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Entries Tagged as 'Gardening'

How to Install a Shade Cloth Sail Cover for a Patio

February 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Shade Cloth cover we picked up for at Bunnings for only $40! It is a 4 metre x 4 metre Coolaroo Shade Cloth Sail that comes with a 15-year warranty and offers 90% UV protection. It was discounted because it’s a non-standard colour, even though it matches our paint colour scheme almost perfectly. First [...]

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Our Finished Outdoor Entertainment Area

January 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments

We finally finished off our back patio a few weekends ago. Since we sold the deck that we were originally going to put on the back of the house we ahead with covered patio, coming out of the back door. The Shade Cloth Cover of the patio works great for keeping the sun off the [...]

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Finishing Installing a New Driveway

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments

After cutting out the driveway and laying down the roadbase the guys came back to pour the concrete. Before they could pour the concrete they put down a black plastic membrane. From what I understand the plastic membrane is meant to provide a moisture barrier between the ground and the concrete. They did the same [...]

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Preparing the Site for a Driveway

October 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Before they could start putting in our new driveway they had to prepare the site. The first step for this was to cut away the old driveway and remove it. Because of the height difference between the old driveway and the garage they only cut away the first half of the drive. As you can [...]

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