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Topics with Label: Decking and Paving

PaverEnjoyer
Just Starting Out
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Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is a DIY project I should be considering over the Christmas break, but I am wanting to relay a section of my paver d ...

Annamarie
Just Starting Out
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Hi all, I’m in desperate need of help with designing my new front yard. I want to widen the current driveway so that it can expand from a single car e ...

Innov8tive
Building a Reputation
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Renovating the backyard. Putting in a shed, a concrete slab for the shed and laying new fake grass. The shed we have decided to go with is this model. ...

ezzie
Building a Reputation
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Completed steps with help of handyman friend - lots of concrete/mortar mixing, lots of swearing, lots of sunscreen working on hot days and a few discu ...

Feliss
Just Starting Out
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Hi there. This is just a simple job but I'm new to DIY so would appreciate some advice. I want to concrete these pavers in to form a surround for the ...

Lynny28
Getting Established
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I have been looking at different moulds to make some concrete pavers for my back yard and was wondering if quick set concrete would be ok for this. Al ...

KanoLaLa
Growing in Experience
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We recently built our first home, and having literaly spent every last penny. I decided to take on the landscaping myself. After spending weeks walkin ...

SarahRL
Just Starting Out
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WelcomeHome
Getting Established
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The project was to landscape my backyard into a calm, colourful, engaging, bird-attracting oasis. The process of designing and creating a garden has ...

Alan5
Getting Established
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This is our retirement home so it was important that we create a low maintenance backyard that would eventually provide shade for outdoor living in th ...

Foxhunt
Finding My Feet
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I transformed a steep, unused slope into a curved timber stairway that flows naturally with the landscape. Each step was precisely measured, levelled, ...

FixerDownUnder
Growing in Experience
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After renovating the decks and verandah around our house, we had some jarrah decking boards that we wanted to recycle. There was an empty spot at the ...

Jimfish
Getting Established
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Filling the last (and best) portion of back yard with a paved trail to the water tanks. Side fence extended 600 mm with help from Bunnings. Two peach ...

WhichAisle
Getting Established
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Hello We removed a raised brick garden bed, it was butted up against the external wall. Water retained in the soil was causing damp internally. We a ...

thebungalow
Finding My Feet
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The attached courtyard was a mess of vines and weeds. We had always dreamed of a green sanctuary which served as an inviting outdoors extension of our ...

DIYCat16
Getting Established
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When I lived in a small apartment in Brunswick before I bought my own home, I was always uploading pics of public garden and flowering blooms on my wa ...

JanelleR
Finding My Feet
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Our project was a true transformation — we ripped out the old raised garden and installed proper drainage to create a solid foundation. The heart of t ...

JoTM
Getting Established
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It has always been a dream of mine to have a water feature and fish pond in my garden so I could enjoy the calming sound of water, attract wildlife an ...

Julia_wshop_Qs
Just Starting Out
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Please advise what is the ratio to mix Dulux Avista Oxide 1kg (jet black) with Bastion 20kg Concrete Mix.Cheers.

aurelia
Finding My Feet
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this Garden was a new design by creating a new space after 35 years .... it was a design that showcased the way the garden flows with the paving, deck ...

Milly1
Cultivating a Following
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We had a large bare area of garden and decided that we wanted to encourage all sorts of wildlife into the garden including insects, bees, birds, butte ...

MickCollison
Finding My Feet
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Hi, we have just moved into this brand-new house, and we are a little unsure what to do with this side of the house. We are thinking of adding gravel ...

snipwhip
Building a Reputation
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Hi all, I'm looking to construct a low level free standing deck using custom good times frames and long decking about 5.7m x 1.8m (see rough outline i ...

foss
Just Starting Out
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Hi all. We are putting in a paver path, with surrounding pebbles. Plan is weed mate/road base/sand/pavers/pebbles. We need to place a few stormwater p ...