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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:37 am
by David 1234
Hello gents. Please take a look at this photo. The second course in narrows. The driveway has been built square to the house starting from the house but the driveway is at an angle. I thought that this could be hidden over two or three courses. Landscaper says that would look worse and that’s just how it goes. What do you think? Not my driveway but landscaper wants to do mine and I have about the same angle.
Many thanks
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:23 pm
by dig dug dan
That's bad practice to have line of thin cuts. He should have turned the row of blocks to the right round by 90 degrees and cut them in to avoid it! Its inevitable that the drive edge is not square to the house
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:59 pm
by David 1234
Thanks Dan. Out of shot it narrows down to even thinner. Assuming the blocks are turned around, is there nothing that can be done to even out the sizes or is that just the nature of the beast?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:00 am
by dig dug dan
David 1234 wrote:Thanks Dan. Out of shot it narrows down to even thinner. Assuming the blocks are turned around, is there nothing that can be done to even out the sizes or is that just the nature of the beast?
It will look so much better cutting in as I suggest. Short of moving the threshold of the drive so its parallel with the house, there is not much can be done!
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 4:36 pm
by David 1234
Thank you very much indeed.
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:06 pm
by Tony McC
This image illustrates the principal....
...blocks rotated to span two courses and trimmed as required but never less than ¼ of a block. No small, flimsy pieces to break and work loose, and it looks so much better!
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:35 am
by David 1234
Thanks Tony. Is no smaller than a quarter of a block a hard and fast rule?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:11 pm
by Tony McC
Apologies for being late to this - had all sorts of health issues with angina during the heatwave and now an arthritic knee that is driving me mad with pain.
Yes. It's part of the British Standard.