tarmac driveway quote

stuart45

I think the tarmac stops at his boundary and the dropped kerb will take over.
The lads might be thinking of just topping the area, not doing any digging.
For the fence £600 is cheap if it's all new posts labour and materials. 
I did a job a few weeks ago, taking down a stone wall, rebuilding the end as a buttress and replacing some old sheets with a feather edges fence. The materials for the fence alone without new posts were over £400. The whole job was nearly 3 grand.

FreeBear

thegentleway said: I'm just looking for something long lasting, not really fussed what it looks like as long as it's neat.

If you are going for an impermeable surface, you need to think about drainage - The council will not want rain water run off going across the pavement and in to the drains along the road.

Block paving is relatively cheap and avoids the need for planning permission - Budget £120-150 per square metre and you shouldn't be too far out.

Jeepers_Creepers

If that area is old - but solid - tarmac, tgw, then that could explain the low quote - it's chuck a fresh layer straight on.

As said by others, I can't see you getting away with putting a layer on a public pavement, tho'. And when the council go 'tsk tsk', imagine the fun in taking it all back up...

Best make sure you have permission for the pavement bit first.

Jeepers_Creepers

stuart45 said:

I think the tarmac stops at his boundary and the dropped kerb will take over.
The lads might be thinking of just topping the area, not doing any digging.
For the fence £600 is cheap if it's all new posts labour and materials. 
I did a job a few weeks ago, taking down a stone wall, rebuilding the end as a buttress and replacing some old sheets with a feather edges fence. The materials for the fence alone without new posts were over £400. The whole job was nearly 3 grand.

Very nice, Stu :-)

Er, why are the arris rails on one panel at a different height?

(I know there's a good reason - I just don't know what it is...)

stuart45

I thought someone sharp would spot that
It's hard to see from the photo, but the posts have spalled badly at the back, as well as one in particular has moved forward well out of line. It was really hard to get a fixing in the best places, but it actually matches what's been done further along. 
Also carpentry isn't really my chosen subject for Mastermind.
Don't know is any of this is a good reason though, could be a load of B/S.

Jeepers_Creepers

stuart45 said:

I thought someone sharp would spot that
It's hard to see from the photo, but the posts have spalled badly at the back, as well as one in particular has moved forward well out of line. It was really hard to get a fixing in the best places, but it actually matches what's been done further along. 
Also carpentry isn't really my chosen subject for Mastermind.
Don't know is any of this is a good reason though, could be a load of B/S.

Oh, I'll accept it...

thegentleway

martindow said:

Are the local authority happy with you putting tarmac on their pavement?  I would be quite surprised if they agreed to that - it would look strange if a pavement had a strip of tarmac across it.

I don't know but according to their standards (see https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/21104/domestic_vehicular_footway_crossing_standard_detail for details), there are two options: "blacktop" and "blockwork". I assume blacktop is tarmac. Also the neighbour on the right has tarmac pavement and the same two doors down on the left.

thegentleway

stuart45 said:

I think the tarmac stops at his boundary and the dropped kerb will take over.
The lads might be thinking of just topping the area, not doing any digging.
For the fence £600 is cheap if it's all new posts labour and materials. 
I did a job a few weeks ago, taking down a stone wall, rebuilding the end as a buttress and replacing some old sheets with a feather edges fence. The materials for the fence alone without new posts were over £400. The whole job was nearly 3 grand.

Yes indeed. But the dropped kerb is also tarmac, just some edging seperating the two.

That's a nice fence. Mine is half the height and just those crappy panels slid in between the concrete posts, not sure if that makes a big difference to the price though?

thegentleway

FreeBear said:

thegentleway said: I'm just looking for something long lasting, not really fussed what it looks like as long as it's neat.

If you are going for an impermeable surface, you need to think about drainage - The council will not want rain water run off going across the pavement and in to the drains along the road.

Block paving is relatively cheap and avoids the need for planning permission - Budget £120-150 per square metre and you shouldn't be too far out.

Understood, will look into drainage situation. Nobody has any on the street but I understand new work needs to be done to modern standards.

thegentleway

Jeepers_Creepers said:

If that area is old - but solid - tarmac, tgw, then that could explain the low quote - it's chuck a fresh layer straight on.

As said by others, I can't see you getting away with putting a layer on a public pavement, tho'. And when the council go 'tsk tsk', imagine the fun in taking it all back up...

Best make sure you have permission for the pavement bit first.

I've applied for and got council permission for dropped kerb. Their quote for the work is more than private contractors.