Block paving drive project - Pictures and advice please

[lutonlagerlout]

did you reuse the old blocks?
all in all it looks tidy not sure about mortar round the edges though,should of been cuts or concrete
but all in all ,well done simon
LLL

[rimexboy]

Hi all
sorry in not sure how i can rezize the pics now... sorry
LLL yer i used as many as i could to be honest around the edges should have been done neater, but the front edge is the pavment, and the fresh morter on the right near the wall was to just stop my blocks moving while my neighbour decided to do his .. which we did in the end.

cheers simon

[seanandruby]

Tell me you have'nt paved over your manhole cover and rodding eye Have you ???

[carlbeardsmore]

I don't think it was a rodding eye, it was the cover to the stop tap.

But the manhole cover does seem to have been paved over.

[seanandruby]

Think you are right about stop cock. Would of thought that would be in the service strip, ie pavement ?

[Tony McC]

I thought it was just me that thought the IC had disappeared, or maybe it was the angle of the photie, but if it has been paved over, that's a *serious* problem.

[lutonlagerlout]

its all quiet on the rimex front
mate your gonna have to hold your hands up on this one
the sheriff is in town and you got busted :;):
on a serious note,you really cannot pave over ICs,they are there for a reason and if your drains block,you are stuffed
LLL

[seanandruby]

Counted the bricks on the wall back from render as a guide.

[rimexboy]

... well spotted guys
ive only loaded an old photo... what a dope.

Right what i done with the stop cock was go back as far as i could to the servive one on the pavement (i did not dig the pavement) and fit a new pipe and have fitted a new stop cock just inside the house under the floorboards.

And with the manhole i sort of cheated with it and took the cover completly off then laid the blocks, i then took the blocks back up and fitted a recessed cover i found this to much easyer to get my levels right...

sorry about the confusion

it now looks like this as of today... the bins are the bosses idea

[rimexboy]

its all quiet on the rimex front
mate your gonna have to hold your hands up on this one
the sheriff is in town and you got busted :;):
on a serious note,you really cannot pave over ICs,they are there for a reason and if your drains block,you are stuffed
LLL

Can i now be released on bail or not....
i really cant get nothing past you lot can i...

simon

[seanandruby]

Thats what we are here for.
Maybe a conditional discharge for 12 months and a fine of drinks all round whenever you meet a brewer ???

[rimexboy]

Thats what we are here for.
Maybe a conditional discharge for 12 months and a fine of drinks all round whenever you meet a brewer ???

Many thanks your honour,
you can also see by the most recent photo that the neighbours is the same .

It makes a fab roundabout for the mrs
cheers simon

[lutonlagerlout]

call the possee back he was having us on
nice work rimex
LLL

[rimexboy]

call the possee back he was having us on
nice work rimex
LLL

Cheers LLL

i will try and sleep tonight now.... Few that was close :p

[rimexboy]

im dragging some old posts up now ...

this question has been covered loads ... how to get rid of oil stains on block paving.... real answer you can not!

So my question is what blocks are they in the middle of my drive, i did not but them its the old ones i had recycled

Thanks Simon