Slabs to park car on?
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Hello all,
Been asked to quote for a job to create parking space on exisitng lawn area on house. will be digging out and putting in good sub base but what are options for slabs?
Will only have cars parked on it, never any HGV's over them.
I would recommend your ideas please?
Many thanks as always,
Chris Mills
Been asked to quote for a job to create parking space on exisitng lawn area on house. will be digging out and putting in good sub base but what are options for slabs?
Will only have cars parked on it, never any HGV's over them.
I would recommend your ideas please?
Many thanks as always,
Chris Mills
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Wet-cast tends to abrade/erode very quickly under vehicular traffic. The cheap stuff literally turns to dust while the high-end stuff fares better but still gets worn down to expose the inner concrete....ooops! I mean "reconstituted stone" .... in a year or two, and then, of course, you have the customer blaming you, even though you told them it was a naff idea and they should use summat like block paving.
As for the imported flagstones, the lighter colours (and particularly Silver-Grey, Mint and Coral) get marked by tyres the first time a car crosses them. The darker colours (Raj, assuming it's genuine Raj, Forest Brown, Raveena, etc) are also marked but it's less visible. However, the big problem is the strength of some of these flagstones. The cheaper stuff tend to be less well cemented (as a rock, not cemented to the bed) and so is prone to breaking when subjected to a heavy load, and this is especially true with the larger flagstones (600x600 and bigger). The smaller flags and the setts fare better and I'd be less concerned about using them, but even so, if you like the look of natural stone, why not use setts?
As for the imported flagstones, the lighter colours (and particularly Silver-Grey, Mint and Coral) get marked by tyres the first time a car crosses them. The darker colours (Raj, assuming it's genuine Raj, Forest Brown, Raveena, etc) are also marked but it's less visible. However, the big problem is the strength of some of these flagstones. The cheaper stuff tend to be less well cemented (as a rock, not cemented to the bed) and so is prone to breaking when subjected to a heavy load, and this is especially true with the larger flagstones (600x600 and bigger). The smaller flags and the setts fare better and I'd be less concerned about using them, but even so, if you like the look of natural stone, why not use setts?
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Council greys........Millbert wrote:Been asked to quote for a job to create parking space on exisitng lawn area on house. will be digging out and putting in good sub base but what are options for slabs?
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are they the old favourite 900x600x60? or the back breakers as i remember them being called
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Aye.....thats the buggers, but you wouldn't be allowed to lift them yourself these days, of course...... :;):GB_Groundworks wrote:are they the old favourite 900x600x60? or the back breakers as i remember them being called
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