Well a new project has begun!

This one is in Mont albert in Melbourne for a really nice couple called Peter and Susie.

The main challenge on this site was its rather extreeme slope.

The design solution with this was to create some multi level decking with seperated by some interesting steps and garden beds. see design below

The height of the main deck was over 1.5m off the ground so we decided to use a product called uni pier whcih is an adjustable galvanised post that bolts down on to a footing. I was really impressed by the quality and ease of intstallation of this product and will definatly be using them again.

So the pictures below show the footings that the posts bolt on to

The next step was the frame for the main deck.

Now the frame was constructed.

Next step was the decking boards

Now work starts on the garden beds between the two decks.

Here we used a product called versilock. Which is a mortar less concrete block, with steel reinfocement through out it, that once stacked is core filled to make it a solid concrete structure.

After the garden beds have been corefilled, the next step was to start the rendering.

Now The timber frame for the steps and decking goes in.

 The render is applied to the garden beds

Now The decking boards! Its taking shape!!!

  And the lights and the plants. I love this part the most.

 Another shot of the lower level with the upper deck and rendered wall in view.

Looking down from the upper deck. We used 90mm Spotted gum, It has so much character.

A finished shot of the upper deck.

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This was a really exiting job, I love to watch my designs come to life and transform a really unusable space in to something practical but also somewhere you really want to spend your time.
It helps having really great clients! Thanks Peter and Susie.

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This job was one of my favorites we did a few years ago. Its one of those projects where all the ingredents were there for an amazing job: great client and awesome design.

So as you can see it was a pretty average back yard in terms of landscaping. but it was actually quite a large space with rather high boundry walls and a large oak tree to the side.

The first step was excavating the site and removing 12 cubic meters of soil.

Next step was marking out the whole job and getting a good idea how its going to work on the ground. This is the stage where if a major change is going to take place its best to be worked out here. Fortunately everything seemed to work pretty well.

Now all the set out was worked out the footings for all the garden beds and retain walls were dug out and the concrete poured.

Now the block work goes down. Here we used a great system called formblock. If you look close there are no mortar joints, this is because after laying the bottom course (with mortar) you simply stack the rest of the blocks on top of each other to the desired height and then core fill the blocks with a concrete slurry.

Now all the block work was finished the render base coat was applied and the decking was started

Here we have most of the decking boards down, the base coat on the walls finished and the texture coat on the boundary walls done. I think one of the really interesting aspects of this project was all the differing levels providing lots interest through out the garden

This is the rendered blueboard wall that divides the two main areas of the garden getting built

The rendering is done and its really just the finishing touches to go

And now its done!!

If you liked what you saw then come and check us out at http://www.deckitout.net.au

Welcome to the Deck It Out Landscape And Outdoor Solutions Blog!

My aim with this blog is to show my current and past work and discuss the issues and challenges involved in all the projects. In the future I hope to start adding in some video but for the moment its only photos.

So hopefully you can follow out progress through our current jobs and take a peek back to our past work to get a good idea of what we do and how we do it.