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fossum80
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Registered: October 2009

The use of Builders Black Plastic sheet beneath Pebbles

Posted 844 days ago

I would appreciate any good advice re the preparation and laying of Builders Black Plastic Sheeting beneath the White Pebbles I will hopefully be using to replace my front garden lawn which is only one of the thousands that have suffered badly in my area due to the drought.

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hutcho
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Location: Penrith area n.s.w.
Registered: September 2008

RE: The use of Builders Black Plastic sheet beneath Pebbles

Posted 829 days ago

Sorry, but the best advice I can offer is just don't do it!! Use weed-mat or hessian. Plastic is totally ruinous in that situation, both short and long term. Drainage problems, soil compaction, dead soil if you change your mind after about six months. Been there. Never again.
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dragonace
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Location: Parramtta, NSW
Registered: June 2009

RE: The use of Builders Black Plastic sheet beneath Pebbles

Posted 804 days ago

we put a cloth down under our pebbles. it allows water to pass but not weeds. It was a geo-tech cloth
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