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I'm sick of cutting the grass every week so was thinking about getting all the turf up (including the slabs nearer the house) and putting stones or slate down.
Where the slabs are I'd have decking and then there would be some steps down onto a pathway which would start about 1/3 of the way down the garden and finish up by the shed at the back of the garden. I would have wooden railings on either side of the steps as well on the decking. On one side of the garden there would the table and chairs (all one unit) we bought from B&Q. The main table and 4 chairs would be up on the decking as well as the hutch.
Only problem is the garden is quite long but very narrow (the width of the house) so I'm not sure on the amount of stones/slate to buy. I will be laying landscape fabric down to prevent weeds etc.. I would say the garden is probably about 15ft in width and 40ft in length.
Any ideas are welcome on features etc... I'm not looking forward to digging up the turf that's for sure... 
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mwg
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Could try splitting it up into sections with either a hedge or fences with the path leading through. Might make the garden seem wider.
I dunno. I'm not a landscape gardener Sure I saw that on a program once though
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Hedges would be good where the decking ends. Would close it off and make it nice and cosy 
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Make borders wavy
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if its long and thin, you need to split it up.
have decking near the house, then a slate, with a pea gravel path through it, down to a patch of decent grass at the far end, with some raised flowerbeds made with railway sleepers, in staggered places down the length of the garden.
or something like that.
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Robin I was thinking of keeping 'some' grass. Would be a shame to get rid of it all especially as the bottom half is quite new.
Cheers mate
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or you could do circles, one circle of grass, one of slate, then the decking, and flowerbeds around the edges.
you can always rip up the grass later if it still pisses you off 
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that would be cool, wouldn't something like that require a lot of maintenance though?
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depends what you planted.
if you plant alpine plants (like rockery stuff) it'd be low maintenance, just a bit of weeding once a month.
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I'm not sure on the quantity of stones I need 2 tonnes perhaps? fcuk knows
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How large is the area u are gunna stone?
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15ft x 25ft perhaps? the decking will cover the rest
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2 tonnes covers fuck all
we had 5 tonnes in our front garden, which is 10x20 + 20x20, and its not very thick.
its bloody cheap though.
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that's the thing, I want a nice thick layer on there, don't want to kick a few stones around and see the black liner underneath.
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the builders yard will be able to work out how much you'll need i would have thought.
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
the builders yard will be able to work out how much you'll need i would have thought.
They can't Robin, i had problems when i was ordering for mine, they wouldn't tell me how much i would need in case it wasnt enough
Can u work out the volume Dave? eg m wide x m long x m deep
EG - 4m x 3m x 0.08m = volume
and convert that somehow into tonnage?
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Ally
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but that calculation doesnt work
BALLS.
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that's gay then
you can probably find conversion tables on the net
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tonnage
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Ally
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? 
I work in bulk haulage, we work in tonnage not tonnes
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sounds like a made up word to me
must be something on the net, like recommended amounts depending on area to be covered.
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how big is the area dave?
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Robin
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yes Dave, Tonnage is a real word 
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PS - Its a real word, type it into MS Word if you must
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