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Raising the soil level

ashleymartin1982ashleymartin1982 Posts: 4
in Problem solving
Our garden has an area to the side of approximately 6m2 that is 6 inches below the rest of the lawn level. I would like to raise to the level of the existing lawn. I also have maybe 20m2 of old concrete pavers left by the previous owner that easily break up with a lump hammer. Could I remove the topsoil and bury the rubble and then put the topsoil back to raise the level supporting successful lawn growth ? (The topsoil of the garden is sandy and dries out rapidly)

In addition our local council begins charging next week £4/bag for each rubble bag at the local tip so the other option of rubble removal and purchasing topsoil is more expensive. In addition to the labour of removing the old pavers and bringing in a large quantity of top soil! 

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  • AchtungAchtung Posts: 159
    Hi Ashley. Having spent 2 years digging out builders rubble from my garden I could never recommend to anyone who wants to garden that burying rubble is a good idea. The previous owner of my house was a builder and covered his rubble with topsoil then turf. The neighbours tell me he had to returf the lawn 3 times to get the house to market so I'm not sure burying rubble as opposed to removing it makes sound economic sense. 
  • fizzwhizzfizzwhizz Posts: 94
    Another vote not to bury - you might want to dig a flowerbed into the lawn at one point in the future (or future owners might) - from experience digging up rubble is not fun! Have you thought about advertising them on freecycle / social media as free to collect - a community garden / person on a budget etc might be able to recycle them - i've seen raised beds edged with old pavers - so an allotment owner also might find them useful too :-)
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