Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:53 pm
I have to pour a new concrete driveway in october, and I need to know the most efficient way of doing so.
The drive is between two houses(i.e. it touches each house wall, ) for a distance of approx 9m. It is 2m wide. Then at the back of the house, it travels a further 8 m till it gets to the garage.
I obviously need to create two or three seperate slabs and timber expansion joints. My problem is this:
If i pour a slab at the far end by the garage first, leave out the middle slab, then the one by the gate, it then shuts off our only access to the back garden for a few days. We will be unable to run our machines round, because of the un hardened concrete, and the fact that a big chunk of drive will be missing in the middle. we also have a time scale to stick to, so we cannot afford to wait several days until we can do the final slab.
Is there a way of pouring the whole lot in one go, and apply the expansion joints.
Bear in mind that we will be using screed rails attached to the house walls for our levels, meaning we will have to walk on the concrete to get them off and bullnose the edges.
I tried to post a picture of the area, but to no avail.
thanks
The drive is between two houses(i.e. it touches each house wall, ) for a distance of approx 9m. It is 2m wide. Then at the back of the house, it travels a further 8 m till it gets to the garage.
I obviously need to create two or three seperate slabs and timber expansion joints. My problem is this:
If i pour a slab at the far end by the garage first, leave out the middle slab, then the one by the gate, it then shuts off our only access to the back garden for a few days. We will be unable to run our machines round, because of the un hardened concrete, and the fact that a big chunk of drive will be missing in the middle. we also have a time scale to stick to, so we cannot afford to wait several days until we can do the final slab.
Is there a way of pouring the whole lot in one go, and apply the expansion joints.
Bear in mind that we will be using screed rails attached to the house walls for our levels, meaning we will have to walk on the concrete to get them off and bullnose the edges.
I tried to post a picture of the area, but to no avail.
thanks