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Old 18-06-2013, 07:39 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default Levelling Troubles

"Jim Jones" wrote in message ...

I want to level my garden but there is a problem. There is a road next
to property is on a slope. The image provided indcates the level of
slope. This is the main problem. I want to know how i can level my
garden while having a road at a slope next to it. (My house has got tall
(6ft) hedges all around.

[image: http://oi41.tinypic.com/aa7xx3.jpg]

Positive number means it is high. Negative means its low. 0 means it is
leveled. So the idea is to make it 0 all the around.

The next thing i am just curious about, it is not priority but if
someone can help me it would be greatly appreciated. You can see that at
the enterance i have a sloped driveway. My plan is to replace that with
steps and put the driveway where the "x" is marked on the image and put
paving in the red box. The problem is that since the garden will be
levelled and the road is at a slope, i dont think i will be able to
simply drive in.

I am not really looking for any solid answers, i am open to any ideas or
suggestions you may have. Thank you in advance.




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Jim Jones


Call whatever city or county dept deals with road building and ask for advice. Most will not ask for your name and address, but If they do, hang up and call someone else.

I had a similar situation and called the city planning dept. asking for advice. I was worried that they would make notes and send out an inspector later, but the fellow was extremely helpful and didn't ask for my name or address. I have found that nearly all city workers are helpful if you're asking for advice. They have seen it all.