Groundwork & Foundations

Raising my garden height, Possible or not?

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.08 PM

This might be a no-go before I start a garden project so I’m looking for some advice before I start please. Bit of background My neighbour has just erected a new fence to the left hand side of my garden as I look straight out from the patio doors. Unfortunately their garden is approx. 2ft higher than my garden level so the old 6ft high fence (4ft their side) has now been replaced with a 8ft fence (6ft there side). I really don’t want to argue about the height of fence and to be honest my garden is a mess and it needs working on, so I’m going to try and make the best of the situation. Firstly I need to clad my side of the fence to make it less obtrusive and industrial and then I would like to raise the level of the garden by the two foot after the patio leading out from the back patio doors, creating a two level garden using railway sleepers as a retaining wall and steps from horizontal sleepers. My problem comes down the right hand side of the garden where my garage is situated. The garage (tandem) is made up of vertical pre pebble dashed concrete panels so as far as I’m aware have no damp proofing. My question is: can I just put 2ft of soil against the concreate walls of the garage or if not due to damp what could I do to prevent damp into the garage or do I scrap the whole idea of a two tier garden? Thanks in advance Keiron