Hard surface under a bench - Community centre project
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Greasby
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We are going to have a bench installed in our community centre 'front lawn' which will be used by folk of all ages visiting the centre and generally walking through from one area of the village to another. The area will need a hard surface - the bench will be curved and about 2m long-powder coated metal root fixed. I'm trying to work out what would be the a good hard surface to have laid to go in an area of grass: one which looks good, is good people who aren't so steady on their feet/ not too costly/ good to mow up to etc. Any advice/ comment/suggestions would be very welcome.
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Greasby
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Thank you LLL and Tony for responding.
The Community Centre is a modern brick building-not very pretty- in an 'open plan' setting i.e. no fences or walls The path to the Front entrance of the Centre it is tarmac, and a tarmac path runs across the front of the building for access to bike racks, and its adjacent to the tarmac carpark for the Health Centre on one side, but next to an area of grass and trees on the other side, and the 'front lawn' ends at the usual pavement and a busy road 14m from the building. Across the road is an area of shops - some trees inset in the paving here. The Community Centre grass area is 23m across split approx in half by the 14m path from the public pavement.
So the less 'intrusive' the hard surface the better I think...
Would block paving be easily removed ? Any advice on how large the area of hard surface should -I'm thinking of the area under the feet of folk sitting on the bench.
Thanks
The Community Centre is a modern brick building-not very pretty- in an 'open plan' setting i.e. no fences or walls The path to the Front entrance of the Centre it is tarmac, and a tarmac path runs across the front of the building for access to bike racks, and its adjacent to the tarmac carpark for the Health Centre on one side, but next to an area of grass and trees on the other side, and the 'front lawn' ends at the usual pavement and a busy road 14m from the building. Across the road is an area of shops - some trees inset in the paving here. The Community Centre grass area is 23m across split approx in half by the 14m path from the public pavement.
So the less 'intrusive' the hard surface the better I think...
Would block paving be easily removed ? Any advice on how large the area of hard surface should -I'm thinking of the area under the feet of folk sitting on the bench.
Thanks
Helen O'Donnell
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Tony McC
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I can't really comment on how large the area should be - that needs a site assessment, but from what else you've revealed, I would say block paving is the way to go.
Yes, it's fairly easily removed, should that be necessary, it's relatively low-maintenance, it's attractive, it's good value for money, it's resilient....all the things you need for such a project!
Yes, it's fairly easily removed, should that be necessary, it's relatively low-maintenance, it's attractive, it's good value for money, it's resilient....all the things you need for such a project!
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