New driveway - Looking for ideas

[47p2]

Ok so I have some quotes coming in, slower than expected as I made appointments last week. Oddly enough some companies want to leave the concrete down :p some want to not bother with putting drains in :p so it seems that we have a few cowboys in Glasgow too :;):

Can anyone give me a rough idea of a cost for this project by looking at the pictures to assess what is required as I now have 2 quotes in with a £5k difference.

Not quoting for the decking area, just the block

I am being quoted for Marshalls Tegula

Thanks

John

[Suggers]

I think that's an impossible question for the pros on here - quite appart from geography price difference?
Without seeing the job?
I still lurve your floor.....

[mickg]

its impossible to give a price without doing a detailed measure to find the m2 of paving that you require

[47p2]

The plot thickens as I have been given two different sizes
One is quoting for 300sqm and another for 350sqm.

This worries me as they should both be the same size, or there about.

Surely there is a competent block paving expert somewhere in the Glasgow area

[Tony McC]

A random selection from the Contractor List.....


Rep Paving Contractors
Stirling
Niall Gibb
01786 469 787
http://www.ngibblandscapes.com

JGB Formwork
Glasgow
Nicky Patterson
0141 585 5053
http://www.gardenimprovements.com

Gem Building Services
Aberfoyle
Susan Gallagher
01877 387718
http://www.terrafirmagardens.com

Y & R Property Development Ltd
GLASGOW
PATRICK MCBRIDE
0141 574 0113
http://www.pointpaving.com

[47p2]

Thanks Tony

[47p2]

After 6 muppets coming out to see me and getting 6 different m2 quoted I decided to measure it myself.

I got the area to 321 m2 and the quotes ranged from 300 to 384. I challenged the one at 384 and he came back tonight to re-measure. Before doing so I asked him if he had included the front lawn in his measurements, he had and the front lawn measures about 65 m2 which means I was just about on the ball with my measuring.

I'm still waiting on prices coming in but of the quotes I have so far there is a big difference between them.
This is more difficult that laying the garage floor :p

[47p2]

Firstly a big thank you to everyone from the forum for all your help and advice, also to anyone who came and saw me to advise and give me prices.

I realised that this project would be way too big for me so I decided to use one of Marshalls approved contractors to take on the task.


Work on the yard and driveway has now started, I have decided to go with Tegula block for all the areas that the vehicles will have access to and Caithness stone is being used for around the house. The decking area will be reduced in size and walls are built with Tegula walling.









Garden walling now completed.


At the far right of this picture there are steps being built.





This is the wall that hides the drainage pipes.

[47p2]

This is one filthy dog, but does he look worried....No!!!









Pee gravel was stuffed down the sides and on top to prevent anything piercing the plastic membrane. The forecast is for rain so the digger bucket has been placed on top of the cells to prevent them floating to the top if the rain is heavy.



Type 1 went in today and also started laying the aqua channels


We're still looking like a building site but should see a massive improvement over the next few days


The first set of steps have been completed but have still to be pointed with the same product as the Caithness stone is going to be grouted with


The Caithness stone along the rear of the house is also completed, and hopefullly tomorrow they will do the area at the rear of the small garage


At 4:00pm the Marshalls truck arrived with 25 pallets of paving block. Tomorrow there will be more workmen here and the paving block work will begin

[lutonlagerlout]

some very professional work going on there 47p
is that an alaskan malamute?
looks the bees knees that work
LLL

[47p2]

Hi LLL,

I took a long time in choosing who was going to be doing the work, hopefully I have chosen the a good one.
The owner of the company certainly doesn't mess about, he hasn't skimped on anything and seems to take pride in what he does

The dog is a Japanese Akita, he stays outside all the time (his choice) but during the day when the workmen are here I have to keep him indoors. At the moment he is filthy, but there isn't much point in bathing him until the mess is cleared away

[Injured]

Are the soakaway cells wrapped in visqueen? if so how does the water get out? :rock:
Or have I missed something??

[47p2]

The cells are wrapped in visqueen, the ground is heavy clay. There is an outlet pipe at one end that feeds the water into the trees area in the garden. The cells act as a large storage tank, being able to handle flood rains if we have a downpour, then it slowly feeds out to the trees.

That's the theory and if it doesn't work Marshalls top drainage guy in Glasgow is to blame :p

[lutonlagerlout]

its like rocking horse s**t seeing a domestic installation with that level of thought and execution
thats a brochure job for sure
LLL

[47p2]

He is hoping to collect a few brownie points from what I've heard.

He mostly does commercial installations and therefore into the big stuff.