Shocked - paving prices. Ideas?

kph100

My understanding is planning permission is only for front yards and only if extending size of current drive.

planning_officer

aliasojo wrote: »

Planning permission for paving!!!! OMG the world's gone mad!

It's not gone mad - it's a very good idea - non-permeable hardstanding creates a flood risk - see following extract from the pdf link above:

‘In London alone, around two-thirds of front gardens – equivalent to an area 22 times the size of Hyde Park – are already at least partially paved over, which means heavy rainfall doesn’t get absorbed by the ground but runs away into gutters and drains. Permeable paving could prevent that.’

In urban areas, the amount of paving creates real problems, and this is one way of addressing that!

aliasojo

As you will see by mt 'Edit' comment....I found the details AFTER I wrote my kneejerk reaction remark!

(Exclamation mark used only to convey same tone that was used in last sentence of above reply.)

Neither were needed in my humble opinion but I guess that's a subject for another thread.

planning_officer

Exclamation mark only used in my reply as a means of expressing my post jovially... nothing more... sorry if you took offence! (same jovial use of said punctuation).

Bungarm2001

Have you got a reclaim yard near you? They are always worth a look, for the everyday stuff right up to the weird and wonderful...

aliasojo

planning_officer wrote: »

Exclamation mark only used in my reply as a means of expressing my post jovially... nothing more... sorry if you took offence! (same jovial use of said punctuation).

Thanks. Interesting to see different takes on the same thing. I was taught an exclamation mark was used to convey 'strong emphasis' (used sometimes to drive home a point that may otherwise be missed) and also to convey the (negative) tone of a post which usually means one of anger/annoyance.

I dont associate the mark with joviality unless the words preceding it make that clear but I'm more than happy to accept that's the way in which you used it. Thanks for replying again and I'm sorry too for getting irked.

aliasojo

Bungarm, I'm fairly sure we dont have any near us (small place in the Highlands) but I'll check it out just in case, thanks.

coolagarry

I recently laid a patio with cheap paving slabs done in a pattern with block paving areas in between and it looks really nice. If you combined your 'utility' slabs with a block paving pattern it could look really nice and as you have implied its being nicely laid that makes all the difference. Incidentally things growing up between the paving is not a problem. I just weedkill it with the rest of the paved area.

Paparika

save a few quid on weedkiller, just sprinkle salt in

debbie42

I'm wanting to relay and extend a (yukky) concrete slabbed patio in my back garden. It's currently on about three levels around the house and butts onto a higher lawn with a little wall (only aound 8" high).

How can I tell where my damp proof course is on my house? It's an old (30s) house and has a couple (I think) of lines of engineering brick that I can see at the bottom of the render (I can post pics if it helps?).

I know the patio level can't go above the brick, and was trying to bear that in mind when considering how to plan the patio.

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I've just had a read of the paving expert web site, linked earlier, and think I have it sussed. All I need now is a decent contractor as it's far too big a job for me, unfortunately.