Placing stepping stones across a garden lawn is a great way to create easy access to sheds, flowerbeds and patio areas, with the minimum of disruption to the lawn itself. From this short guide you will learn one of the most popular methods for building a decorative or functional path across … [Read more...]
Advice for Using a Mainstream Pressure Washer to Clean Patios and Paving
Over a period of time, especially the winter months, patios and paving can become coated in very unsightly dirt, slime, moss and fungus. Using a high pressure water washer is an ideal way to remove it all, leaving your patio / paving looking almost as good as the day it was laid. There are a … [Read more...]
How to Lay Flags or Decorative Paving
Tools required :- Spade / shovel, spot board, trowel, 1000 / 600mm spirit level, tape measure, wood saw, rubber mallet and plate vibrator (whacker plate). There are two common ways DIYers lay flags, the first is the spot method where five dollops of mortar are put on the ground and the flag is … [Read more...]