l just recently bought one from holy funk they have some nice ones at a reasonable price

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I think one of your key considerations will be what to do with the flue / chimney. My personal thought is that you should look to punch it through the wall and keep clean lines inside, but not sure if that is feasible for you. Otherwise you might want to make a feature out of the chimney enclosure - use it to break up the length of the room. The path you choose here will inform the remaining design decisions. You have to keep in mind that an off-the-shelf fireplace unit is not going to have heaps of flexibility in terms of altering its design to suit your space. If the unit you are looking at is designed with a vertical flue and you want to punch through the wall instead, you are going to need specialist advice to make sure that the gas certification for the fireplace unit is not compromised by your alterations - or chose a different unit that suits your needs.

You could try Wet & Forget on the driveway. You can buy it ready to use and attach it to a hose or buy a bottle that you dilute to use in a sprayer. I have used it and it works - slower than water blasting but it won’t damage driveway if it has some damage? I can’t quite tell from photo if that’s grass clippings/mulch or broken concrete on driveway? If you use it be careful not to spray garden bed. I live in FNQ and we planted seaside daisy - doesn’t need watering but it also won’t die from our wet season. It’s a ground over and spreads out beautifully in a courtyard area that’s get a lot of sun. Just needs a trim from time to time. I see you have Rio (purple green ground cover) which you could separate and plant down the path but it does like water. Maybe for the fence you could try attaching lattice to it and plant another passion fruit vine to help cover the whole fence. It does look like you need to get rid of some woody parts of the passion fruit. It’s a tough plant and will enjoy a bit of pruning. We had one that I thought had died last year and it has returned with no help from me. Be careful with the heliconias and gingers ... they can get out of control if you don’t stay on top of them. Anything tall will cover your fence but it will also cover the passionfruit vine which obviously loves the spot it’s in. Good luck!