Recommend Me: Block Paving Workers

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.

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

DIY man...

(Sorry thats of no help at all)

Ask Barwell who did his;






Shame about the thing in the middle spoiling it though

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.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by 454697819

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

DIY man...

(Sorry thats of no help at all)

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

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

Originally Posted by 454697819

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

DIY man...

(Sorry thats of no help at all)

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.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Owenski

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.

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!

Wacker plate is fun

Originally Posted by specialone

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.

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.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

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

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

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)

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