Creating a stone terrace using available materials

  • Erstellt am 2016-10-09 15:12:58

okapi

2016-10-09 15:12:58
  • #1
I want to create a gravel terrace that is two-thirds underneath a balcony. The drip edge of the balcony will therefore be over the terrace, the remaining area will stay dry.

Available in the garden are limestone gravel (about 5 cm spread over the area) and sand (about 10 cm spread over the area).

Idea:

Excavate the topsoil to about 20 cm, then put in 10 cm of sand, weed protection membrane, then 5 cm of limestone gravel and 5 cm of river pebbles (16-32).

Using the sand seems like not a bad idea to me, since otherwise I would have to dispose of it and bring in soil elsewhere.

I would edge the terrace with existing travertine curbstones; I would have to bring in the gravel.

Does this make sense, or am I making a serious mistake?
 

Gartenfreund

2016-10-10 08:25:30
  • #2
I don't know if I understand your description correctly. Shall we give it a try.

You have sand and gravel and you want to use them. OK, from my point of view, there is nothing wrong with that.



Sand can also be used to loosen the soil, so it does not need to be disposed of.



What do you do with the topsoil then?

If the weed protection foil is permeable to water, that can probably work. Although I've never used something like this before. Because you should consider that many plants settle by seed, and weed fleece lying X cm deep doesn’t really help much.

Such a terrace with pebbles is also not necessarily the best option, at least in my eyes. You can only place chairs and tables more or less wobbly. If you’re unlucky, a chair leg suddenly slips between two pebbles and exactly at the moment you have a cup of hot coffee in your hand. That could be unpleasant.

What about keeping the terrace clean? In autumn, leaves blow onto it. Or soil from the garden is spread onto it (which is very beneficial to the plant seeds). Personally, I would rather lay slabs with a slight slope towards the garden. But of course, in the end, that's entirely your decision.

I would also recommend installing a small gutter on the balcony and letting the water run off to the side into the garden so that it does not drip onto the terrace.
 

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