Granite cubes, edging a driveway

[Dave_L]

Guys - a little advice if you may - I've got to price 150 linear metres of 100x100x100 granite setts to edge a driveway - in a double row around the perimeter.

Thinking of constructing a basic foundation and then laying them like bricks using a white sand mortar mix and pointing up as we go. I can see a weeks work here for one guy.

3000 cubes, this is going to be a right labour of love to install, I don't want to pass up on the job.......any help, ideas or past experiences gratefully received.

[lemoncurd1702]

I would bang them straight into the concrete if the drive edges are straight and a string line is viable.
If there are a lot of curves then I would probably run a concrete race first and lay the cubes on a bed of mortar, easier to control the levels.
As for the pointing I would partially fill the joints, about 3/4 and wash the setts down, doing this as going along. Complete the pointing when the joints have at least partially hardened.

You'll get a lot of differing opinions here I'm sure.

In situations like this I give the customer options and price them on the granite but also an alternative such as Drivesett Tegula.
At least then, they can appreciate the costs involved.

[lutonlagerlout]

^^ better laid straight into leanmix if possible, I would be thinking 2 blokes a week to lay and point if its being done by hand i.e. sand cement
LLL

[Tony McC]

It'd not take a week, if you have an experienced hand doing the work. For a double course of cubes I'd expect 80-100 linear metres per day for two men, so two restful days to lay and then a relaxed day to point.

Lay straight onto fresh concrete, whether straights or curves, pack the joints with more concrete to within 20mm of the top and then point using an SBR mortar.

Of course, all this was back in the days when I could actually bend down to lay setts!

[Dave_L]

Wonderful, many thanks for your input, it has been reassuring and a great help.