Block paved drives?

[squadron leader]

Can anyone recommend a decent, reliable company who don't charge over the top fortunes to come and give me a quote to block pave my drive? I live near Brackley.

Has anyone here had their drive block paved? Are there any negatives or better alternatives?

Thanks in advance.

Phil

[doggydog33]

I've got a block paved drive, it's been down about 12 years. It was down when I bought the house, so don't know who laid it. If there are parts of your drive that are shaded/damp you get moss growing between the blocks. I spray weed killer over it in the summer months to try to keep the weeds growing. Other than that it's been great. I jet washed it a couple of years ago and it came up lovely again. I re-sanded and sealed it but I have noticed it's sinking in places. I think the bricks need lifting, re-bedding and re-laying (probably not cheap).

If I was going to have a new drive layed, I think I would look at coloured concrete with a pattern presseed in to it to look like block paving. Just my two penneth!

[DVandrews]

I had mine block paved around 25 years ago and it still looks a treat when pressure washed and weed killed. There has been the odd area that has sunk either due to ants undermining it or general sinkage due to roots etc. 2-3 hours to lift a small, area and repack with sand and a big rubber hammer solves the problem easily. A friend went for the patterned concrete, but after a couple of years sinkage caused a good few cracks to appear, these are a lot harder to deal with than a few blocks sinking.

Dave

[littleredrooster]

Can't recommend anyone I'm afraid, but as a guide to price, daughter-dear has just had some quotes for hers and for ~48 sq.metres it was about £6500 for block-paving, £4500 for decent slabs.

[jas xjr]

As a guide,I paid £4500 for 144sq metres. It has been down for over two years and still looks fine.they had to remove some trees in that price.another local firm wanted £11000 plus extra for the trees.