Catmanchris

I am in the process of have a resin bound driveway installed. 105 square meters. In my initial searches on forums like this a figure of £60 to £90 a square metre was consistently quoted. These quotes never include the groundworks required to get to the final product. I had quotes for the whole job between £8K and £20K+. The company I finally settled with are charging £120 a square metre and that is after some negotiation. This includes excavating the driveway area, MOT1 sub base, open tarmac sub base, resin bound gravel and all retaining blocks and threshold from the street. So to get a true price for whatever surface you go with be sure to make sure the price per square metre includes everything even down to recessed manhole covers etc and not just the finish surface product.

Thanks Tony. It did cross my mind that this would be the same sort of stuff.

Thanks Conor. I had read elsewhere about the tiles having Asbestos in. I am going to seal them and then lay porcelain tiles over them.

Hi - first post. I am in the process of removing a structural wall between my kitchen and dining room. The BCO requested test pits be dug outside against the wall that will take one end of a 3meter RSJ. He also requested a test pit to expose the foundations in the floor of the dining room. Both have been dug and he is happy that the foundations are adequate for the proposed works. In digging the hole in the dining room floor I discovered that the DPC is an inch thick layer of a bitumen type substance topped with a vinyl tile sitting above the slab. The house was built in 1952. Below the DPC is the concrete slab then packed hardcore, then rubble then earth. I have back filled the hole compacting as I went and now have the DPC to repair. I was considering tucking a square on DPC sheet under the edge of the hole that I have made and then sealing with a liquid sealant. Once dry I would restore the floor level with a self levelling compound. Is this the best way to do it or should I consider another process? The floor will have Porcelain tiles laid over it.