concreting on a driveway?

[Milky Bar Kid]

Evening all.

Just a quick, I think, question. Due to having a shared driveway and a numpty neighbour who refuses to park on her side and as such forcing us to struggle in and out of the cars, I have need of laying a border curb type thing. The driveway is a fairly stony/pebble and tar based driveway. It's not a tarmac driveway, but it is similar. Digging it up has proved to be a right arse in the past due to all the stones in it and as such I don't want the hassle of trying to erect a low post and chain type fence.

So if I lay a row of bricks along the border in a concrete bed, is the concrete likely to stick? I don't want to lay a load of bricks only to find they come up/off and move a week later. I can post a pic of the drive in the morning when it's light if that would help.

[Milky Bar Kid]

dave_s13 said:

Milky Bar Kid said:

So if I lay a row of bricks along the border in a concrete bed, is the concrete likely to stick?.

No chance. Post above sounds good but wouldn'it create a potential trip hazard?

Um, I kind of want it to be a trip hazard, that's part of the point. I need a line that even that stupid cow can not help but notice if she drives in to/over it. Although I have now put a white line down the drive which might surprise her, as she seems to think that her part of the drive is straight whne it actually curves a lot at the road end.

Sounds like post and chain link fence it is then. If I have to drill holes in the drive to put the pins/bolts into, would it be much more hassle to just put a 50-60mm core drill down instead and just sink steel posts into the ground under the drive?

PS, I'l post a pic up in a bit now the sunshine has come out.

[Milky Bar Kid]

As promised, I now have some pics of the driveway and a close up of the surface so you can all see what I'm up against.





As Maz has already said, the fence will be roughly 2 ft high or so and probably painted white so that even the dozy bint next door can see it in the dark.

[Milky Bar Kid]

We've got an official copy of register of title, but the only thing it says is "The Transfer dated ../../.... referred to above contains provisions as to light or air and boundary structures." There's nothing else specific about fences or boundaries at all. Will that transfer be on the title deeds?

It also has a coloured copy of the title plan, and both driveways curve the same at their road ends. Does this mean that the driveways are likely to be seperate but next to each other? I don't think they can be shared anyway as the garage was built with the house so surley couldn't have been built on a shared drive? There are no shaded or coloured patches at all on the plan, just the red line around our property. I would show you a scan of it, but that will have to wait for tomorrow when Maz is at work and has access to a scanner.

Oh, and yes, the white line is the intended place for the fence to go as we have put it were we believe the boundary is. It will also give her next door a hint of what is coming, if she notices it at all. Cheers for all the help by the way!

Edited by Milky Bar Kid on Monday 8th March 22:24

[Milky Bar Kid]

simon smith said:

pay some one to scare the st out of her so she moves away ....

Given that she is/was seeing the guy who lives 2 doors the other side, I doubt that'll work some how...... But I'll bear it in mind!

[Milky Bar Kid]

The ground under the driveway is most likely to be a layer of sand, then soil/mud and all the usual crap that builders tend to leave behind and build over. It was when we dug the edge to lay all the slate down. Driving posts into the floor deep enough to be secure shouldn't be a problem, so I don't think there's any need to go for the grout or chemical bonding stuff.

Should I need them, is there an equivalent to Metpost bases for metal, rather than wooden, posts?