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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:21 pm
by liam
I was jet washing today a driveway at a garden i maintain, and they had this driveway laid three years back. I just thought the contractor would have opted for a cover as its in a noticable place. Anyhow how much would it cost to have a recessed tray cover fitted and infilled with block paviours or is it an easy job to tackle diy.
Rochdale Area.
Thanks
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:27 pm
by Bob_A
I'm not an expert, I'm here to learn but have those perimeter blocks been laid correctly, they look kinda odd.
As for the manhole cover it does stand out doesn't it?
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:31 pm
by liam
The levels of the driveway are all over the place. It is a long drive going back about 10m past where the picture is taken and it does hold water in a couple of places, however near the concreted edge aoround the cover it does rise up for some reason.
Also the angles at the corners of the drive arent mitred and look awfull just like butted up.
Thanks
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 10:47 pm
by lutonlagerlout
a can of worms liam rectifying other peoples work,i would hazard a guess at about £350 depending on many variables
but your new blocks will stick out like a sore thumb too,unless you put some kind different colour blocks in and make a diamond pattern or something to incorporate the old blocks and add say 80 new ones
LLL 
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 6:40 am
by seanandruby
Bloody awful. The reason it raises up at the cover is because they have used that as a guide for height , and any thing else regardless of how the blocks will fall.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 11:50 am
by matt h
not clever. poorly laid out and not edges properly.Costs to lift and change could be expensive imho tray should have been recessed, but then this may have been a cost saving exercise by the client at the time? you only get what you pay for..
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 1:28 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i agree matt
its easy to criticise other peoples work from a keyboard but we do not know what pressure the contractor was under at the time,i wouldnt have done this but i have had a lot of people ask me can they save a couple of hundred quid and leave a manhole like this in the drive
there may be a biscuit under there for all we know
LLL
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 7:14 pm
by seanandruby
Cant make excuses for a piss poor job lads. cost by client, or not, i dont think any of you would of left a job in that state. Would you? judging by the levels, i bet that never felt a wacker plate over it at any stage. Edges are shite and the infill around the manhole is an abortion. ???
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:22 pm
by lutonlagerlout
its a crap job ,for sure .but years ago i worked for a bloke who always left manholes in block paving
his wages were important to me ,so i did as i was asked
its not ideal, but it was hobson's choice at the time
my way or the highway
IYKWIM
LLL
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:17 am
by matt h
Agree I would not leave a job like that, but again, maybe this was a mate of a mate...iykwim:D