Cost to level out this tarmac drive
Discussion
New car time beckons, and i can't get the 350Z i have borrowed off my dad on my drive. The 106 is my neighbours, and that's his half of the drive, His house is set back from mine, so my side of the drive dips significantly more than his. There is mucho scraping of sills whenever i try and get the 350z ,S4 or 330 Coupe on. In fact, only SWMBO's Mini can park on it 
Can anyone give a me a rough idea as to what it might cost to level it out (see grey line that i have put on in MSPaint). Small retaining wall, which i could probably do myself, and a flag as a step. I guess it;s the cost of the tarmac i have no idea about ?
Ignore the tatty plants, as the photo is from when i moved in.
Cheers
Avi
Can anyone give a me a rough idea as to what it might cost to level it out (see grey line that i have put on in MSPaint). Small retaining wall, which i could probably do myself, and a flag as a step. I guess it;s the cost of the tarmac i have no idea about ?
Ignore the tatty plants, as the photo is from when i moved in
. Cheers
Avi
Edited by Aviz on Friday 27th August 15:51
Edited by Aviz on Friday 27th August 15:52
Edited by Aviz on Friday 27th August 15:52
Edited by Aviz on Friday 27th August 15:53
No reason you couldn't run a grinder between you and the neighbour and bring it up to the gray line. My only concern would be how close would you be raising the drive to the DPC, but there's still ways round that. Myself, i'd raise the path to suit the drive, otherwise you'll be stepping down from the drive (hazzard?) and then up into the house.
Spudler said:
No reason you couldn't run a grinder between you and the neighbour and bring it up to the gray line. My only concern would be how close would you be raising the drive to the DPC, but there's still ways round that. Myself, i'd raise the path to suit the drive, otherwise you'll be stepping down from the drive (hazzard?) and then up into the house.
Yes that's exactly what i was planning. The neighbour won;t have any interest in spending any money.It would only need to come up a few inches when it;s near the house, so keep it an inch under the DPC. If necessary i could leave a gap between the house and the drive. I willleave the flags as are, and create a step up. If you look the neighbour doesn;t drop away as dramatically as their house is a metre or so further back. When my mate got his BMW stuck on my side, we had to move the neighbours car, and he drove off that side.
Sounds like you've got it covered. Instead of building a retaining wall you could lay deep kerb edgings set in concrete, quicker, cheaper and will retain the origional look.
Cost wise, if i was doing it i'd cut a line between you and the neighbour and take up the whole area of Tarmac, lay the kerb edgings and raise the hardcore level where needed then re Tarmac. £1600-£1800 should be somewhere near it, less if you lay the edgings yourself, maybe you could whip up the existing Tarmac to? even less then.
Cost wise, if i was doing it i'd cut a line between you and the neighbour and take up the whole area of Tarmac, lay the kerb edgings and raise the hardcore level where needed then re Tarmac. £1600-£1800 should be somewhere near it, less if you lay the edgings yourself, maybe you could whip up the existing Tarmac to? even less then.
Do the deeds have any restrictive covenants that will affect the drive?
You need to be 6-inches below DPC level.
Has anyone else on the estate / development done similar?
If you are going to raise your section of the drive you'll need to deal with the Party Wall Act regarding the boundary details.
ETA: Assuming you're in England or Wales
You need to be 6-inches below DPC level.
Has anyone else on the estate / development done similar?
If you are going to raise your section of the drive you'll need to deal with the Party Wall Act regarding the boundary details.
ETA: Assuming you're in England or Wales
Edited by mk1fan on Tuesday 31st August 13:37
mk1fan said:
Do the deeds have any restrictive covenants that will affect the drive?
You need to be 6-inches below DPC level.
Has anyone else on the estate / development done similar?
If you are going to raise your section of the drive you'll need to deal with the Party Wall Act regarding the boundary details.
ETA: Assuming you're in England or Wales
It's only being raised by 6 inces this side. The boundary level will be unnafected and there won't be any wall or anything between mine na dmy neighbours.You need to be 6-inches below DPC level.
Has anyone else on the estate / development done similar?
If you are going to raise your section of the drive you'll need to deal with the Party Wall Act regarding the boundary details.
ETA: Assuming you're in England or Wales
Edited by mk1fan on Tuesday 31st August 13:37
I May have to build something to retain where the drive meets the wall as suggested, especially if i need to go a little higher than below. ?
Here's another pic that hopefully illustrates it a bit better. I'm looking to level the drive out to the yellow line.
Right, got you. I'd double check the deeds for any restrictive covenant regarding landscaping the front garden/drive.
From that photo it looks like poor workmanship when the place was built. There was a problem with levels that they just ignored.
A wall on your side and step would work. I reiterate that you make sure you deal with the drainage properly and keep the new drive separate from the house to keep from bridging the DPC - it needs to be 6-inches above ground level. I'd cut down the boundary to remove your tarmac. Make up the levels with well compacted hardcore/MOT and lay a good thick tarmac - at least as thick as the existing.
From that photo it looks like poor workmanship when the place was built. There was a problem with levels that they just ignored.
A wall on your side and step would work. I reiterate that you make sure you deal with the drainage properly and keep the new drive separate from the house to keep from bridging the DPC - it needs to be 6-inches above ground level. I'd cut down the boundary to remove your tarmac. Make up the levels with well compacted hardcore/MOT and lay a good thick tarmac - at least as thick as the existing.
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