Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:54 pm
Thank you to TonyC, again.
I had asked last year if mixing different thickness of block was practicable as I couldn't get the original type of block I had started with, decades ago.
TonyC advised it was possible and I have now completed the work. The new blocks have been down for over nine months and have come through the winter without any movement.
I have been waiting for a really nice summers day to show them at their best but it looks like the tennis folk have stolen all the good weather!
I used the black block as the change point, to give a visual as well as a working break point. The original block were 60mm, new 50mm. The biggest trouble I had was all the cutting around the edge as you can see neither long edge is true. I have a little frame to hold the chisel (from B&Q years ago) and it work ok for the simple cuts; not so good for the cuts at an angle. I should have got a saw for these but by the time I realised that, I was halfway through the job. Where I couldn't cut accurately enough, I put hammered limestone chips in the gaps and then jointing sand.
The concrete up stands (kerbs on the lawn side) you can see, I laid myself (younger and fitter) and have been down for 20+ years. I got them free when the Council were ripping up an old path down the road from me.
You might call them mismatched, I call them characterful.
Overall, the project got there in the end. I think it complements the new driveway.
It was a bigger project than I wanted to undertake but as issues with the new driveway were unresolved, I thought it better to do myself.
Regards,
Colin.
I had asked last year if mixing different thickness of block was practicable as I couldn't get the original type of block I had started with, decades ago.
TonyC advised it was possible and I have now completed the work. The new blocks have been down for over nine months and have come through the winter without any movement.
I have been waiting for a really nice summers day to show them at their best but it looks like the tennis folk have stolen all the good weather!
I used the black block as the change point, to give a visual as well as a working break point. The original block were 60mm, new 50mm. The biggest trouble I had was all the cutting around the edge as you can see neither long edge is true. I have a little frame to hold the chisel (from B&Q years ago) and it work ok for the simple cuts; not so good for the cuts at an angle. I should have got a saw for these but by the time I realised that, I was halfway through the job. Where I couldn't cut accurately enough, I put hammered limestone chips in the gaps and then jointing sand.
The concrete up stands (kerbs on the lawn side) you can see, I laid myself (younger and fitter) and have been down for 20+ years. I got them free when the Council were ripping up an old path down the road from me.
You might call them mismatched, I call them characterful.
Overall, the project got there in the end. I think it complements the new driveway.
It was a bigger project than I wanted to undertake but as issues with the new driveway were unresolved, I thought it better to do myself.
Regards,
Colin.
