Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:34 pm
Hi, I’m really hoping someone can help me out here, I am not a builder / landscaper etc. I have been thinking about ways to make my front garden a bit nicer; we have only just bought the house and the inside needs lots of attention so our money will be going there for the time being. The front is really depressing and I can’t stand it so I just need to do something cheaply until next summer when we will sort it out properly (probably a resin drive (if we win lottery, tarmac if we don’t!), part turf and some flower beds).
Anyway for now we have a load of pea shingle looking stones; they are scattered around a circle of lawn and get everywhere, I have some OCD tendencies so it drives me crazy they way it scatters. I guesstimate there is less than 2m2 of stone about 3� deep. I’ve had a read around and also looked on this site and I know and understand that resin systems are not a DIY job. However, most of this seems to relate to driveways and longevity.
I’ve looked at the ronacrete tree stuff as that seems smaller scale and also other ronacrete products; would this be ok for a DIY, is there anything you’d suggest? I’ve also looked at sureset and they have DIY kits listed on ebay but these include the aggregate – I’m after the glue only. I’ve also found some American products, “gravel-lok� and “klingstone paths� which seem quite straight forward, just need a UK version really.
Currently under the shingle there is concrete. I only need this to last 12-18months tops as the front will definitely be landscaped properly by then. If it maters we aren’t novice DIYers, I taught myself to plaster (practicing using all the walls we subsequently knocked down!) and my boyfriend is good with woodstuff, plumbing, bricklaying etc. We aren’t diy-ers who list Ikea flat packing successfully as our top jobs, maybe second to top!
Thanks for any advice.
Anyway for now we have a load of pea shingle looking stones; they are scattered around a circle of lawn and get everywhere, I have some OCD tendencies so it drives me crazy they way it scatters. I guesstimate there is less than 2m2 of stone about 3� deep. I’ve had a read around and also looked on this site and I know and understand that resin systems are not a DIY job. However, most of this seems to relate to driveways and longevity.
I’ve looked at the ronacrete tree stuff as that seems smaller scale and also other ronacrete products; would this be ok for a DIY, is there anything you’d suggest? I’ve also looked at sureset and they have DIY kits listed on ebay but these include the aggregate – I’m after the glue only. I’ve also found some American products, “gravel-lok� and “klingstone paths� which seem quite straight forward, just need a UK version really.
Currently under the shingle there is concrete. I only need this to last 12-18months tops as the front will definitely be landscaped properly by then. If it maters we aren’t novice DIYers, I taught myself to plaster (practicing using all the walls we subsequently knocked down!) and my boyfriend is good with woodstuff, plumbing, bricklaying etc. We aren’t diy-ers who list Ikea flat packing successfully as our top jobs, maybe second to top!
Thanks for any advice.