A fair bit of this weekend was given over to building a retaining wall which was necessary to complete before we begin actually building the decking for the space between the two pavilions of our house. It was a very physical weekend and quite tiring but it's great to have that part of the project finished. It also meant driving down to Bunnings in Lismore on Sunday morning to buy another 10 bags of cement.
And here's the retaining wall in all its glory. Clay-ey soil had to be shaved off and levelled; 5 holes 60 cm deep had to be dug; 16 bags of concrete had to be mixed with water and shovelled from the wheelbarrow into the holes; timber had to be cut and fixed with concrete or bolts.
The very last things we did before soaking in the spa while the sun was setting was mark out where the pond would go and where all the holes for the footings for the deck would go. Now we just need to dig something like 26 holes and a pond 3.6 x 1.2 metres and 70 cm deep!
A fair bit of this weekend was given over to building a retaining wall which was necessary to complete before we begin actually building the decking for the space between the two pavilions of our house. It was a very physical weekend and quite tiring but it's great to have that part of the project finished. It also meant driving down to Bunnings in Lismore on Sunday morning to buy another 10 bags of cement.
And here's the retaining wall in all its glory. Clay-ey soil had to be shaved off and levelled; 5 holes 60 cm deep had to be dug; 16 bags of concrete had to be mixed with water and shovelled from the wheelbarrow into the holes; timber had to be cut and fixed with concrete or bolts.
The very last things we did before soaking in the spa while the sun was setting was mark out where the pond would go and where all the holes for the footings for the deck would go. Now we just need to dig something like 26 holes and a pond 3.6 x 1.2 metres and 70 cm deep!
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