i need to level a sectin of garden what equipement do i need?

[misdee]

need a patch at the back levelled out for the kids playhouse. BIL is coming round to help. what is the best equipment i need to hire to make the job easier. also where can u order concrete slabs for delivery in herts.

Im really interested in this as well. Our back garden is the same level as our first floor, and really want to do some earth moving!!

i was hoping you had the answer then lol.

You can buy concrete bedding slabs from your local garden centre. Chances are they'll deliver them too, for a small charge. They may even lay them.

Depending on how much earth you have to move, a mini digger would be a good idea if there's lots. It would be back breaking to do it with a spade and a wheelbarrow/skip, if there's a huge amount to shift.

not enough for a mini digger its a 5ftx5ft area that needs doing.

a nice young man

no, think you prob do need a mini digger if it's more than a little bit, otherwise it will be knackered back central

ah so not mini digger. \link{http://www.hss.com/g/62516/Power_Digger__Petrol.html\this?}

i can't think of anything in between a nice young man and a shovel, and a mechanical digger of some sort.

will that level off ok? i really dont have a clue

TBH, for all the hassle and expense you'll incur by buying/hiring equipment, I'd get quotes from local landscapers/handymen. You'd need to hire a skip if you did it yourself and that alone would cost in the region of £100 ! I reckong you could get someone in to level it and lay the slabs, prob take them half a day. I'd guess at quotes coming in around £150.

reckon, not reckong !

I don't really either! I'm trying to remember what the men who levelled my front garden used and just can't remember - you're right, that digger prob digs but doesn't necessarily level

i need the mud from that side of the garden to bring the level of another part of the garden up. so no need for skip.

I had a proper landscaper in for 2 days last summer, had him doing LOADS of stuff including erecting fences, moving my shed, building and prepping a herb bed, he charged me £500 all in. I suspect hiring a landscaper was more expensive than getting a handyman in, but £500 was a bargain for what he and his asst did.

ah, ok.

i dont have £500.

My dad did my garden with a fork, a long plank of wood and a spirit level. It was a full days work todo 12 ft x25ft. If your bil is fit and willing, it doesn't rain, and you can help(holding each end of plank and dragging to check level)Then I'd say just go for it and don't bother hiring stuff

I'm not suggest8ing that it'd cost you anywhere near that. I'm saying that I got LOADS done for £500, much more than you need to do. I'd get quotes anyway and plug them for advice when they come around to measure up etc. You don't have to go with them, but it could prove useful.

I'm not suggesting that it'd cost you anywhere near that. I'm saying that I got LOADS done for £500, much more than you need to do. I'd get quotes anyway and plug them for advice when they come around to measure up etc. You don't have to go with them, but it could prove useful.

That digger is called a rotorvator I believe and it deffo won't level.

I think the digger is called a rotorvator and it won't level.

only other thing that I can find that you can hire and might help is a 'site level' which tells you when the patch is properly level. I guess 5x5ft is doable manually

site levels are for big building projects, really. You wouldn't need one. A normal spirit level would be fine.

he he don't know why that happened, I just wanted to make sure I got my point accross

but yes, 5x5 you can prob do with a spirit level anyway. think you will need sand as well to make it exactly level and plonk the concrete slabs on. the sand can then be levelled with a plank...