Manhole cover on new tarmac driveway

[Feltwell]

Hi,

Hoping you can answer a query for me, quickly! I'm due to have a new tarmac driveway laid tomorrow. Today, the plant hire firm came to collect their digger - and the driver managed to run it over a manhole and break the cast iron cover....

Not a problem - get a new one - but the galvanised steel one they brought round looks awful. I know the galvanising will weather down, but it will still stick out like a sore thumb in my nice new driveway!

I know where I can get a new cast iron frame and cover, but not in time for tomorrow morning. You can get recessed steel covers - not the block paving type, more shallow, such as:-

http://www.clark-drain.com/resourc....ers-9.1

Are these suitable for tarmac? Or will it simply break up quickly if laid in this? The local B&Q warehouse stocks these.

It's a normal domestic driveway, taking family cars, by the way.

Thanks in advance for opinions & advice!

[Pablo]

Yes you can use a reccessed frame with tarmac but use the 100mm deep ones not the 40mm ones. They're available from almost all builders merchants.

[Feltwell]

Great, thanks Pablo. Can't see the depth shown, but I presume you mean one normally used with block paviors, such as this?

http://www.diy.com/diy....ch=true

Is £45 extortionate or about right?

[Mikey_C]

it's about right, but some do say that the handles break on the type shown, you may be better of going for the type an eyelet that take a standard key.

[Dave_L]

I'd fit a B125 450 x 600 cast iron ductile cover 40mm depth.

Clarke CLKS 762 KMB is the part number. Failing that contact the surfacing guys, they should be able to source and fit a suitable cover in good time for you.

[Feltwell]

Thanks for all your help everyone.