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A concrete courtyard made liveable

A cracked slab replaced with paving, a planter and built-in seating.

The same courtyard after work: sandstone paving, a hardwood planter of ferns and a built-in bench.BeforeAfter
Before: Courtyard before work: cracked grey concrete, dying potted plants and a rusted air conditioning unit.
Suburb
Parramatta
Time on site
9 days
Team
2 on site
Indicative cost
$18,000 – $26,000 [TO CONFIRM]

What we built

  • Old slab broken out and removed by barrow
  • Sandstone paving on a compacted base
  • Raised hardwood planter along two walls
  • Built-in bench seat
  • Vertical timber screen over the rendered wall
  • Drip irrigation to the planter

Materials

  • Sawn sandstone pavers
  • Merbau hardwood
  • Road base and bedding sand
  • 13 mm drip line

Planting

  • Nephrolepis (sword fern)
  • Dianella revoluta
  • Liriope 'Evergreen Giant'
  • Rhaphiolepis

Photos

  • The cracked concrete slab before demolition.

    The cracked concrete slab before demolition.

  • Finished courtyard with sandstone paving and hardwood bench seating.

    Finished courtyard with sandstone paving and hardwood bench seating.

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