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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:59 pm
by davowolf
Any advice please how to edge my concrete drive with some 100mm square limestone cobbles I have. The concrete drive borders on grass. In particular how deep does my foundation have to be and what sort of 'base' or 'screeding' material do I need. Does it need to be concrete? (I have got a photo of my first attempt (the cement is starting to crack already)) but not in a web/http form needed it seems here. I have put three pictures on my Picasa Google web albums site though (https://picasaweb.google.com/1027941036 ... ingCobbles) if that's any help.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:15 pm
by local patios and driveway
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:33 pm
by Carberry
The driveway in question:
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:34 pm
by Carberry
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:55 pm
by davowolf
Brilliant - thanks fellas. I'll study that - some very professional work there for sure. Have you got a link to how to get those photos onto this forum ? How did you do it ?
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:19 am
by Carberry
Go to your album. Click on the appropriate picture to expand it. Right click on it and select copy image location or if it is internet explorer click properties and copy the address.
Back on to the forums click the image button above your post and paste the address in.
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:17 pm
by davowolf
Let me try that.....
...wow...I just learned something. It does seem that the photos has to be on a web album; I expect its not going to work of course from a local computer. Or of that matter a simple copy and paste job.
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:23 pm
by Carberry
davowolf wrote:Let me try that.....
...wow...I just learned something. It does seem that the photos has to be on a web album; I expect its not going to work of course from a local computer. Or of that matter a simple copy and paste job.
Has to be a web link on most forums. Some forums let you upload the photos and they host them but that can eat a lot of bandwidth and get very expensive very quickly.
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:25 pm
by davowolf
Thanks again for the photo help Carberry. As regards the cobbles, as expected after reading the link, they've started to crumble off already after just three days, with minimal help. Infuriating. Looking at the link, it seems my channel needs to be a lot deeper with a least two layers and a 10cm thick set concrete before cementing them in on top of that. Previously I cemented them directly over a thin layer of loose pebbles on dirt. Next weeks work !