"Nick Maclaren" wrote
David Hill wrote:
Beachhutdays wrote:
I would really appreciate some advice. We have a long sloping garden in
North London that slopes down (about 4ft difference in height from top
to bottom of 100ft garden).
The area ends under a huge oak tree just past our back fence. The
ground is very squelchy, being clay soil, and we have an area of approx
20ft by 30ft that we would like some kind of 'floor covering' to make it
easier to walk over and put a trampoline on. It gets tonnes of oak
leaves and twiggy bits falling there too. We also have two dogs.
We can't pave as not allowed to affect tree roots.
Does anyone have any ideas please? Gravel?? Sub base??

I can't see why you couldn't lay paving slabs on a sub base as long as
you don't point in between them so that the water can soak through to
the tree roots.
It would give you a firmer base for the trampoline.

It is a bloody bad idea to put a trampoline on a slabbed area,
because someone coming off one is VASTLY more likely to end
up with brain damage. It is easy to put a layer of sand and
lay slabs (or bricks, or paviours), but a trampoline should
have a weed-resistant layer and bark chips.


You need to get the trampoline flat so you may have to cement in some bricks
for that purpose, but I agree, for a potential landing area you need
something soft so wood chips would work for a while but potentially they get
wet and soggy too, alternatively there is a product that is made of chipped
used car tyres I believe that Councils use for play areas. You need decent
layer to provide softer landings.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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