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Im looking for recomendations for who you've used with resaonable prices, and also a report on how the driveway has held up over the last few years of weathering.

Obviously if bob from the pub did yours, then this is no use to me - im looking for national or local (to me) firms you may know of.

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hire digger... buy sand.. hire wacker plate.. go mental... lay blocks..

DIY man...

(Sorry thats of no help at all)

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Ask Barwell who did his;



http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMAG0048.jpg


Shame about the thing in the middle spoiling it though ;-)

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Matt, don't let pikeys do it for a start :)

Only use 60mm blocks for driveways, the clay ones keep their colour longer but concrete are cheaper.

I don't know how much you know about drives etc, but put the effort in the prep and they won't sink, simple.

All the drives I see that sink where tyres of their cars sit are all from bad prep, a good six inch of heavily compacted MOT (roadstone) will last forever.

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Tiz what we did. You missed out the hardcore....very important :)

Either that or wait for pikey.com to knock on your door!

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That it is the genuine alternative, best quote so far is 5k but that includes all the preparation/excavation etc of the ground which I intend to do myself to save to knock a few quid off.

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Get a mate to help you dig for a few beers! I was surprised how much you dig out to fill back up again, wouldn't want to be doing it on my own! :smt103

Wacker plate is fun :)

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I gave a similar spec to the sales guy who came last night, 150mm Type-1 Sub base, 50mm Sharp Sand/Crushed Glass Agg with 60mm deep blocks laid with a concrete haunch on the perimeter blocks.
Drive is about 50m2 and the quote was 5k.

I've "aquired" some geotextile from excess stock on site which should do my drive about 2 times over so that'll be going down and I intend to be home the days they do it to watch over the spread and wacking of the SB. I want to ensure the formation is set properly, if Im paying proper amounts of cash for it then Im defo gonna make sure its done properly.

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yeah.. sorry

Type 1 aka MOT Type 1...

ill be doing mine.... one day, when I have built the extension..( ha ha ha ha ha)

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I reckon you would save yourself at least 2k by doing it yourself.