temporary weed mat to help kill off the weeds etc.Starting Point. Remove grass and weeds.

Step 2

Step 2: level the ground, cut and position the sleeper slabs.Vegetation removed and sleeper slabs cut and put into place

Step 3

Step 3: place weed mat down, overlap and use steel pegs to retain.

Step 4

Step 4: level out the ground with some form of road base/scoria, ready for pavers to be laid.

Step 5

Step 5: create small concrete pads for pavers to rest on.Key is to space out pavers evenly and align.

Step 6

Step 6: cut and put down the pebble lock material, then backfill with pebbles. As this is a sloping side which gets a lot of rain water runoff, pebble locking was needed.in place.

Step 7

Step 7: finally apply a glue (cover the pavers when doing it) to keep everything in its place.All done.

[JacobZ]

Hi @jessfors,

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, it is fantastic to have you with us.

What a fantastic transformation, such a beautiful and practical solution. 

It must be so satisfying to look out from your family room now and see such a neat, permanent pathway that makes the area lower maintenance, safer, and much nicer to look at. 

Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing.

Jacob