Once the footpaths were completed we had our excellent blocklayer back to build the retaining walls around the entranceway. A few weeks later we had then rendered with the same external finish as the main Aquapanel walls.
The area was filled with coarse gravel and topped with the same black chip used around the rest of the house perimeter. The radon vent pipe was left just above the top of the gravel – but later a vent cap was fitted to the top of the pipe which allowed it to be put just under the top of the gravel and hidden.