For more landscape gardening ideas, Diy tips and services including small gardens, cottage gardening, sensory gardens, leveling and terracing slopes, constructing raised beds, landscaping for older people, garden drainage and pest control please check the navigation bar. Weston super mare, Portishead, Clevedon, Nailsea and Yatton in North Somerset Burnham on sea, Bridgwater, Street, Taunton in Somerset and the Bristol area. Hiring a good landscape gardening company or costing your own time if you are carrying out the work yourself, isn't cheap.
We are garden and lawn drainage contractors specialising in draining domestic gardens, solving waterlogging, soggy lawns, boggy soil and surface water problems with solutions that work, even on clay soil. In most cases without major hard landscaping or raising garden surfaces. We have not suddenly appeared as a reaction to recent flooding of the Somerset levels and Thames valley or recent record rainfall, we have been installing French drains for many years, both as a necessity and for the past 10 years as a business.
The best time to aerate is during the growing season avoiding very hot weather that makes the soil dry and difficult to penetrate, soearly or late spring or autumn are the best times, but anytime is better than none. The signs that tell you your lawn needs aeration are not always obvious, but lawns especially on heavy clay soilthat get regular heavy use andshow wear and tear and thinning, turning brown quickly in dry weather need to be aerated on a regular basis, at least once a year. Or you may have had a visit from Mike the flowerpotman to investigate alawn drainage problemwho to your relief tells you that the lawn is compacted and won't need to be dug up and drainage installed, just aerated.
My Hard landscaping company was formed about nine years ago. I soon recognised a need to employ my own Garden Design team of garden designers that not only designed attractive gardens, but also saw the importance of the practicalities like mobility, drainage and space for entertaining when designing garden makeovers, not filling every available inch with clutter, and to design safe retaining walls when terracing or leveling a garden. Or the expensive flagstone patio we built in August sunshine only to find it disappearing under water in October, despite the designer saying drainage wasn't necessary.
We excavate the area to a depth of about 150mm Lay compacted hardcore to a depth of about 50mm to 80mm for the foundations and build you a patio to last. Lots of material choice these day ranging from concrete slabs through to natural stone flagstones, we will run through the choices and prices with you. A couple of examples are Indian sandstone a natural quarried stone and concrete made in a factory using a cement type mix formed in a press. Gravel driveways add a bit of rustic charm to your home, are a lot cheaper than block paving, cleaner than tarmac, good for drainage, look better than and more eco friendly than imprinted concrete and also help with security, (burglars hate walking or driving over crunchy gravel).
Don't despair if you've just moved into a new home that has compacted subsoil where a front lawn should be or if your old lawn looks like a worn-out rug. The cost to have a turf lawn laid is probably less than you think, it's warm enough and rain helps develop strong roots and saves a lot of time watering. The big advantage of lawn turf over seed is speed. From soil preparation to final layout, it's possible to lay a modest-sized turf lawn in one day. Moss and weeds in the morning and a green lawn in the evening!
It is amazing how many landscapers and landscape designers are happy to give you what you want, take the money knowing it's not going to last unless you throw even more money at it season after season. A garden makeover is sometimes Aesthetics over Functionality. Looks good but is unusable. You should be able to have both a landscaped garden that looks good and is safe, sustainable, convenient and usable. I listen to you and discuss the practicalities and likely cost and then quote to build the imaginative and functional garden to the design you have in mind.
By building and installing a natural wildlife friendly pond, you'll be creating an oasis for frogs, toads, newts, and dragonflies. You'll enjoy watching the wildlife come and go and helping kids see and understand the workings of nature. Wildlife garden ponds, streams and water features are built and installed by our pond installation team using puddled clay or rubber liner. Quotes to install or repair nature garden ponds and water features are free in Bristol, Somerset, Weston super mare, Portishead, Clevedon and further afield when part of a landscaping project.
Whether you have a tree in your garden that needs to be removed, a tree that needs to be reduced to remove old or rotten branches or the crown thinned out to let light through into a shady garden, contact us for a sensible quote. We also prune fruit trees, trim overgrown hedges and carry out the annual trim to keep your hedge looking neat and tidy. Our team of tree surgeons have a lot of experience in tree surgery providing quality workmanship in all areas of tree care, whether it's a single tree or a copse.
Decay in a box sash window almost always starts at the bottom and works upwards, so the lower window parts will need replacement and repair long before the upper parts. Regularly checking Sash windows for signs of decay, will spot wet rot before it attacks the whole window. Where wood is in need of repair we use a epoxy resin wood repair system, completely bonding with the original timber restoring the original tenon joints to full strength. Wood decay occurs where water is allowed to stand on sills, where paintwork has cracked, in Joints between the sill and the masonry and below damp adjoining masonry caused by persistent condensation on the glass, especially in bathrooms.
We are a local building and carpentry company based in Weston super mare covering North Somerset our building team is led by a fully qualified and insured Carpenter and made up of skilled Bricklayers, Joiners, Roofers and fascia fitters. If you can't leave the window ajar or wipe the window with kitchen towel (especially after a bath). Find a spare plastic pot with holes in the lid. Fill the lids with a bag of crystals (washing soda crystals), which are extremely hygroscopic, cheap and attract water.
Every house has timber in it and while it can last a long time if it is looked after. Dry Rot can rampage through your home. It loves moist unventilated conditions, penetrates brickwork to get to your wood and can cause widespread destruction of structural timbers, skirting boards and door frames, and wood flooring. Because Dry rot thrives in damp, unventilated conditions, it can occur in the areas of a property that are hidden, like floor voids, or behind timber paneling, so damage may be extensive before the attack is discovered.
Loft extension furniture and roof access hatches. You may already have a loft extension and want better access or better stairs to the loft for storage or to a flat roof to sunbathe we also supply and fit roof hatches, loft ladders and loft furniture. I run a loft conversion company based in Weston super mare, North Somerset, converting roof space and lofts into living areas to create more room in your home. Through from planning and building the loft to fitting the loft furniture. You won't lose out as the housing market picks up.
Leaking roof repairs and new roofs fitted to new extension existing verandas, porches, dormers, garages, garden sheds, carports and balconies in Weston super mare, Bristol and North Somerset. If you own a domestic property with a leaking roof that needs roofing repairs, we offer a professional sensibly priced service. For more information about our roofing services and an explanation of the two main roof styles please scroll on down. Because we are a small and local independent roofing company based locally, we don't have the travel overheads national companies have, allowing us to offer you competitive prices and importantly pay close attention to all of our roofing work big or small.
We are suppliers and fitters of replacement Fascia, Soffits, Bargeboards, Box ends and Guttering. If you are not familiar with these terms, the picture here should help and I have included an explanation further down this page. Fascia is fitted to your property to provide support for the last row of tiles and a fixing point for the gutters. They are also fitted to protect the ends of the roofing joists from the weather. We use marine grade stainless steel fixings, to fit the fascias to the ends of the rafters, providing an attractive and maintenance free finish that also provides important support for the tiles and gutters.
