how much to Tarmac a drive?

[tonym911]

Neighbours are agitating to Tarmac our unadopted single-track road (about 200m long) because it's got a few holes in it and they reckon it's damaging their shiny 4x4s. Our ancient MX-5 on 17in rims manages it no bother, but hey-ho.

Clearly they've got too much money and I want no part in it but I'm just wondering what a ballpark per-metre cost would be for this type of job. Hopefully when they find out the cost (plus the ongoing maintenance as the holes are sinkers and won't go away easily) they might have an attack of common sense.

No travellers with a lorryload of hot tar need apply btw.

[Blakeatron]

At the workshops all the units clubbed together and got about 75m done, 5m wide with a few speed bumps and some drainage. Not much ground work as heavily compacted anyway, so just levelling off bit of hardcore and then tarmac.

£5000+vat

I got the same company to do a 1 car driveway - dig out, level off, build up, drainage, drop kerb and tarmac - £2000+vat.

I think it really depends on the ammount of grounwork as prep as the tarmac is the easy bit (well it looks it!)

[RichB]

From North Somerset Council web site "Total reconstruction (of a road) - This fundamental rebuilding of a road costs £9 per square metre".

So 200m long x 6m wide (say) = 1,200 sq mtrs = £10,800

Now you know how to bargain with the s !

p.s. If I lived down a 200 yard long unmade road I'd consier 5 grand a good price to get it surfaced

[skilly1]

To do 200 m2, laid by ourselves:

24 Tonnes Tarmac (allowing 50mm thick) - £55 per tonne
48 Tonne MOT Type 1 (hardcore 100mm thick) £14 per tonne

I doubt you will get it cheaper and if you do it will be crap quality. This is from a friend who runs a company which lays car parks for supermarkets and supplied it at just about cost.

[tonym911]

Exactly what I need guys, thanks.

[swiftpete]

skilly1 said:

To do 200 m2, laid by ourselves:

24 Tonnes Tarmac (allowing 50mm thick) - £55 per tonne
48 Tonne MOT Type 1 (hardcore 100mm thick) £14 per tonne

I doubt you will get it cheaper and if you do it will be crap quality. This is from a friend who runs a company which lays car parks for supermarkets and supplied it at just about cost.

It's a pretty narrow road if it's only 1 metre wide. Surely you'd have to at least triple these numbers? I can't imagine many roads, even private ones being less than 3 metres wide.

[Gwagon111]

It all depends how many dags you want thrown in with the deal, the more dags, the cheaper the job.

[Thom987]

Wait until after the eviction from Dale Farm, you'll get a better deal.

[skilly1]

swiftpete said:

It's a pretty narrow road if it's only 1 metre wide. Surely you'd have to at least triple these numbers? I can't imagine many roads, even private ones being less than 3 metres wide.

We did not lay it straight but it covered 200m2! HTH

[freecar]

skilly1 said:

swiftpete said:

It's a pretty narrow road if it's only 1 metre wide. Surely you'd have to at least triple these numbers? I can't imagine many roads, even private ones being less than 3 metres wide.

We did not lay it straight but it covered 200m2! HTH

OP's got a 200m long road, so probably 600m2!

[RichB]

freecar said:

OP's got a 200m long road, so probably 600m2!

Which is why I suggested 1,200 sq mtr in my original response.