The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:58 pm**

Have just read a post suggesting that using 'planings' as a sub-base for block paving really is not a good idea.

We have just installed a driveway using this stuff as a base.

The guy who sold it to me assured me loadsa guys were using it and the Â£10 per ton price seemed excellent value.

We used a ride-on roller to compact the base and it seemed sound enough to lay-on.

Am i now expecting a phonecall from the client a while down the line saying her drive is sinking??

What should i do guys? Rip it up and start again or wait and see? Not the best time of year up here to be wasting time or money.

Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:11 pm**

the choice is yours. but it will sink. undoubtedly

how big is the drive?

Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:28 pm**

like the man says
titanic
it will go sooner or later
bit of a tough one
2 lads subbed a drive for us and they didnt wack the mot in layers
anyway 5 months later a patch sank
the whole lot had to come out for the sake of 20 minutes with the wacker
i feel for ya m8 ,before i found this site ,it was hard to know the path of the righteous man
regards LLL

Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:21 pm**

What were the planings laid on? Subsoil? No stone or anything like it below?

Planings would be ok as a top-up for a proper sub-base, but not as a complete base. They have no strength compared to 0-40mm type1 stone.

It's your call.......

Posted: **Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:03 am**

So: you took the word of some dodgy wagon driver because, obviously, he would know far more about it that the British Standards or all the information put out by this site and Interpave.

What's that old adage? If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:24 pm**

I would wait and see, don't go ripping anything up you don't have to, If you get the call go back and sort it then. I wouldn't use road planings as base again though. Â£10 a tonne is cheap, but not when you have to lift and clean blocks, re- base, re-sand, re-screed, re-lay, and unless your really good a jigsaws, re-cut as well. I know a couple of firms around here that use them for their driveways and the Somme had less trenches.

The Brew Cabin

Planings? help! - What do i do?