Slopping path - Path

[digerjones]

i have a path to do soon. its for the parish coucil. its nothing fancy just dig out and stone up. the only thing is, it's on a bit of a slope, i will be reducing the slope a fair bit by digging it out. its in a corner of a football pitch, theres a bund that you go up first then you go down the path. i am going to dig this bund out to reduce the angle, the path lenght is 33m. not sure of angle[gradiant] untill i've dug the bund away. my question is, do you think compacted standed type 1 will be ok. thoughts please. hope you understand what i am on about.

[local patios and driveway]

tough one, we do this kind of work for a local golf course and the issue is always the same, anything other than concrete washes away eventually making the path a hazard as its always the fines that go first, i would suggest steps if possible?

[digerjones]

i was thinking maybe 2 or 3 chunkey oak steps. it is quite sheltered with trees, so not to much rain, with it been in my village if it lasted say 3 or 4 years, i would get the on going maintainence work

[lutonlagerlout]

looks way too steep for a sloping path dylan
think the maximum is 12:1 now for fit people 16:1 for people with disabilities
steps and a handrail would sort it but do they want to pay?
looks like kids been down it on BMXs
LLL

[digerjones]

if 1/12 is the reg that gives me a ballpark, i supose it dose'nt have to pass any regs its just a parish path. i thought if i reduced the hight and gradiant and put a step say every 6-7m that it might work. you can imagine the work envolved in putting steps and a hand rail in.

[GB_Groundworks]

yeah id go with the steps, but maybe few more than 6-7 metres use logs or treated sleepers to hold it back

[Pablo]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59020777@N07/5470239911
If steps weren't an option you could easily get up there with a couple of switchbacks it looks like you have plenty of space. You wouldn't need a retainer just cut and fill then track pack. Then board edge it and fill with stone and compact. This would get around any slope legislation and you have rests at each switch. It would be possibly the cheapest option and take 2 days max to do.

[lutonlagerlout]

not sure if 12:1 is exact dylan,it used to be that for disabled ramps then it went to 16:1
anything that long you need occasional flat areas for old folk to rest,
cheers LLL

[haggistini]

yeah a few switchbacks should please the village BMX bandits....

[digerjones]

there will be more bikes than old folks. not bothered about regs or gradiant, trouble is with them switch back things is it would look ok for a while then it will get abused and look crap, also people take the shortest route so would bypass the zig zags.

[Ted]

I think with those switch back things it depends on how much of a detour it is to use it... bikes though would probably use the quickest route, particularly if the switch back had hairpin bends in it...

You could have switch backs for old folk and a direct down/up hill path crossing it for fitter folk, a bit like those flyovers that have a switch back for wheel chairs/prams and steps for fitter types.

Of course that is more work and more cost!

[lutonlagerlout]

spoke to the BCO today dylan and 12:1 is fine with a handrail ,16:1 is for handsfree
at least if you include this info in your quote it will add to your estimate
LLL

[digerjones]

a little up date

[digerjones]

sorry about the size of pics

[lutonlagerlout]

they are fine,looks very suitable for the surrounds
nice work
LLL