Kevan Marshall Posted July 27 Posted July 27 Looking into ideas for driveway, I like exposed concrete but is going to be too expensive, probably Tarmac or Asphalt, Asphalt looks nicer in my opinion as it’s not as open and less prone to moss growing in it, how much more expensive is it compared to tarmac, I also have an old tractor so needs to stand up to heavier traffic? kind regards kevan.
nod Posted July 27 Posted July 27 Tarmac seems to be around £70m2 in our area I’m not sure how much more Asphalt is
Benpointer Posted July 27 Posted July 27 Show what I know - I thought asphalt and tarmac were the same thing.
nod Posted July 27 Posted July 27 44 minutes ago, Benpointer said: Show what I know - I thought asphalt and tarmac were the same thing. There isn’t much really Just a bit more harder waring
Spees Posted July 30 Posted July 30 Tarmac no longer exists because tar is no longer made in quantity. Bitumen has been used instead for years and it makes bitmac. The available products are set out in BS EN 13108. This includes the old hot rolled asphalt to BS EN 13108-4 and what used to be called bitmac is now called asphaltic concrete to BS EN 13108-1 AC10.
Kevan Marshall Posted July 30 Author Posted July 30 1 hour ago, Spees said: Tarmac no longer exists because tar is no longer made in quantity. Bitumen has been used instead for years and it makes bitmac. The available products are set out in BS EN 13108. This includes the old hot rolled asphalt to BS EN 13108-4 and what used to be called bitmac is now called asphaltic concrete to BS EN 13108-1 AC10. How much more expensive is asphalt compared to Bitmac?
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