We had made a plan up of what was going where in the backyard, measured it etc etc, then while the boys were doing the dog area it all got changed, yep Tony changed his mind....not a great deal tho. So now our paths are wider and the dogs have a huge rectangular area to be filled with chipbark.
The area is hard to describe...think of a rectangle 20m x 7m, in the bottom right hand side is the spa area which is 4m x 6m the remaining 3m to the backfence will house a largeish shed for the dogs complete with some grass and a stone path, this area will be fenced off. Right beside this area running along the back fence will be a 3m x 1.5m storage shed, opposite this and running along the house will be a similar storage shed of the same size.
Up along the back fence will be the chipbark area for the dogs, this is a raised area 2 sleepers high with stones on the bottom and chip bark on the top, much kinder to our heavy dogs, this also doubles as their loo and play area, this is 6m x 4m and yes we can fit all 5 Berners on there comfortably.
The clothesline (when i eventually get it) will go along the left hand side fence, any area that is not a shed or chip bark area will be a path, we were going to use crushed rock but found (courtesy of one of the houses in the estate) a really cool material to use for paths, it is crushed bricks, pavers etc...recycling them, it comes in varrious sizes we like the 7mm one, so it looks more like exposed agg.
Currently the dog area has been erected, the stones and half the chip bark are down, we are waiting for the rest of the bark to arrive. Last night Tony started bricking the areas for the sheds.
I got very excited yesterday as there was NO wind...got up had breaky, organised myself...thought..hmmmm will do the area beside the spa where the dog shed is going, halfway through doing the fence up sprung the wind...by the time i'd done the 3m with the spraygun i looked like a speckled hen, grrr...so it looks like again i will have to use the brush.
Once the back is done then we can concentrate and finish off the front yard.
Chip bark area under construction
Close up of the sleepers
Men working...between Adrian (in the forground) and the house will be the path
The dog area, where the bricks are will be one of the sheds, we will use its wall to form part of the fence to keep the girls in their area, the gate should come to the end of the spa fence.
Where the second shed will be
Play area partically done
Mia and Nikki checking it out with Lulu and Sorcha watching...Tucker was away on holidays
The area for the dog shed, complete with part of the fence painted.
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