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DaOld Man:
Lot of good work going on there Drnick!
I like the way you use those railroad sleepers (Ive always heard them called "ties")

Question about the fox: is he a regular visitor? Will he come up to you? Ive always liked foxes but avoid hem in the wild, Ive always heard they were bad about carrying rabies.

Drnick:
Luckily we still have no rabies in the UK, (The joys of being on an island with strict quarantine rules). Foxes here though do have various mange's and stuff that I worry about them transferring to the cats, but other then that I don't have a problem with them. Yep that one in the photo is a regular visitor, He has actually stuck his nose into the house a few times, I quickly shoo him off when he does that though. I don't mind him sleeping on the shed or in the garden but I draw the line at him coming into the house :) He won't come up to people but he won't run away scared from them either.

As for the Sleepers/ties, I've never once built a brick wall that had to hold back any kind of weight so that was out of the equation. and once I actually figured out the sheer mass I had to hold back I knew that I had to use something chunky :) I just measured the wall and it is 18Ft across and 5Ft High :)

nitrogen_widget:
I like the wooden path/walkway.
Giving me ideas.

Drnick:

--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on May 11, 2018, 07:46:20 pm ---I like the wooden path/walkway.
Giving me ideas.

--- End quote ---
The only drawback to if for me is the fact it puts my head about 16ft up in the air so massively overlooking the neighbours. I didn't think it would get much use except for the cats, I was wrong. That's the reason for the upcoming works where I will replace with stairs straight off of the balcony down to a platform and some more stairs to ground level zero.

So what idea you getting?

nitrogen_widget:

--- Quote from: Drnick on May 12, 2018, 02:28:15 am ---
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on May 11, 2018, 07:46:20 pm ---I like the wooden path/walkway.
Giving me ideas.

--- End quote ---
The only drawback to if for me is the fact it puts my head about 16ft up in the air so massively overlooking the neighbours. I didn't think it would get much use except for the cats, I was wrong. That's the reason for the upcoming works where I will replace with stairs straight off of the balcony down to a platform and some more stairs to ground level zero.

So what idea you getting?

--- End quote ---

I have paving stones on the ground off the deck leading to the back yard. (mostly so people don't step on a land mine left by the dog) :)

some are cracked, the ground slopes a little also but only by about 3 inches. still the stones are not level and i'd need to get some earth in there to make them level.
Or a lot of pea stone and some timbers.

Thinking of making a wooden path instead now.

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