Ground to be levelled by infilling slope.

Retaining sleepers 3 high used to give 27ins.of  raised level.

20 tonnes of top soil compressed at various stages.

From the rear, showing sleepers and new overlapped fencing boards.

The newly turfed area.

Tree protected by sunken round posts.

Overlapping boards on the rear and on the front of the fence rail with polystyrene sheets sandwiched between to reduce noise from the dual carriageway 15m behind.

The end result, traffic noise still evident, but much reduced, especially in the house.