Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Backyard Landscaping - DIY 30Sep 02, 2018 12:25 pm cat_dunc Wow. It looks incredible. What a great choice you've made with the pool shape, size, colour and the pavers too. Can i re-do mine and have what you've got?? Thanks Cat. It's been hundreds of hours of work and just as many hours researching and designing different options. Bit more of an update now. So the paving has been completed and the next steps were to complete the pool fencing. I really want this to feel like a bit of an oasis and wanted a touch of warmth to the granite pavers. So I decided to build out a merbau slatted screen to cover the old fence. This was really a labour of love. 260+ 1.8m slats that were stained front, back and top and bottom. Along with the cypress posts. First step was to dig the post holes and placing the posts. 11 in total for 10 panels of screening Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then it was time to stain the slats. Went with Cutek Extreme which I'm hoping will only need to be reapplied once every 2-3 years. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ In order to fix the slats to the posts, I bought the Whites Screen-up. Once I fixed the black channels to the posts, it was then simply a case of cutting the slats to size, then sliding them down. I cut 4mm spacers that are used for decking spacers, to put between the slats as the standard spacers that come with the Whites are either 20mm of 10mm and I wanted a more closed look. First panel taking shape Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 1 down, 9 to go Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Starting to take shape Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I ended up being about 15 slats short so I have placed larger spacers at the bottom along the longer side. I will go back and fix this before putting a second coat of stain on. All finished... turned out better than I imagined. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Backyard Landscaping - DIY 31Sep 02, 2018 12:33 pm Last step before being able to sit back and fully relax is to put in the glass fence along the other sides. Decided to give this a crack as as DIY project so bought the glass from a trade shop up in QLD and got it freighted down to Melbourne and got cracking. Didn't take a heap of photos of doing this because hey, it's glass, it's clear, it doesn't really show up that well in pictures. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ One thing you need if you're going to do this is muscles. These panels are NOT light. Hired a core driller from Kennards to cut out the 24 cores needed for the spigots. Then cut 50mm bits of wood to space the bottom and then cut 1800mm posts with slats in them to get the panels square before filling the cores with cement. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I have one final thing to do which is install some downwards facing baton lights on the posts to give a bit of lighting for that area when it's dark but other than that, we've got a finished back yard. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bring on summer! Re: Backyard Landscaping - DIY 32Jan 12, 2019 7:26 am Having three weeks off over the Christmas and New Years period motivated me to tackle the next phase of the renovations which was the ugly upstairs deck. The combo of old faded shade cloth with cracked pine decking and the green paint wasn't doing it for me. I had previously tried to clean the boards to make it a bit better but still wasn't a nice space to be. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Demolition was super quick and took all of an hour to rip up the screen and all the old boards. What we found underneath was a decent amount of dry rot in one of the support beams. Luckily the beams were massive and even with cutting out the damaged bit, there was still ~170mm of good timber left. We patched it up and put an additional cross beam in to provide additional support. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Keeping with the Merbau theme, I got 140mm boards delivered and stained them with the same Cutec extreme which I'd done the screening around the pool. ~500 screws later, this was the result. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This deck looks directly into the neighbours backyard so putting up some privacy screen was needed. I wanted a bit of a break from the timber so bought some block out screen and played around with a few designs before settling on this final setup. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The finishing touch was to put a bar top on the side facing the pool with some wire balustrading. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All we need now is a couple of outdoor stools and we can sit up here watching the kids splash about for the rest of summer. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Backyard Landscaping - DIY 35Apr 08, 2019 10:51 pm NavyLion Hi all, Need your help, I am building a fiberglass pool with Leisure Pools. Got few challenges. ... Really appreciate your time guys. .... Navy Hi there. You need to create your own thread and post this question elsewhere. It's rather rude to hijack a thread like gary's. If you wish to ask him a question you can also private message. I hope you find those answers and advice. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair That laser level looks lovely! We bought one for less than a quarter of that price off eBay. It worked really well for us and it's still going now, five years later. After… 1 16711 It's possible but a soak well is usually much larger. Your 'soak well' only holds 424 litres when full. What is your soil type? 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