Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

The only problem with not having a drop kerb is that any old Joe Bloggs can park in front of your house without risking a ticket and can also block you in.

Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

depending on your kerb. but just a brick or piece of 4x2 is often enough to provide a hop up. I had a similar thing at my old house, made something quite nice but it got pinched.

Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

Some people have done it them self's, very lucky to get away with it.
i was told if you do it your self,
1, they will fine you for damaging council property.
2, they get YOU to pay for it to be fixed !!!!
But this really depends on where you live, my area you cannot get away with anything,
Got told I could get fined if I parked one wheel on the curb, even though its bloody tight road and a bus route aswell.

Re: Can i put something in the road?
 

To be fair to councils here for a minute.....

They have thousands of miles of tarmac and structures to try and keep up to scratch. They have their own set of standards based on good engineering experience of what is a cross between cost-effective and not breaking up every time there is a storm (lets ignore for a minute that they're not actually doing a great job of fixing the pot-holes formed in the last winters).

If they let everyone just do their own dropkerb there would be all sorts of build ups, with poor joint's all over the place. And kerbs installed without whichever kerb-brace they have decided should be used. We'd have pavement and kerb-lines breaking up in about twice as many locations as there already are (because a lot of people park on the pavement)....... then they'd get moaned at for not doing their job.

As much as I moan about highways depts in the councils I deal with (and I have to get much bigger things than drop kerbs past them - think 3.5m retaining walls holding up the road) it's a thankless task, that the actual department doesn't have enough money allocated for.

To the OP, just put a wedge of timber in the channel. If someone moans it's a lot easier to put right than damage to a kerb. If you want (have land-lords permission) to apply for a drop-kerb I'd say £400 is about right. If they're telling you £1200 shop around as there is usually more than 1 approved contractor and it will depend on their workload.

Re: Can I put something ramp like in the road?
 

I lived in a rental house without a dropped curb. It was a low curb, but still horrible to drive up and down it. I think it messed up my tracking (car) and also tyre pressures over time. I ended up putting some bigs of wood out on the road which the local kids found hilarious and used to kick about. PITA.

Re: Can I put something ramp like in the road?
 

Thanks guys i will keep it simple to start with with a bit of wood, and if there doesn't seem to be a problem from anywhere after a few weeks i will probably screw a wooden wedge in. I'm moving in on the 15th now. When i do move in i will take some pictures of the road to show what i see as the problem. The biggest thing I'm worried about is getting run over trying to get the bike in. Second biggest thing is whatever i put in the road causes someone else an accident and it gets blamed on me.

Re: Can I put something ramp like in the road?
 

When I lived in a 2 up 2 down and parked in my shead I borrowed some pot hole fix tarmac and made a ramp with that.
But I denied all knowledge when we got chucked out.(noise ) .
Landlord did try and sting us for it as part of the damage for the place . We only paid for the sink and celling . :smt019

Re: Can I put something ramp like in the road?
 

MrTommyH and I are in the same game, regulations set by the council are there to stop the rednecks fecking up the public highway, you or I may put a piece of wood there but without the highways act there was nothing stopping people coming and sledge hammering the feck out of the kerb stones in order to make an access. This is much better for everyone that the act was brought in and enforced.

The long way (proper way) would have you applying for a section 278 to convert the footpath into a vehicular access. The short way round is a timber wedge, just be aware a street sweep may take it away.

For reference provided you employ competent contractors to do the work and get it done swiftly with next to no disruption to traffic flow chances are it'll be completed without incident but its not a cheap fix. Highways works are expensive. Putting in a drop kerb and ripping out the existing pavement in order to resurface it with the steeper inclined vehicular access will cost you a lot more than £1200 my thoughts are that if the council say they can do it for that then I'd be quite pleased.

Re: Can I put something ramp like in the road?
 

The other thing to be aware of is that if ite corners as dangerous as you suggest they may say no on safety grounds.

Our house doesn't have a dipped curb on our drive either. My dad filled the curb with concrete so it was a small ramp on curb, nothing huge or extremely noticeable.

Few month later my dad got done off the council for it.

Whoops.