concrete block garden walls - what to do?
Nathan B
last year
We’ve got concrete block garden walls left and right of our garden.
On one side there’s lots of foliage and not much of the wall can be seen, but on the left it’s very visible and will be a long time before we can hide it.
Will painting them work? Is there a way of making it look like a solid wall instead of being able to see the grout, without rendering?
The whole garden needs to be redone and borders tidied up as the extension hasn’t been kind to the garden!
What would you guys do?
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Daisy England
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