Hi
I have been reading your site and its great and encourging..
I have a drive way which is 170 sqaure metres and slopes in two directions, also has two inspection covers next to each other.
I was wondering if this was to big of a job for my first time.
Also i made enquires and a firm would dig this all out to the depth of 8" remove waste and then fill it with dtp1,
so all i need to do is lay sand and blocks....Their price was £2100 is this fare for the digging out and supply of dtp1 ???
Thanks
Total novice but willing
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ken
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Doing it in sections is actallu harder than doing it in one go. If you can get someone to come in and do the excavation and the stoning-up for only 2,100 quid, then snatch their hand off!
170m² dug off to 200mm is 34m³, the equivalent of 8 skips or 4 wagon loads of spoil. Skips alone, costing around 125 quid apiece would add up to a thou', and that's before you've got in a digger to excavate and load them. Then you need the best part of 40 tonnes of sub-base @ 12-14 quid per tonne, so that's another 500+ quid - 2,100 quid starts to look mighty attractive, so much so that I'd want to check the excavation depths as well as the sub-base thickness and accuracy.
Laying 170m² isn't too bad, but you have to accept that it is going to take you maybe a week to cover the area, and, during that time, you will not be able to traffic it with vehicles. Would that be possible, given that you've got to be able to get in and out of the house, and, presumably, hold down a regular job?
170m² dug off to 200mm is 34m³, the equivalent of 8 skips or 4 wagon loads of spoil. Skips alone, costing around 125 quid apiece would add up to a thou', and that's before you've got in a digger to excavate and load them. Then you need the best part of 40 tonnes of sub-base @ 12-14 quid per tonne, so that's another 500+ quid - 2,100 quid starts to look mighty attractive, so much so that I'd want to check the excavation depths as well as the sub-base thickness and accuracy.
Laying 170m² isn't too bad, but you have to accept that it is going to take you maybe a week to cover the area, and, during that time, you will not be able to traffic it with vehicles. Would that be possible, given that you've got to be able to get in and out of the house, and, presumably, hold down a regular job?
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Thanks to all posts so far
Tony thank you for your calculations i have phone the company who gave me a price for the excavation and the stoning-up and they are coming around to see the area,
as the quote was rough estimate over the phone.
I agree its best to do the blocking in one go and i,m very confident complete with the help from this forum to do this project.
I will keep you all up to date with how things go and also send photos before and after of my first block paving.
I said i had 2 inspection covers on my drive..........Can these be lowered if need be ?.
Also is there any particular type of wacker plate needed or just get any.
And how much leveling sand would i need as a guide.
Again.........Thanks Cori , Ken & Tony for your advise so far
Tony thank you for your calculations i have phone the company who gave me a price for the excavation and the stoning-up and they are coming around to see the area,
as the quote was rough estimate over the phone.
I agree its best to do the blocking in one go and i,m very confident complete with the help from this forum to do this project.
I will keep you all up to date with how things go and also send photos before and after of my first block paving.
I said i had 2 inspection covers on my drive..........Can these be lowered if need be ?.
Also is there any particular type of wacker plate needed or just get any.
And how much leveling sand would i need as a guide.
Again.........Thanks Cori , Ken & Tony for your advise so far
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84-1093879891
I look forward to hearing how you get on, Dave.
With the inspection covers, have a look at the page I uploaded a couple of weeks back - it's a step-by-step guide to lowering the level of an IC and replacing it with a recess tray cover. It might be useful to you.
For the plate compactor, the bigger the better is the usual mantra, but if you tell the hire co what it is you're doing, they tell you what they have that's appropriate. If you want to sound all knowledgeable and blag a trade price, tell them it has to be HUAC approved. ;)
Bedding sand ....ooops! sorry, Brussels...I mean "Laying Course Material" - you'll need summat around 16-20 tonnes. Best to buy it in a full load, rather than in 1 tonne agg bags from the BMs.
With the inspection covers, have a look at the page I uploaded a couple of weeks back - it's a step-by-step guide to lowering the level of an IC and replacing it with a recess tray cover. It might be useful to you.
For the plate compactor, the bigger the better is the usual mantra, but if you tell the hire co what it is you're doing, they tell you what they have that's appropriate. If you want to sound all knowledgeable and blag a trade price, tell them it has to be HUAC approved. ;)
Bedding sand ....ooops! sorry, Brussels...I mean "Laying Course Material" - you'll need summat around 16-20 tonnes. Best to buy it in a full load, rather than in 1 tonne agg bags from the BMs.