Questions tagged [landscape]
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How should I remove a swimming pool from my back yard?
Our house had a nice cedar pergola in the backyard, about 20'x16', whose posts began to rot at the base. It was covered in grape vine... Nice for shade but not for a falling down pergola. Needless to say, a few months ago we got a pretty good wind…
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Flowable fill won't flow to fill a hole
I am trying to fill a sinkhole caused by erosion due to a broken sprinkler line under a concrete walkway.
I bought over 2000lbs of sand, 1L cement, the plasticizer and a bunch of buckets and a wheelbarrow. Unfortunately, despite a few different…
Magnum
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Are these trees goners?
Is there anyway to make these trees look better without taking them down and replanting new ones? It looks like the previous owner butchered them to no return and they’re really ugly. No idea on the type of tree.
Millyraider
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Should I cut back my neighbors tree?
My neighbor has a few trees that are overhanging onto my yard. The ones with the purple leaves. I’m conflicted because I want to cut them down because they’re ugly and let the sun through, but I also like the privacy they provide. Should I ask the…
Millyraider
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How important is grading around a foundation if there is no basement?
I'm looking to put some storage bins next to our garage.
How important is it to grade the soil away from the foundation of the garage if there is no basement under it? I wouldn't run it to the garage, but is it OK to have it flat or does the soil…
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How should I fill a gap along a sidewalk after removing edging?
We removed a concrete over stone edge that was cracked along the length of my property. Formerly, it separated the yard from the sidewalk. We considered replacing it with something like Belgium block, but most of the houses in our neighborhood…
J M
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Compacting gravel on top of landscape fabric
I am planning to use a plate compactor to compact some #57 gravel that is on top of a landscape fabric. My question:
Will this break the landscape fabric or reduce its functionality, or this type of fabric is able to hold the power of a plate…
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Landscape lighting shows no voltage sometimes
I have a Malibu transformer that puts out 12V 88W MAX. It powers four lights at 12V 18W (incandescent) apiece. I think there is a run where one cable powers two lights. I dug up the cable on the second light run and found what I would call a…
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Will a second layer of landscape fabric impede water drainage?
We bought a small wooden sandbox. It has no bottom and the entire thing sits on landscape liner.
My questions is:
1. Should I buy another layer of landscape fabric and staple it to the inside of the sandbox to keep sand in?
And
2: this sandbox is on…
Cass
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Can I run 12/2 low voltage wire for landscape lighting through a crawl space?
Question re: low voltage landscape lighting wiring. If the 300 watt transformers are mounted in a garage or dry crawl space, can I run the 12/2 direct burial wire through the crawl space/garage to the outside? I’m pretty sure when the wire goes…
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What causes water ponding in the back yard?
I inspected a house that has a separate main liveable building and the garage that is separated by a back yard, hence one must go through the back window sliding door and the whole length of the backyard to get to the garage.
It was raining moderate…
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Drainage for playground with 12 inches retaining wall?
I am building a playground area, and as part of having the ground level, I ended up building a retaining wall, and I have a question about drainage. Some data on the project:
The wall will be retaining 12 inches of soil in a sloped area.
The…
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Replacing Landscape MR11 Halogen with LED
Have read many posts on this subject with conflicting information, so help please. I have an older 250W to 12vAC outdoor landscape transformer powering 8 fixtures with 20W halogen MR11 bulbs. I want to replace the 20W halogens with 3W non-dimmable…
TomO
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