Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:05 am
Dear Tony,
After some underpinning the time has come to replace our drive with it's original concrete - but we have negotiated with our insurance co. to pay the extra required for a block drive. The paver is preparing the ground this week and we have to make a decision about blocks by Friday, but which blocks?
Our house is of yellow brick although the bricks do have other colours in them and we started by eliminating all reds for the drive.
The paver (who uses Marshalls) suggested Driveline 50 Burnt Ochre. We saw a small sample of these laid down at a Builder's Merchant and they seemed to have a lot of orangey flashes. Although these were toned down by the inclusion of charcoal we wondered whether they would be too colourful over a large area.
Going up a grade (our quote was for Driveline 50s) we saw a sample of Driveline Elite Heather which, from the catalogue looked like a nice foil for the house bricks. The laid down sample though was much darker overall than we expected making us unsure of the effect.
Throwing caution to the winds we finally arrived at Drivesett Tegula if we can manage it. We thought Harvest but our paver said Harvest would be too yellow. The laid down sample of this looked good to us and not at all yellow but he insists that over 120 squ. metres it will look too yellow for us and said we should go for Traditional. Oh dear! Traditional has lots of really pink and blue shades - will it really go with our yellowbrick?
Time is too short for more looking; we have exhausted the local merchants; they don't have samples of everything and we are as unsure as ever with a quick decision to make. We haven't found any other yellowbrick houses with block drives around. We are greatly in need of advice - please do you have any? - and please don't say knock the house down for a more amenable colour, not after what we have just been through!
After some underpinning the time has come to replace our drive with it's original concrete - but we have negotiated with our insurance co. to pay the extra required for a block drive. The paver is preparing the ground this week and we have to make a decision about blocks by Friday, but which blocks?
Our house is of yellow brick although the bricks do have other colours in them and we started by eliminating all reds for the drive.
The paver (who uses Marshalls) suggested Driveline 50 Burnt Ochre. We saw a small sample of these laid down at a Builder's Merchant and they seemed to have a lot of orangey flashes. Although these were toned down by the inclusion of charcoal we wondered whether they would be too colourful over a large area.
Going up a grade (our quote was for Driveline 50s) we saw a sample of Driveline Elite Heather which, from the catalogue looked like a nice foil for the house bricks. The laid down sample though was much darker overall than we expected making us unsure of the effect.
Throwing caution to the winds we finally arrived at Drivesett Tegula if we can manage it. We thought Harvest but our paver said Harvest would be too yellow. The laid down sample of this looked good to us and not at all yellow but he insists that over 120 squ. metres it will look too yellow for us and said we should go for Traditional. Oh dear! Traditional has lots of really pink and blue shades - will it really go with our yellowbrick?
Time is too short for more looking; we have exhausted the local merchants; they don't have samples of everything and we are as unsure as ever with a quick decision to make. We haven't found any other yellowbrick houses with block drives around. We are greatly in need of advice - please do you have any? - and please don't say knock the house down for a more amenable colour, not after what we have just been through!