Creating a useful storage space in our yard

Creating a useful storage space in our yard

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Creating a useful storage space in our yard

Our current shed is not meeting our needs. We are knocking it down to create a proper storage space and workshop that will give us somewhere to store all of our gardening gear, but also the bulky sports gear and extra furniture that we don't need year round. It's amazing how much stuff you build up over a few decades of living in one place. We have worked with a contractor to come up with a design that perfectly meets our needs. This blog is all about our project but also has a range of tips for other homeowners to build their own storage spaces.

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Two reasons why brick retaining walls are superior to wooden ones

19 April 2022
 Categories: , Blog

Whilst wooden retaining walls can be the right choice for some properties, brick retaining walls are usually the superior choice. Here are two reasons why. They have greater longevity than wooden retaining walls Perhaps the most significant reason why so many property owners have their contractors build brick retaining walls rather than wooden ones is that the former's lifespan is almost always longer than the latter's lifespan. The reason for this is that whilst there are very few things that can destroy a brick wall, there are many that can cause the deterioration of a wooden one. Read More