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I actually started prep work for this poject ages ago, several years in fact but it had a bunch of things that had to be done before I could start. I ...

After redoing the front door and the flyscreen the patio itself was looking pretty tired. I was going to post this last year but thought I would wait ...

Its that time of year when we all start to want to hang out on our decking only to frown at the state it is in... Well yeah I did So I have rolled th ...

My pool deck had had no love shown to it for 9 years I would say, I had oiled it twice? Maybe three times around 6 months after I built it in 2011 but ...

The old patio had three plus layers of various paint over it. Bringing it back to something nicer started from renovating the front door and has flowe ...

When i built the deck 12 years ago I wanted to install a bench here using the part ledge. Life takes over and it never started. Well Its restarted and ...

The side of the deck needed to have a privacy screen as I could say "Howdy" to the neighbours resonably easy. Years after I built the privacy screen t ...

The old gazebo next to the pool had reached end of life years before I bought the house. It couldnt be walked on and needed to be removed to make the ...

After digging up and replacing my stormwater pipes I needed to replace the old concrete pathway. I was REALLY reluctant to put concrete back down afte ...

Since I was procrastinating about working on my patio I decided to finally put the next stage of my path into place. I didnt have any gravel left ov ...

As the front yard has a reasonable slope on it from the back gate and front step area I needed to either backfill a large area and then install a reta ...