We've had the boys from All FX Concrete out again to do some more 'hard landscaping' work for us (you'll remember they also did our driveway for us) And no, I don't mean hard as in difficult. I mean hard as opposed to 'Soft Landscaping' - ie. planting and laying mulch etc :-)
Out the front we are creating a courtyard with a seat and a paved area - something to break up the garden.
Here is a pic with the section excavated ready for the slab frame to go down.
And here it is all laid out.
We are also getting the alfresco paved with the same pavers as the front.
Down the blind side of the house we are getting standard concrete without pavers to minimise maintenance.
We are also getting a slab laid for a freestanding spa.
...and of course every mans basic need - a garden shed.
The access these days is getting a little harder so they enlisted the use of a concrete pumper to get to all the locations.
Here we can see the guys hard at it...
...on all the slabs.
And what slab wouldn't be complete without signing it. The cherubs thought it was great - a little bit like Hollywood!
While the diggers were there we also got them to level the backyard ready for a retaining wall. This area will eventually be lawn for the cherubs to play on. They took out 3 truckloads of soil.
