Tarmac Driveway??

lostfarmer

Hi All,

Hope someone can help me!

My mother-in-law is looking to re-tarmac her drive. It's roughly 10m long and thin / standard width (you can reverse a car down but carefully!). She's had a quote today but is worried as she has no idea whether it will be likely to cost 500 or 5000 pounds.

Could anybody give me any guidance or a ball-park figure? She's in rural North Wales so not too many people she can get in for comparative quotes, but I wouldn't want to see her stung!

Thanks for any help!

xx

flang

Whats the existing driveway made of? as this can affect the price by lots!
If its grass expect it to be expensive as you will need a lot off hardcore.

Llyllyll

Some in depth information can be found at: http://www.pavingexpert.com/tarmac02.htm. There are also links to FAQ and some price guides there.

All things being equal, I'd estimate if you just put down a few inches of tarmac i.e. a crappy backstreet job it'll cost a few hundred, if you excavate to the required depth and use the various base courses (as recommended above) you're talking a few thousand.

Hope this helps.

lostfarmer

Thanks for your replies, off to look at pavingexpert.com now!

The current drive is concrete- is this a good thing or a bad thing?!

Sorry, am absolutely clueless about this! Could the tarmac be laid on the concrete?

Thanks!

Llyllyll

Could it - Yes; Should it - No.

Once you've had a look at pavingexpert.com you'll realise that it's not a simple, straightforward job (at least I did). I thought I'd be able to get the concrete drive up, hardcore down and levelled and a professional tarmac job done for under £1000 - how wrong I was.

The concrete is staying where it is for now:D.

lostfarmer

Yes- just been checking it out... not as simple as the finished product looks at all!

Thanks for your help!

deanos

Loads of cowboys around so be careful, go to a reputable place.