Retaining wall

We managed to get the side retaining wall finished today. It's a dry block wall which does not need morter to hold it together.

We had to dig a trench at the front of our block of land as this is the highest part. This enabled us to get the wall level all the way down the side of the house.



The wall was laid on a bed of Roadbase and levelled using river sand.



It's important to get the first coarse laid level.



After that the rest of the wall is easy as the blocks just lay on top of each other.



Here it is with four coarses laid and capping on top. The wall is four blocks high at the front and gradually steps down to one block high.

Garden takes shape.

Started on the side access today. We hired a mini kanga and a hole borer from HireOne and got a really good deal over the Australia Day weekend. This is the side before we started.



Started to dig and found a HUGE stump which we had missed when we hired the stump grinder. Would of taken ten minutes to take out using the grinder but in stead took half a day chipping away. Thank god we had some help.



Road base down for the pavers, pebbles and retaining wall.

The next job was to remove all of the rubble from the deck area.

After a few trips to the waste management centre and a heap of cash later.

It was looking good.

Side access from the front of the property.

Just a bit more road base to go down and we can get on with the retaining wall.

Drilling the holes for the deck.

One done.......9 to go.

Holes all bored