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Easy patio solution for toddler

  • 24-12-2018 1:13pm
    #1
    heritz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭


    Hello everyone!

    As you can see in the gallery below, we are in a house with a 2-level raised garden covered in grass/weed. It looked decent in summer while it was dry, but right now is just mud, bare patches and slugs.

    I'm looking for easy ideas on how to make the top level surface safe and clean for a toddler. Something she can use throughout the year. I initially thought of a proper patio, but removing a layer of dirt plus moving all the materials through the house would be a mess. The house has no side entrance so the only way to get gravel, cement and stuff to the garden is going through the house.

    My ideas:

    1. IKEA interlocking tiles. Not sure if they would work on dirt?
    2. Rubberised material they use on playgrounds.

    I don't mind levelling the surface a bit and maybe laying some gravel on top. What I don't want is having to move several tons of gravel, cement, dirt in/out of the house, risking damaging the floor, doors or walls. The less amount of trips through the house, the better.

    All ideas are welcome!

    https://imgur.com/a/GNBj4Xx


Comments

  • #2
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,223 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Some kind of wood chippings over the grass, with a low retaining barrier at the top of the slope.

    When it starts getting mucky, move it to the beds to act as a mulch for all the lovely plants you're going to grow, and put fresh stuff down.

    Maybe use weed membrane under the chippings to stop mud coming through.


  • #3
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Also buy plastic sheeting runner for the house. There should be zero mess if you cover the traffic area properly plastic roll isn't expensive from builders merchants


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm confused, are the photos you uploaded supposed to be during the summer, or now (mud, bare patches and slugs?). Cos it looks grand in the photos, to me.

    I know it's not ideal, but if the garden is going from great in the summer, to useless in the winter because of water, it might do no harm to ask someone to pop out and see if there's anything that can be done in terms of drainage.

    Failing that, you could just bite the bullet (assuming the money is there) and stick paving slabs down for the 'top half' of the garden.

    If you're going to go down the route of jigsaw mats, make sure you check Halfords as they are competitively priced with them (although that €14 pack used to only be €10, such a pity. I bought loads of them back then, still have them today).


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