Useless Facts About Landscaping

As i was searching the web for some technical details on extruded bricks i came across a few sites that have useless facts about Architecture and Landscaping, they made my day and some were even interesting. I have listed some below so you too can have a little giggle.

Bricks are the oldest manufactured building material still in use. Egyptians used them 7,000 years ago.

Many houses in the rural districts of Nepal are constructed of cow dung mixed with mud, sand, and clay.

Japanese farmers, after removing the hulls from their rice crop and sorting out the white kernels, take the hulls from the leftover rice, mix them into a kind of paste, mold the substance into brick-shaped blocks, and build houses with them. Such buildings are known in Japan as “houses of rice skin”.

There is a house in Rockport, Massachusetts, built entirely of newspaper. The paper House at Pigeon Cove, as it is called, is made of 215 thicknesses of newspaper. “All the furniture is made of newspaper,” its builder reports, “including a desk of newspapers relating Lindbergh's historic flight.”

There are 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.

A bridge built in Lima, Peru, in 1610 was made of mortar that was mixed not with water but with the whites of 10,000 eggs. The bridge, appropriately called the Bridge of Eggs, is still standing.

I would love to see the house made entirely out of newspaper, maybe that could be a new product selling at Simon's Seconds - old newspapers - who wouldn't want to build their house out of newsletters. May have to do a marketing plan for that one and see what the demand is.

If you have any useless facts to share please do, if we don't learn anything - atleast we will get a laugh out of it.

HAPPY LANDSCAPING!!

Landscaping in progress at our display pools

Simon's Seconds in conjunction with iPave Western Sydney have built 6 mini pools showcasing natural stone pool coping, stackstone, waterline tiles and Gemtex pool interiors.

Display Pools located at iPave Western Sydney & Simon's Seconds
4 Tait Street, Smithfield NSW 2164

The pools were finished about a month ago and now it is on to the landscaping. With the help of Steve from Aztec Landscapes we are currently laying Natural Stone paving around the pools.

Raj Naturally Split Sandstone - French Random Pattern Pavers

While they have not be grouted as yet, they are still looking pretty good and works well around the pools while still being functional for customers to eventually walk on.

Coconut Ice 400mm Pavers

Crazy Pave - Sandstone


There are many variations of Natural Stone that have been laid including Sandstone, Quartzite, Limestone, Granite and Travertine.

You can come and check out our new landscaping at 4 Tait Street Smithfield.
Will post more pics once the grouting has been finished and grass is laid.

HAPPY LANDSCAPING!!

New Estate Landscaping Requirements

Building a house in a newly established estate can be both an amazing and painful experience at the same time.

With restrictions enforced to keep homes streamlined, this can be a hassle for those looking at saving money while still keeping the home both ascetically pleasing and abiding by the colour and material restrictions.

Whether it be that you have to use neutral tones or use concrete materials for retaining walls, Simon’s Seconds staff can help with technical and colour advice.

With a vast variety of products that are DIY friendly, you can save money on labour costs.

Photo generously supplied by a customer of their renovated home.

Introducing Simon's Seconds

We are the largest supplier of factory seconds landscaping materials in Australia.
Our factory second products are too good to throw out but not good enough to be sold at recommended retail prices. All of our stock is 40%-70% off recommended retail prices.

If you can’t live with the minor blemishes we can also supply you with 1st quality products at competitive prices. We stock most leading manufacturer brands including Austral Bricks, Boral, Baines Masonary, ECS Masonary, Claypave, Eureka Tiles, Davco, Spirit, Adbri (C & M) and many more.

Our huge range of products include clay pavers, concrete pavers, patio and driveway pavers, swimming pool pavers (salt and slip resistant), sandstone pavers, brick pavers, cobblestone pavers, crazy paving, blocks, stepping stones, stackstone, dry stack retaining walls, keylock retaining wall, caps, garden edging, water features, ceramic outdoor and indoor tiles, quality pots of all shapes and sizes, ceramic pots, glazed pots, sandstone pots and garden troughs, garden ornaments, statues, plinths, garden benches, garden fountains, urns, bird baths and garden décor to suit any garden.

We stock a range of different sized Pavers including Brick Size (230mmx150(or113mm)x50mm), 300mmx300mm, 400mmx400mm, 500mmx500mm, 600mmx400mm and many more. We also stock a variety of 1st Quality, New, Factory Seconds, Cheap, Discontinued and on occasion previously laid and used products.

Our Online Store isn't just for buying products, it can also be used for researching products as the product information contains fields such as Sizing, Weights, Pallet Information, Descriptions and guides relating to those products.

With many manufacturers changing old sizing it is becoming increasingly harder to match old pavers. Should you want to match old pavers, please give us a call with as much information as possible and we may have stock onsite or be able to suggest a way of keeping your old pavers and introducing new ones to blend area's.

Our experienced and friendly staff can help with "How To" and "Technical" advice as well as colour matching and landscaping design help if you have specific requirements due to council or developer restrictions.

In conjunction with iPave Western Sydney we can now offer products including Gemtex Pool Renders, the perfect solution for renovating or newly established pool interiors. We also carry pool coping in a range of sizes and materials such as Natural Stone, Sandstone, Granite, Travertine, Limestone and Quartzite.

We also offer a "Sandstone - Cut to Size" service, perfect if you need a specific size made for such things as Pier Capping, Stair Capping, Pool Coping, Table Tops or Benches. Enquire Instore for more details
We deliver all over Sydney, to the Central and South Coast and can arrange a quote for transport Australia wide. Pick up also available free of charge.