Now that we have finished the arduous process of moving we have started looking at the back yard and sorting things out.
The first thing was that a couple of plants had to go. Nopics hated the succulent:
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and the other tree next to it was diseased in the core and rotting from the inside, so off it went:
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Next thing is that the path had to come up for the workshop and deck to go in. I want to reuse part of the pavers to make a new path, so i took most of those up with the demo drill fairly easily:
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But then i started breaking up the concrete and was in for a surprise. The pavers had been laid over about 150mm of concrete, basically a 100mm path and then another 50mm topper plus mortar and then pavers.
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What is worse is that i could spot some reo bar throughout the thing. In response i bought a cheap jackhammer and set to work:
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Sure enough there was a TON of reo in lots of the concrete:
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Most of the path had 2-3 layers of 8mm, and some bits had layers of 10mm and 12mm as well. It was a fairly high aggregate mixture, probably 25 or 32mpa concrete. An absolute pain to tear up. But we got there in the end:
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All of that path basically filled a full skip, along with a bit of rubbish:
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After that it was a bit of a tidy up and try to make the place look vaguely respectable. Well as respectable as it can be with a non running track car in the backyard
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Things will probably slow down a bit now. Lockdown makes it a bit hard to get materials for working on stuff, but ill try and dig out the foundation for the workshop over the next weeks, and put down drainage aggy for behind the workshop. Also need to paint the shed and put another coat on the garage to keep it looking good.