Out of doors DIY articles

• Cladding - external timber and uPVC plank cladding explained.
  
  
• Concrete:
  
  • Concrete design - a guide to the thickness, sub-base, slope etc required for different uses.
  • Concrete mixing - a guide to mixing concrete by hand, using a cement mixer or using Ready mix.
  • Metric calculator - for concrete volumes - squares, rectangles, circles and triangles.
  • Metric calculator - for working out the quantities of cement, sand, gravel or all-in ballast required for a volume.
  • Imperial calculator - for concrete volumes - squares, rectangles, circles and triangles.
  • Imperial calculator - for working out the quantities of cement, sand, gravel or all-in ballast required for a volume.
  
  
• Garden arch - plans and instructions for building your own garden arch.
  
  
• Garden Decking
  • Building simple low level decking.
  • Planning garden decking.
    
    
• Laying paving blocks - a step by step illustrated guide to laying pavers.