A COMPLETE GARDEN MAKEOVER

	WE REMOVED THE CONIFERS AND STUMPS AND THEN DUG THE FOOTINGS FOR THE 9 INCH WIDE BY 2 METRE HIGH WALL.
LBC COTSWOLDS THESE WERE THE BRICKS WE USED.
	LOADING THE TRUCK WITH SOIL FROM THE FOOTINGS.
THESE ARE THE FOOTINGS WE DUG THIS TRENCH 600mm DEEP BY 450mm WIDE FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THE WALL. BELOW ARE THE FOOTINGS FILLED WITH CONCRETE WHICH WERE MIXED ON SITE READY FOR THE BRICK WALL TO BE BUILT.

	WHEN YOU BUILD A WALL YOU START FROM BOTH ENDS AND BUILD UP 7 OR 8 COURSES AND THEN INFILL THE WALL BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS.
JAMES BUILDING UP THE OTHER END OF THE WALL.
	THE WALL STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE.
BUILDING UP THE END. BELOW WE HAVE JAMES AND TERRY 'RUNNING IN' THE MIDDLE SECTIONS OF WALL.

	ONCE YOU GET TO A HEIGHT WHERE IT STARTS TO GET DIFFICULT LAYING THE BRICKS YOU NEED TO USE TRESTLES AND DEALS TO WORK FROM.
BUILDING A PLANTER.
	ONCE WE HAD BUILT THE WALL WE PROTECTED IT FROM FROST WITH THESE FROST SHEETS.
THE FINISHED PLANTER. BELOW ARE TWO PICTURES OF US TAKING THE OLD FENCE DOWN SO THAT WE COULD DIG FOOTINGS FOR ANOTHER WALL BUT WITH THIS WALL THE CLIENT WANTED PILLARS AND CLOSE BOARD FENCING.

AS THIS FOOTING WAS LONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE WE HAD THE CONCRETE DELIVERED.
	THE LORRY HAD TO EMPTY THE CONCRETE INTO WHEELBARROWS SO THAT WE COULD WHEEL IT THROUGH THE GARAGE INTO THE GARDEN.
THE FIRST WALL WAS COMPLETED WITH SOLID BLUE ENGINEERING BRICKS ON EDGE TO PROTECT THE LBC COTSWOLD BRICKS.
	ONCE WE HAD THE WALL BUILT TO 800mm WE THEN STARTED TO BUILD THE PILLARS.

ALL THE PILLARS BUILT AND READY FOR THE FENCE PANELS TO GO IN BETWEEN.
	THE CLOSE BOARD PANELS IN BETWEEN THE BRICK PILLARS.
THE METAL GARDEN SHED WAS PLACED ON A FOUR INCH CONCRETE BASE AND WAS FIXED WITH MASONRY BOLTS
	THE CLIENT WANTED A GAZEBO BUILT IN THE GARDEN AND THE TWO SIX INCH SQUARE OAK POSTS WERE THE START OF IT. BELOW ARE PICTURES OF US DOING THE BRICKWORK AND SORTING THE CORNER POSTS TO HOLD THE ROOF.

HERE WE HAVE THE START OF THE DECKING. WE PUT IN THE GROUND 600mm LENGTHS OF 100mm X 100mm POSTS TO SUPPORT THE BEARERS THAT THE DECKING WOULD BE FIXED TO.
	MOST OF THE DECKING DONE LEAVING JUST THE CUTS TO FIT IN.
JAMES SCREWING THE DECKING IN PLACE. WE SCREW ALL OUR DECKING (INSTEAD OF NAILING) SO THAT IT IS EASIER TO REMOVE SHOULD YOU NEED TO. OUR CLIENTS NEEDED TO AS THEY HAD A MANHOLE COVER UNDER THE DECKING.
	THE TRUSSES BEING PLACED ON THE BEARERS. BELOW WE HAVE US CUTTING IN THE RIDGE BEAM AND THE FELT IN POSITION READY FOR THE COVERING.

THE CLIENT WANTED TO KEEP THE ROOFING NATURAL SO WE USED A BRUSH WOOD SCREENING INSTEAD OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL ROOFING TILES.
	THE POSTS AROUND THE METAL SHED ALREADY FOR A WILLOW SCREEN TO BE FIXED SO THAT THE SHED IS HIDDEN FROM THE GARDEN.
THE PAVING SLABS BEING DELIVERED. THE CLIENT WENT FOR BRADSTONE OLD RIVEN IN 3 DIFFERENT SIZES AND 3 DIFFERENT COLOURS.
	THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE BACK DOOR. WE HAD TO BUILD THIS WALL SO THAT IT WAS ALL ONE LEVEL COMING OUT FROM THE DOOR INTO THE GARDEN WITH STEPS LEADING INTO THE GARAGE. BELOW WE HAVE THE AREA FILLED IN WITH HARDCORE.

TAKING A WELL EARNED REST!!
	LAYING ENGINEERING BRICKS TO ACT AS A BORDER FOR THE GRASS.
THE START OF THE SLAB LAYING.
	CHECKING THE LEVELS. BELOW WE HAVE US RAKING THE SOIL LEVEL TO GET IT EVEN FOR THE TURF TO BE LAID.

THE GRASS IS DELIVERED ALL ROLLED LIKE THIS READY TO BE LAID.
	THE GRASS GOING DOWN.
BEDDING DOWN THE TURF.
	COMING TO THE END OF LAYING THE SLABS. BELOW WE ARE POINTING THE JOINTS.

FIXING THE FASCIA TO THE FRONT OF THE DECKING.
	FIXING THE WILLOW SCREENING.
THE FINISHED GAZEBO.
	INSIDE THE GAZEBO. BELOW IS A PICTURE LOOKING DOWN TO THE BACK DOOR AND THE OTHER IS LOOKING UP THE GARDEN.

THE 3 DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHADES OF THE SLABS.
	A VIEW OF THE DECKING.
A VIEW OF THE CLOSE BOARD FENCING WITH SOLAR LIGHTS ON THE BRICK PILLARS.
	ANOTHER VIEW OF THE DECKING. BELOW WE HAVE TWO PICTURES TAKEN FROM A BEDROOM WINDOW.






	AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE PICTURES THE GARDEN WAS IN NEED OF A TOTAL MAKEOVER. THE CONIFER TREES DUE TO NO ANNUAL PRUNING AND REDUCING THE HEIGHT HAD RUN WILD AND WERE TAKING 7 FOOT OF THE CLIENTS GARDEN. THE PATIOS WERE WORN AND AGAIN WHERE THE CONIFER TREES HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO GROW THE ROOTS WERE NOW LIFTING SOME OF THE PAVING SLABS.