Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:03 pm
Hello All
Back in February of this year, Mother in Law had Tarmac laid over her existing concrete drive way.
The contractor made an error in calculating the ammount of tarmac required and consequently we have ended up with a drive five inches thick.
The job was done so badly, that we insisted he return to effect remedial works, in which he employed a professional to put right what was in effect a driveway that sloped to the left and right and undulated all the way down the drive.
It turns out that the original tarmac contractor was a joiner who did this as a sideline! The drive now looks flat but the biggest problem is that it is soft, we cannot put a chair on it and sit down as it sinks into the drive. the wheelie bins have created indents in the tarmac , as does the odd plant pot.
This is still occuring 6 months after it being laid.
Any suggestions would be gratly appreciated.
Back in February of this year, Mother in Law had Tarmac laid over her existing concrete drive way.
The contractor made an error in calculating the ammount of tarmac required and consequently we have ended up with a drive five inches thick.
The job was done so badly, that we insisted he return to effect remedial works, in which he employed a professional to put right what was in effect a driveway that sloped to the left and right and undulated all the way down the drive.
It turns out that the original tarmac contractor was a joiner who did this as a sideline! The drive now looks flat but the biggest problem is that it is soft, we cannot put a chair on it and sit down as it sinks into the drive. the wheelie bins have created indents in the tarmac , as does the odd plant pot.
This is still occuring 6 months after it being laid.
Any suggestions would be gratly appreciated.
