Before I can secure the last few deck boards, I need to build/finish the garden wall. I used Hebel blocks, which are aerated concrete. Easy to handle, can cut them with a hand saw, and join them with liquid nails. I worked out roughly where the garden was going before laying the joists, but its final placement was dependant on where the deck boards went to. I wanted an even board width so I don’t have to cut boards lengthways. So with its position sorted, then just lay the blocks using liquid nails. I recommend using a string line and level, but because this was a small project I didnt bother, but I should have. One or two blocks werent perfectly placed, but again because the Hebel blocks are so easy to work with, I just used a concrete paver to grind down an edge or two, then start rendering the joins before finishing off with textured finish and paint, so it’s the same as the wall behind it. I will top the wall edge with deck boards which will finish it off nicely and give a little seating bench as well. More pictures to come as I finsh this project.
The Progress (latest at top)
- Around Australia road trip
- It’s been a while
- Renovator’s sidekick
- DIY Garden wall
- DIY Deck
- Project Patio
- DIY big art for a big wall
- Replace leaking shower head
- Repair sliding door
- Painting the inside
- Repair cornice cracks
- Washed timber effect to furniture
- Repair your electric drill
- Build a bed head
- Turn 2 car garage into 3 car garage
- Slowdown of progress, finished exterior
- Introducing Frivolous
- Fixed my retic! Part 2
- New plant’s a creeping!
- Cutting in Drifting Drab
- Nearly finished the Barefoot Beach
- Fixed my retic! Part 1
- Finish top coat to north, west and some of east walls
- Fence render repair
- Cutting in top coat
- Front portico and balcony done
- Front re-textured
- Pretty much all primed up
- Cutting in the rest of the house
- Section 3 top coat done
- More dodgy repairs to repair
- Section 3 finished cutting in top coat
- Security screens fitted
- Cutting in the front – primer
- Section 4 – the front
- Repairing the repairs
- Section 3 – the big wall
- Hit the high walls
- One high LED
- High roller
- Sunday 5th Jan
- LED globes can cause TV interference
- Day 5 house painting
- Switching 50w halogens to 9w LEDs
- Day 4 house painting
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