Building a patio

[Grahamm]

Looking at that photo, I would be wondering why the neighbours patio has subsided so much.

I'm pretty certain that it's because whoever built that didn't use a proper, compacted hardcore layer.

According to a http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/index.cfm, this part of Portsmouth is on "Freely draining slightly acid loamy soils"

I would still be wary of undermining those walls with water running off the patio too.

The thing is, because the ground is effectively flat (the gardens to the left and right are at the same level and there's no real slope towards or away from the shed) I can't see where any soil could be washed away from/ to.

So the water should just percolate down through the soil on each side, I'm just wondering how quickly it would do this and whether it would end up waterlogging anything that was planted there.

[Grahamm]

By the way, in case anyone is wondering...

Although the area to be paved is more than 5 square metres, provided I allow a method to allow water to drain away ie to a border and not into the sewers, I wouldn't need planning permission:

https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/20...ont_garden

https://www.paving.org/index.php/plannin...-a-garden/

[agricola]

You have the tallest washing line poles I have ever seen. Are you Twizzle?

[fazersharp]

You have the tallest washing line poles I have ever seen. Are you Twizzle?

I thought that too.
Paint it white and you got a flag pole.

[Grahamm]

You have the tallest washing line poles I have ever seen. Are you Twizzle?

I had no idea what Twizzle was, then I discovered a Gerry Anderson production that I'd never heard of!

However, originally the washing line poles had a pulley wheel at the top such that you could dry two lines of washing as you'd lower the top line down, peg out the washing, then haul it up to dry whilst you put another line of washing on the bottom line

See: https://www.linepost.co.uk/washing-cloth...fications/

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