I built a patio!
Leading on from my post last year of building a wall i have an update of my landscaping project.
Wall post -> https://www.reddit.com/r/DIYUK/s/xGIGR1XOpA
Bit of backstory.. I was quoted 25k by 2 companies to landscape my garden and being a cheapskate i decided to do it myself.
It was all sorts of bodge before with breaching the dpc the entire way around my garage leading to it flooding everytime it rained and the amount of hidden away rubble which added to the removals cost but im like 90% done now.
The only things ive had to rent was a digger, a whacker plate and a wet cut tile table saw.
I bought a mixer and had a multitude of other tools given to me by my dad.
The only other diy I have done was a bathroom at my first house and an ensuite at my current house.
I did have a list of costs but I changed phone and lost it. From memory I was around 4k and havnt spent much more since, the biggest expense has been skips. If I would of done it again I would of got a grab hire but I didnt even know it was a thing u til I had gone through 3 skips.
I bought everything cheaply and made things myself. I.e. cheap treated timber for fences that I planed, sanded and stained myself for the pergola and trellises and framed them to make the small fences.
The hardest bit by far was the porcelain tiling, it took me 3 days to do and was 25kg per slab.
Any questions ask away.