Wye Valley Heritage Ltd

Building, Renovation & Damp Proofing Specialists

Project: Garden Landscaping

Wye Vallery Heritage • Sep 04, 2020

The aim was to create a maintenance-free garden for our client. We cleared the existing garden and removed the Leylandii hedge. Heavy machinery was used, capable of lifting root balls and excavating a foundation for a retaining wall. To minimise costs, the wall was constructed of four inch concrete blocks laid flat with soldier brick edging seen visible on the top. Leftover soil from the excavation was used to back-fill the wall, incorporating weep holes.


Slotted fence posts were used with the fence to minimise costs, and 300 x 1800mm ground boards were used to form the facing of the wall. Five foot feather edge (close board) panels were erected and topped with a trellis top panel 1.8 x 300mm to finish the look.


The newly levelled ground was covered in a ground membrane (Taram) and a base layer of 40mm stone (OMT) was put down over the top. Part of the garden was coated with a layer of 30mm decorative stone (Forest of Dean Chippings). 600 x 600 reclaimed paving slabs were used to form a pathway leading down the garden to a private seating area.


The pathway also created a partition between the lawn and decorative gravel. The lawn was constructed by distributing a layer of washed sand over the stone for drainage and to ensure a uniform finish. Artificial grass (Astro Turf) was arranged for a totally maintenance-free garden. Reclaimed curb edging was used to edge the turf and the path and timber boards were positioned to maintain the existing party fence.

Customer Testimonial

“Lyndon was highly recommended to me by a family member. My garden had become too much for me to look after as I needed a maintenance-free alternative. Despite being a major project the disruption to my day-to-day life was minimal and Lyndon worked very hard to get the garden just how I wanted it. The end result is stunning and I can enjoy my garden again. Thank you so much.”

― Trevor, Hereford

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We were invited to build an en-suite extension in Hereford. The existing property was a Victorian house constructed of red brick with solid wall construction. Great care was taken to ensure that the extension aligned with the style of the existing Victorian house.
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Wye Valley Heritage was tasked with constructing a single-story dining room extension for a nineteenth-century Victorian house in Hereford, adding approximately 60 square meters of space.
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Wye valley heritage were commissioned to add extra space to this well built and designed contemporary house Before and After images.
Victorian property renovation
16 Jan, 2021
Renovation project of a victorian property taken on by Wye Valley Heritage, local builders in Herefordshire. Contact us for your next renovation project.
08 Dec, 2020
Extension Renovation, Hereford - Renovation & Extension, Eltons Marsh, Hereford This country cottage was in need of a full renovation, the decision was made to create further space by adding an extension. The extension was built in the traditional manor of brick and block work, using reclaimed Hereford bricks, the extension added valuable living space to the cottage, the ground floor of the extension gave way to a generously sized lounge, natural light was plentiful due to a well proportioned window and bifold doors leading out onto a raised patio. The first floor of the extension produced two extra bedrooms, one of which served as the master bedroom with an on suit, a doorway was constructed within the build which opened out onto the kitchen flat roof which now served as a balcony This was one of the most enjoyable projects I have worked on, due to the client not only being a life long friend but also running a successful roofing company, E&R ROOFING. WYE VALLEY HERITAGE assisted Rodney from E&R ROOFING from start to finish with this project, resulting in a fabulous family home. The work undertaken: Excavation of footings to receive foundations Construction of the oversight Overseeing the construction of the external and internal works including damp proofing and renovation works
Damp proofing, Herefordshire, Wye Valley Heritage
20 Nov, 2020
For all your damp proofing and timber treatments for dry rot and wet rot contact Wye Valley Herefordshire a local company based in Hereford.
Damp Proofing, Herefordshire
02 Nov, 2020
This country cottage residence situated in little birch Hereford, was in need of updating, while suffering from water ingress along with the deterioration of the internal masonry and decorative finishes. This was caused mainly from a lack of maintenance over a period of years, a combination of failing gutters, down pipes running out into the surrounding ground with blocked and collapsed drainage, water buts against the house walls without piped overflows in operation and high soil levels. A shed was positioned against the rear house wall with the shed roof pitched falling back toward the house and the rear elevation house wall was subject to the run off of water from the shed roof. There were also bricks missing that became obvious once the shed had been removed, revealing water ingress. The cottage was constructed of a solid brickwork construction and painted with non breathable paints
Damp proofing, Herefordshire
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The dinning room of this quiet country cottage situated in Bromsberrow Ledbury Hereford was suffering from both rising and penetrating damp, the walls were constructed in solid brick, finished with a basecoat sand and cement render. then a second rough cast coating was applied. the ground level outside was level with the interior floor level, lowering the ground level out side was needed.
14 Oct, 2020
This wonderfully planted and well maintained garden in central Hereford, benefitted with the introduction of artificial grass, replacing an existing concrete paved area, adding the artificial grass enhanced the planting of the garden, delivering a low maintenance yet colourful alternative to the more regularly used paving materials, constructing a charcoal grey paver edging allowed a neat finish and colour contrast
Garden Wall, Hereford
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We were instructed to look at a 4 ½ inch brick garden wall that was in disrepair following recent collapse. The decision was made to remove the decayed structure and build a new 9 inch wall with 1 ½ brick pier at each end, with intermittent piers along the length of the wall. This would create a much stronger wall and improve the existing design.
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