Nope, such a shame, could have made it look nice if you had taken the time to make sure things were square, thinking about the positioning of certain structures like the pagoda to the shed, the lack of thought in actually getting rid of certain things before laying other things on top and the pond right by the entrance is an accident waiting to happen.. the gap between the platform under the pagoda and the back wall which is slightly curved is also another hazard. I would have been pissed if this was my garden. Pretty lights might look great at night but they can't hide that amount of poorly executed design plans.
Border of pond needs taking down 2-3" all round, then slates placed on the sunken margin to hide pond liner. Lazy not to cut slabs adjacent to the pond. Lawn looked very compacted, so should have been spiked and aerated or rotovated before top soiling. One extra slab would have made walking from patio to pergola easier, rather than having to cut across lawn. Slabs seem to be laid flat (judging by jetwashing), should be a nominal fall away from house/dpc. Access to shed blocked by pergola.
I think the construction aspect was good but the new garden was let down by poor design and weak design elements. Poor design by pond positioning, impractical gazebo structure and lawned area should have been square, no curves No real planting theme to enhance the design or garden elements or screen the fenceline. Many opportunities were missed in this project. The importance of good design cannot be underestimated I give the project 5/10. I am a Landscape Architect
Mala eleccion las baldosas blancas para el exterior, no se mantienen limpias nunca, solo para la foto. Después siempre con las pisadas marcadas y la pérgola tan chica solo esta para ocupar lugar no aporta nada. Feo
the new tiles it look very slippery when get wet so i dont think that the right choices for the backyards which is no any shades or roof to cover that area. i think this is one of the poor build & design. the original tiles is look more practical then the new one.
I don't think this has been designed very well in my opinion. The pond would've looked better away from the gate and with a stream flowing into it. If these slabs are porcelain, then I think they will also lift as I didn't see them prime the back of them before laying. Any natural slab i.e sandstone or porcelain should always be primed prior to laying, cause they will fail to stick to the cement properly, which will then cause voids underneath where water will gather then during winter it will freeze and cause the slab to lift. It also looked like they didn't put proper hard-core underneath either and just put sand over as the base. These patios won't last long before issues start. I think I would be disappointed if I had paid good money for this to be designed and landscaped.
It really is all personal preference in regards to design I thought the pond looked really well where it is, also do you lay slabs every day? I do and your comment about every natural stone slab needs to be primed is wrong yes porcelain but not sandstone I have done jobs very customers that have tried to lay a patio there selfs watched every RU-vid video on the subject and used a primer so we wasn’t able to save any of the slabs when it came to lifting them as of how well they are stuck down yes that sounds good and isn’t a problem unless you want to lift some as natural stone isn’t cheap. If it’s layed on a properly prepared bed and grouted correctly not primer is needed. Also there was a patio originally down witch could of been more then sufficient base below and the landscaper did put a wet screed mix down I’m assuming he did this so the ground below didnt suck the moisture out the mortar witch is very good thing to do. Also the way he prepared the grass area was very good people need to remember these patios are for foot traffic I’m betting this patio will be fine for years to come the only thing I wouldn’t of used is the brush in resin grout but again it’s all personal preference.
@@seanmckinleylandscaping6358 as I said it was my personal opinion. Yes I have had my own business where I used to lay slabs amongst other things. Granted the part where the previous patio was might have had a sufficient base. These looked like porcelain slabs and they didn't prime/slurry the back of the slabs. I was more referring to the patio in front of the shed. I didn't see a membrane or sufficient hard-core going down. I didn't say all natural stone I specifically said porcelain and sandstone. Maybe you lay sandstone without cleaning them or priming them, but if you care to read up on the biggest fails on sandstone slabs it is due to not being cleaned, primed or solid bed. Most manufacturers recommend this prior to laying sandstone. I'm very surprised you haven't had sandstone slabs fail if you haven't. I know of quite a few that have. Yes I may be a female, but I know quite a bit about the landscaping and building industry, infact more than some males. So it's not down to me just watching RU-vid videos that I have my experience 30+ years to be precise. I have quite a lot of trade skills from plastering, plumbing, tiling, brick laying etc etc so I think I can justify saying these things. Me personally, I feel the layout could've been designed a bit better. But that's my opinion. We all have different opinions.
@@janinew233 If you look at the amount of type 1 they brought in for the small patio area beside the shed looking at how much they would of had to raise that area to meet the kerbstones that they put in I’m betting that patio isn’t moving anytime soon and a geo textile membrane wouldn’t be needed if this is what you mean by membrane I’m sorry but we overthink and overcomplicate things in the building industry in general by people that think they know from sitting in an office actual experience working with the materials says different, I never assumed because your woman you didn’t work in the industry but I made that assumption from your comment as anyone who does this day in day out would Know chances are there patio is fine again we are watching a time lapses video we have no real idea what went into this. If you watch closely you see them slurry the tiles on the part beside the shed witch is definitely needed for porcelain. Also your comment about not all natural stone but specifically sandstone that needs primed is just wrong maybe if you said granite I’d agree but definitely not sandstone if it’s grouted properly and layed on a full bed this is experience talking I work with sandstone 90% of the time I have it in my own garden yet to see a slab lift up again because of the jointing method now if your using brush in grouts that are permeable then yes there’s a chance but slim if you have layed on a wet bed this is how the slab is sticking to the bed below. I don’t know what slabs you are getting but I’ve never had to clean any before installing yes clean after once it’s installed. These new RU-vidrs promoting slurry’s on absolutely everything paving material do it because they are promoting products maybe with the hope to get sponsored and the companies promoting them do it because they want to sell you a product that they say is needed on everything when it comes to paving. Also I wouldn’t need to read up on anything on the biggest fails as I do this for a living and I’m very passionate about it in fact I only install natural stone I don’t do any block paving my reasons for it are longevity and colour not fading like man made products and maintenance a simple power wash and patio looks just as good as when it was layed and it ages nicely. I’d just like to clarify there is no harm using primers it’s just the promoting of them that they are needed and almost must be used in order for a patio to be installed sufficiently and that’s just where I disagree and I have even explained this confidently to customers that layed there own using a primer and we then couldn’t save any slab I also said if one of our slabs lift then I would come back and relay the whole patio with slurry and admit defeat but that’s yet to happen. Hope it doesn’t come across that I’m being argumentative I am not speaking on things is good nice to see other people opinions and when it comes to slurry it’s a hot topic at the minute
From 06:01 you see no hardcore in area near shed then it’s the next day you see stone brought in after this point I’ve counted 14 wheel barrows they atleast have a ton of type 1 down I’m guessing there 1200mm x 600m porcelain slabs so that area is about 9m2 1ton at 10m2 is 100mm and That’s on top of the hardcore they had down already broken slabs etc then a full wet bed also you see them priming at 9:27 clearly visible I would say if the landscaper has gone through the effort to slurry these he definitely has on the other area why wouldn’t he as he has the slurry to hand? Also the video clearly skips if you watch closely so we don’t see everything and id like to put the landscaper worked hard I know what it takes to do this fair play he grafted just putting times out so people can see what they actually did patio not moving anywhere I’m sure of it
Looks greats, only thing which was not right was laying new turf down on a existing lawn even tho they put toil soil down in the summer the soil will over heat and cook to new turf
