Level is ok in it’s place Spitty, but a fall of some description is always desireable if possible, to avoid puddling of water and the freezing of it winter… 
Not a problem Barry, not with this Global Warming and, I’m out to prove this part of the earth is flat.
The patio was laid dead flat but, knowing water finds its own level I provided plenty of drainage, the picture is where the half 0.2 cubic metre “Polystorm Soakaway” is fitted beneath the patio, there are gullys either edge of the patio terminating at surface water drains.
https://i.ibb.co/tJsTKRS/B05690-A2-E057-485-D-9938-76-AF51-B158-F8.jpg
Six slabs to go and its looking good for a rendezvous.
Only problem is I was always one slab short and I have broken one, be hard to match with this patina.
https://i.ibb.co/n6hq94C/0-AAB3-CEE-424-C-449-B-B19-D-0-B89-F801-FA06.jpg
Yep, initially I am two slabs short but, as in all these projects it has took another turn. When I liberated the shed from all the clutter, to reinstate it as a workshop, we decided another shed was required for storage, so, we bought a 10 x 8 feet metal shed which is due for delivery soon so the grass area to the left of the shed is about to be dug up and a concrete base laid to form the base of the new shed, then to match the existing paving the row of three slabs will have to be extended to the doors of the new shed, so about another 50 slabs will be needed, this is good news as I think i have tracked some matchers down to a builders merchant in the Black Country, so the distance will make a delivery charge a viable proposition.
Hope to be back to my normal work soon, otherwise there won’t be any Garden left.
https://i.ibb.co/Y0zW1dj/3-EBF6-C73-53-AB-4-CD5-9-C33-0-D5-E5799-A860.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/KFbVzpK/3114-D49-D-2253-479-E-994-E-7-AB41-F1-EE804.jpg
Bloody hellnSpitty, you’ve made me arms ache now!
I must make sure Donkeywoman does’nt see all this??
Good luck!
Donkeyman!
Hi DM, I look at it like, I need to buy less turf, and any material removed will be relocated to offset the amount Top Soil I need to import, and I do have a Concrete Mixer.
Just done a bit of civil engineering DM, The concrete base will be 100mm thick, the lawn one metre out from the shed base, roughly where the shadow is, is 55mm below level, at two metres it is the same, at Three metres its 80mm, and at four metres (the fence) 90mm, so, although the soil is rock hard, there is very little to remove.:lol:
Revised, the base will now be 75mm thick, ordered the ballast, and cement, .post photos of the marking out tomorrow
The timber shutter is 75 mm, so, the close up shows the nearer I get to the fence, there is almost no material to remove
https://i.ibb.co/3vH5MRh/C3-BA458-C-828-B-4819-A7-D0-36-FB26144993.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/tsfFyfh/AB75536-C-AC48-415-A-B221-B6488-D91-CE92.jpg
Have to say watching this thread you look like you are enjoying yourself. Doing very well.
Hello Kazz, these are all jobs that have been on hold coz of work commitments, I just need a couple more weeks of semi work inactivity to finish.
Outer setting out done, just shave inside tomorrow.
https://i.ibb.co/mDJbXzY/49-C5-BB34-5993-4196-8842-F5135-B6-A418-E.jpg
Note the wooden pegs lobbed of to the height of the shuttering, so as to make the levelling process easier.
You not going to need a lot of earth there by looks of it.
Its concrete going in there Kazz, a tonne and a half of ballast is due on Wednesday, see the gravel boards on the rear fence, there is a field behind, so, I am going to set a couple of plastic plumbing pipes under the gravel boards to get some drainage to a solid concrete area.
Yes sorry I mistyped should of said not a lot of earth to move.
Bit more than I thought, out of the far corner.
https://i.ibb.co/LCn4Vcy/2-AA6-AA9-D-5-D47-4-E0-D-B225-2-A9-A04-F51-E87.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/hsFBtd3/470-C2-CD5-F729-4-A69-ACCD-1560-C6-B5991-A.jpg
Nearly half done, the area will be shuttered into quarters soon.
https://i.ibb.co/5hbF0Z0/DB518-EA6-A2-DC-48-B8-8-F49-7-B44895-A1-A28.jpg
Done, just before the rain started.
https://i.ibb.co/4mf95B4/19-B6-EBEF-DA5-C-4124-81-D2-91-AFD1321006.jpg
Going good