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Concrete driveway DIY
Anonymous user 9 March 2024 - 2.47 PM
I'm doing my driveway next week. Have got excavator and skip. Do I take up flags dig down, wacker it..get hardcore wacker that.. Then a membrane and metal mesh? In not concreting it will get professional in. Driveway atmo is sloping in towards house Can I do a driveway channel into a soakaway? How deep shall hardcore and concrete be?
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Chris Ellis Project Services
Installing your drive without the correct planning is not advisable for more help and ideas go to https://www.bradstone.com/garden-guides-advice/laying-guides/how-to-lay-block-paving/ or http://www.marshalls.co.uk/homeowners/inspire-me/articles/how-to-lay-block-paving-driveway-4695
you should also talk lots to your experts.
before excavating be sure you identify where all your underground services are and make sure you are careful around these areas I personally would assess the proximity of my services before deciding whether to excavate by hand or machine.
Good luck with your drive.
Chris
Answered25 February 2017
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Anonymous user
Before undertaking this project
Make sure in your dig there are no existing services.
If so hand dig around these
Hardcore I generally use 150mm then depending on the load going on the drive between 6/8 inches
Best of luck
S o handymen
Answered25 February 2017
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