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m3jappa said:
The price for a granite sett drive would be way in excess of that resin price. I wouldn't like to say without working it out but its fall off your chair stuff.
The resin price sounds sensible, however slightly off the topic i find his quote method bizaree. He's literally put all his labour into the materials.
Surely risky for him when people start wanting it a few m2 smaller or no edgings etc, also risky if he's slighty mismeasured, which is easily done when lots of drives have random shapes and angles in them. 50 less edgings is only 5 linear meters but on his workings its quite a lot of money.
Mind you a massive result if they want more
What makes it expensive? The cost of the blocks in the first place or the labour? what makes it so expensiveThe resin price sounds sensible, however slightly off the topic i find his quote method bizaree. He's literally put all his labour into the materials.
Surely risky for him when people start wanting it a few m2 smaller or no edgings etc, also risky if he's slighty mismeasured, which is easily done when lots of drives have random shapes and angles in them. 50 less edgings is only 5 linear meters but on his workings its quite a lot of money.
Mind you a massive result if they want more
A quick Google:
100 x 100 x 50mm granite setts
9m² per crate
8 crates = 72m²
Less than £2400 delivered (to a WF postcode) including VAT.
https://granitesettsuk.co.uk/silver-grey-granite-s...
£8700 for resin? No thanks. I'd go with the granite!
100 x 100 x 50mm granite setts
9m² per crate
8 crates = 72m²
Less than £2400 delivered (to a WF postcode) including VAT.
https://granitesettsuk.co.uk/silver-grey-granite-s...
£8700 for resin? No thanks. I'd go with the granite!
ghost83 said:
It says a crate covers 5m2 so you order by the crate load I'd need 15 crates of the 100x100x100 I believe??? Which is basically 75m2
Comes in at just over 3,500
Still 10k cheaper than travis Perkins
Or am I missing something
No it doesn't? Clearly says on this page that a crate of 100 x 100 x 50 setts = 9m²Comes in at just over 3,500
Still 10k cheaper than travis Perkins
Or am I missing something
https://granitesettsuk.co.uk/silver-grey-granite-s...
5m² is for the 100mm thick setts.
We've got block paving, its probably been down a while judging by its colour appearance (power washing seems to do absolutely nothing to it). I have to treat it several times a year due to weeds/moss/soil build up and its sunk where the cars stand.
This thread has confirmed to me that once I've finished renovating this place, i'm going for Tarmac. Low maintenance, looks neat and tidy if not a bit boring. I'll put a block edge around it.
Anyone know a cost for Tarmac m2 and not by our friendly Irish heritage friends?
This thread has confirmed to me that once I've finished renovating this place, i'm going for Tarmac. Low maintenance, looks neat and tidy if not a bit boring. I'll put a block edge around it.
Anyone know a cost for Tarmac m2 and not by our friendly Irish heritage friends?
Edited by Chicken Chaser on Friday 10th November 13:06
Rosscow said:
No it doesn't? Clearly says on this page that a crate of 100 x 100 x 50 setts = 9m²
https://granitesettsuk.co.uk/silver-grey-granite-s...
5m² is for the 100mm thick setts.
Oh yeah, would the 50mm be suitable for the drive then over the 100mm (I'm thinking longetivity)https://granitesettsuk.co.uk/silver-grey-granite-s...
5m² is for the 100mm thick setts.
I had a block paving drive laid in the spring of this year. I was thinking of the Marshall Cobbletech which is supposed to be maintenance free as it is bonded together but when I saw it laid I went off it as it was a bit too shiny (it had been down four years). We went for Bradstone Woburn Rumbled block paving in a light buff colour which looks different to the ubiquitous Marshall blocks. With the Surrey tax (I had four people round - only 2 quoted) it was £15k for 79 sq m. The builder was a bit of a cowboy and I was pleased to see the back of him - I am now having to get the water company in to take up part of the drive where he threw concrete down the water meter and it fills up with water and overflows...
acme said:
My standard response when tarmac (asphalt) is mentioned, don't do it. It's not designed for driveways, tyre scrubbing at low speed will pick out the aggregate from the bitumen, asphalt is not designed for this purpose.
It seems to hold up ok in public car parks all over the country. In fact I’m sure the asphalt in city’s where there is on street parking gets a lot more abuse than a residential driveway. sandman77 said:
It seems to hold up ok in public car parks all over the country. In fact I’m sure the asphalt in city’s where there is on street parking gets a lot more abuse than a residential driveway.
A very fair reply. It's a combination of hand laying vs machine lay and the latter being capable of coarser grades of aggregate mixed in with differing grades of bitumen PEN. As with all things in life it can be measured as to whether somebody in the industry would put it on their own driveway, and the general rule of thumb is they wouldn't.acme said:
A very fair reply. It's a combination of hand laying vs machine lay and the latter being capable of coarser grades of aggregate mixed in with differing grades of bitumen PEN. As with all things in life it can be measured as to whether somebody in the industry would put it on their own driveway, and the general rule of thumb is they wouldn't.
Ah - I thought there must be good reason for your comment. Sounds like you know what you are talking about.
sooty61 said:
I had a block paving drive laid in the spring of this year. I was thinking of the Marshall Cobbletech which is supposed to be maintenance free as it is bonded together but when I saw it laid I went off it as it was a bit too shiny (it had been down four years). We went for Bradstone Woburn Rumbled block paving in a light buff colour which looks different to the ubiquitous Marshall blocks. With the Surrey tax (I had four people round - only 2 quoted) it was £15k for 79 sq m. The builder was a bit of a cowboy and I was pleased to see the back of him - I am now having to get the water company in to take up part of the drive where he threw concrete down the water meter and it fills up with water and overflows...
Apart from the water issue does it look nice?Any pics?
sandman77 said:
acme said:
A very fair reply. It's a combination of hand laying vs machine lay and the latter being capable of coarser grades of aggregate mixed in with differing grades of bitumen PEN. As with all things in life it can be measured as to whether somebody in the industry would put it on their own driveway, and the general rule of thumb is they wouldn't.
Ah - I thought there must be good reason for your comment. Sounds like you know what you are talking about.https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
At a parkland campus near us they laid loads of tarmac paths, with a yellow resin bonded aggregate finish. Looked fantastic.
After a couple of years this has all lifted and looks awful with just foot traffic and occasional maintenance team quad bikes.
Now they have relaid some of them with yellow coloured tarmac. This doesn't look as good.
My neighbour laid his own drive 15 years ago.
He did "exposed aggregate concrete" i.e. laid concrete himself, then chucked some aggregate on the top.
This was really cheap still looks great today. Cheaper than tarmac and you can choose the aggregate.
It looks something like this:
After a couple of years this has all lifted and looks awful with just foot traffic and occasional maintenance team quad bikes.
Now they have relaid some of them with yellow coloured tarmac. This doesn't look as good.
My neighbour laid his own drive 15 years ago.
He did "exposed aggregate concrete" i.e. laid concrete himself, then chucked some aggregate on the top.
This was really cheap still looks great today. Cheaper than tarmac and you can choose the aggregate.
It looks something like this:
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