Hi Guys,
My garden slopes down at the back probably about 4 foot in height and starting from about 10 feet from the current fence line. This means that there is a lot of wasted space in the garden, previous owners had planted confiers that are now massive and the previous owners never really kept them in check so they fill nearly all this space. Although my neighbour behind has always kept them very tidy by the looks of it. Its his side you see in the photos.
If I was just to chop the tree down and keep the current fence it would mean that the top of the fence only just reaches the height of the majority of my garden. So I have been thinking about way of fixing this and my only idea was a retaining wall with a fence on top and then back fill this. I guess this would need to be about 4 foot in height and the length is approx 60 foot.The photos below show how it is at the moment and my mockup.
What would the best way to go about this brick wall, sleepers, those cages filled with rock? Or do you guys have any other ideas that might work?
If you were my neighbour would you have a problem with me doing this. Its their drive you see in the pictures. I haven't spoke with them yet as I have no solid plans.
View from my back garden, hopefully this shows the slope and size of hedges. This was just after I moved in and trimmed the hedge back hard.
Cheers
My garden slopes down at the back probably about 4 foot in height and starting from about 10 feet from the current fence line. This means that there is a lot of wasted space in the garden, previous owners had planted confiers that are now massive and the previous owners never really kept them in check so they fill nearly all this space. Although my neighbour behind has always kept them very tidy by the looks of it. Its his side you see in the photos.
If I was just to chop the tree down and keep the current fence it would mean that the top of the fence only just reaches the height of the majority of my garden. So I have been thinking about way of fixing this and my only idea was a retaining wall with a fence on top and then back fill this. I guess this would need to be about 4 foot in height and the length is approx 60 foot.The photos below show how it is at the moment and my mockup.
What would the best way to go about this brick wall, sleepers, those cages filled with rock? Or do you guys have any other ideas that might work?
If you were my neighbour would you have a problem with me doing this. Its their drive you see in the pictures. I haven't spoke with them yet as I have no solid plans.
View from my back garden, hopefully this shows the slope and size of hedges. This was just after I moved in and trimmed the hedge back hard.
Cheers
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