Sorry I’m not explaining very well.
I’m not backfilling the trench with MOT1, that’s all going to the right hand side of the wall in the picture to form the base for the eventually to be re-laid patio.
The left hand side of the wall is the trench which will be as per yours, just without the grating. Once I’ve dug it out a bit more then I’ll just put an inch of 20mm gravel at the bottom so it looks a bit prettier than bare earth.
I’ll post another pic in a month or so when it is all done, will hopefully all make sense then!
I’m not backfilling the trench with MOT1, that’s all going to the right hand side of the wall in the picture to form the base for the eventually to be re-laid patio.
The left hand side of the wall is the trench which will be as per yours, just without the grating. Once I’ve dug it out a bit more then I’ll just put an inch of 20mm gravel at the bottom so it looks a bit prettier than bare earth.
I’ll post another pic in a month or so when it is all done, will hopefully all make sense then!