'The Paving Guy' is a practical, hands-on guide to designing and landscaping your own outdoor area.
Written by Nigel Ruck, best known as 'the paving guy' on Channel Nine's 'Backyard Blitz', it contains all the DIY information you need to transform your outdoor living space, while also adding value to your property.
Written in an engaging style, the book successfully combines technical step-by-step instructions with a few of Nigel's own personal stories, reflective of his on-screen wit and humour. With a foreword from Jamie Durie, the book recognises that the DIY person with a 'can-do' attitude can turn ordinary outdoor space into one that is well designed and functional.
Contents include five feature gardens and styles with the most commonly requested garden solutions. Each project outlines what readers can do themselves, how long they should allow for each project and most importantly, when to call in the experts!
In then covers details of site assessment, planning, setting out, water drainage and irrigation, paving, walls and screens and planting.
A handy reference section at the end of the book offers all the relevant information on tools and equipment, formulas and calculations and safety.
Illustrated with over 150 colour photographs and drawings, 'The Paving Guy' is a must have for anyone interested in getting outdoors and adding value to their home or property.
