Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:52 pm
Hi
Thought I'd investigate a few cracks in my 17 year old driveway with a view to patching. However when I chiseled out some tarmac I noticed the sub base was also cracked. I also noticed that there was a smooth sub base with a coarse second layer and a thin layer of tarmac. This doesn't look right to me as I was expecting the tarmac to be thicker. It was laid by the builders I assume when they built the house. From the pics you can see...I hope. But the tarmac is about 10mm thick at best and as little as 7 mm in others.
You can see the three layers here
The sub base is cracked and of course so is the coarse concrete second layer so I can probably patch it up on a temp basis and get the whole 13 m x 5 m drive dug and relaid in the spring...or sooner if I can find someone to do it before then.
I have read elsewhere of around £50 per sq m for this..is this right or will it be more if they have to relay the sub base as well ? Or would they repair the cracks and then lay the tarmac ?
Secondly ...I have checked the links but can find nobody around the Basingstoke area listed. Does anyone know a good tarmacer in the North Hants /Berkshire area please ?
Also for the same amount of money £ 3 -4000 are there any other surfaces I could replace the tarmac with ? I would really appreciate any comments around price expectation and possible alternative surfaces...please
Ok the plan , on a temp basis, is to get some Instarmac Instant Road Repair which shouldn't need any Cold Tack as it is pretty sticky stuff according to their web site, chop out the bad areas and raise the level a bit with their Rapid High Strength Mortar to give me about 30-40mm wearing layer. Repair the patches which should at least tidy the whole thing up until I can get some quotes in.
Thought I'd investigate a few cracks in my 17 year old driveway with a view to patching. However when I chiseled out some tarmac I noticed the sub base was also cracked. I also noticed that there was a smooth sub base with a coarse second layer and a thin layer of tarmac. This doesn't look right to me as I was expecting the tarmac to be thicker. It was laid by the builders I assume when they built the house. From the pics you can see...I hope. But the tarmac is about 10mm thick at best and as little as 7 mm in others.
You can see the three layers here
The sub base is cracked and of course so is the coarse concrete second layer so I can probably patch it up on a temp basis and get the whole 13 m x 5 m drive dug and relaid in the spring...or sooner if I can find someone to do it before then.
I have read elsewhere of around £50 per sq m for this..is this right or will it be more if they have to relay the sub base as well ? Or would they repair the cracks and then lay the tarmac ?
Secondly ...I have checked the links but can find nobody around the Basingstoke area listed. Does anyone know a good tarmacer in the North Hants /Berkshire area please ?
Also for the same amount of money £ 3 -4000 are there any other surfaces I could replace the tarmac with ? I would really appreciate any comments around price expectation and possible alternative surfaces...please
Ok the plan , on a temp basis, is to get some Instarmac Instant Road Repair which shouldn't need any Cold Tack as it is pretty sticky stuff according to their web site, chop out the bad areas and raise the level a bit with their Rapid High Strength Mortar to give me about 30-40mm wearing layer. Repair the patches which should at least tidy the whole thing up until I can get some quotes in.
