Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 18, 2021 5:52 am I'm trying to work out the sequence of events for a piece of landscaping i'm DYI. I've built a retaining wall to level out the soil between us and the neighbours who's slab is about 400mm higher. What we want to do now is scrape the soil to ultimately replace it with better growing soil (currently crap clay and backfill). Though we also want to put a french drain in to take the surface water away. So my question is what order? If we scrape it first, then build the drain, will the drain be too deep? Or scrape, then bring in the soil, then the drain? It might be much of muchness but maybe there's something I'm not thinking of. Many thanks. in the stormwater pit or the drain? Those dont look like theyd fit in the drain. Separately, the pits do get stuff in them during the course of the build. For the most… 1 9488 Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone has switched from a small square tile insert or normal square waste to a strip drain at all, and if so did the plumber or diy-er… 0 15122 Hello I've just bought a house where the slab is lower than the street, (but roof is higher than the kerb). So there's some negative grade at the front. The yard very… 0 766 |