Garden on a slope... (any gardening experts)

[vkurup]

Something that I have just recently been involved with that is a bit different

Similar situation, but not quite as much fall (15feet). chap built a cheap ish gabion (stone basket) wall close to the bottom of the garden then Put two very cheap shipping containers in front on the wall, buried the whole lot to achieve a flatish lawn area. steps down one side and a few new doors on the containers (painted green), bit of electric for lighting and such and you are left with a flat lawn and two huge storage shed.

It depends a bit on what you have each side but turned out to be a good idea in the end.

that's the general idea bit extra design required to ensure the new earth stays in place but just and idea.

edit: you of course need to be able to get the containers and building materials to the bottom of the garden somehow.

Quick question... where did you the shipping container from? Cost? I was trying to look these up, cuz they may be a cheap option to bury underground and create a basement. But looks like there are a few things that need to be worked on.

 

[vkurup]

Something that I have just recently been involved with that is a bit different

Similar situation, but not quite as much fall (15feet). chap built a cheap ish gabion (stone basket) wall close to the bottom of the garden then Put two very cheap shipping containers in front on the wall, buried the whole lot to achieve a flatish lawn area. steps down one side and a few new doors on the containers (painted green), bit of electric for lighting and such and you are left with a flat lawn and two huge storage shed.

It depends a bit on what you have each side but turned out to be a good idea in the end.

that's the general idea bit extra design required to ensure the new earth stays in place but just and idea.

edit: you of course need to be able to get the containers and building materials to the bottom of the garden somehow.

We have bought the place.. There is plenty to do inside the house so garden will have to wait a couple of summers. However, been researching the shipping container option. I have an engineering question.

Shipping containers are very good load bearing, but the load bearing is based on point loads on the sides of the containers. If you cover it with sand to create a lawn, it is no longer a point load but a distributed load that is acting on the top of the container. This could make it unstable and cause it collapse. Unless I have got this incorrectly. Thoughts on this??

 

[Rooter]

This could make it unstable and cause it collapse. Unless I have got this incorrectly. Thoughts on this??

Pay an engineer to work it out would be my advice.