Driveway Companies in Staffordshire?

Try using sites like:-

www.ratedpeople.com or mybuilder.com

Put the dimensions of the job on there and a description and people will quote for it. You'll be able to see other jobs they've done and ratings received.
 
Mark A said:
Just out of interest how much are you looking at for a drive these days?
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The quote I've got is for 4.5k. The problem we have is that the stupid angle of the existing drive means that I can't get my car on the drive without it scraping the nose but we can get the wifes car on provided there are no passengers!

My car is parked on my next door neighbours drive but unfortunately he has to go into a nursing home and so his home will be up for sale soon :( (Sad smiley is for him, not the fact that I lose my parking space)

I was hoping to get the driveway extended / re-profiled for about 2.5 - 3k
 
Le_Petit_Lapin said:
If they have a dodgy irish accent then just tell them to get off your property!



Bloody hell, what size is your drive?
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The quote comprises of the following:

  • Excavation of exisiting surfaces - 43sqm approx
  • ACO Drains installed where hard surface meets property
  • Block brder around the external perimeter of the drive
  • Retaining wall to support the pavement (double skin, 7mtrs length, 16 courses high)
  • Fencing to the left of the exisiting garage
  • Type 1 MOT hardcore base installed to a min precompacted depth of 100mm
  • Tarmacadam installation - sub base of 50mm in depth using 200mm aggregate followed by a final wearing course of 20mm

Quote is £2.7k for the drive with the optional wall 1.8k

Some pictures to show the current layout and try to explain some of the problems that we have!:

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My car on the neighbours drive
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The plan is to remove the grass to the left of the drive and then "maybe" park diagonally two cars as well as removing the grass in front of the house up to the drain that you can see in the grass. I don't really want to park my car in front of the window as due to the slope that's all you will see!
 
Wow. 1.8K for a wall?

In total ~£100 per square metre.. That still seems hell of a lot.

Do you have pipes or draind running under the drive (next to the pavement?)

What's to stop you just digging away the old tarmac, reprofiling the ground and then laying bricks / concrete/ tarmac? (For a fraction of the cost?) It looks to me as though you'd get away with basically cutting a few inch off the hump nearest the pavement and basically 'inverting' that and laying in the point where the slop levels nearer the garage, to give a flat, drive rather than a curve?

Anybody else had a similar thing done and how much did you pay?
 
whitecrook said:
Wow. 1.8K for a wall?

In total ~£100 per square metre.. That still seems hell of a lot.

Do you have pipes or draind running under the drive (next to the pavement?)

What's to stop you just digging away the old tarmac, reprofiling the ground and then laying bricks / concrete/ tarmac? (For a fraction of the cost?) It looks to me as though you'd get away with basically cutting a few inch off the hump nearest the pavement and basically 'inverting' that and laying in the point where the slop levels nearer the garage, to give a flat, drive rather than a curve?

Anybody else had a similar thing done and how much did you pay?
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Yeah I think the wall cost is a little excessive hence the second quotes etc.

I'm no good at manual work so am more than prepared to pay someone else to do it for me!

The company that had already quoted had said that they could skim some off the "hump"
 
[TW]Fox;13032694 said:
Whatever you do DO NOT go for the cheapest quote. It's absolutely worth paying for a good job.
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Don't worry chap I won't!

We had ****** round in the summer offering to throw a new layer on top for a few hundred quid, 2 of my neighbour had it done and as you can probably guess it's breaking up!

I will be taking up whichever quote I feel gives me the best confidence and will inspect other works carried out before the builders before proceeding!

Thanks for the concern though!
 
The horizontal alignment of that drive is ridiculous!

Its a small fiddly jod so you'll always get silly quotes. Its gonna involve a lot of groundworks to even out that hump and for small loads of 20mm and blacktop its a chore.

For the construction of the drive I personally would have gone for 200mm type 1 with 100mm AC32 DBM, 50mm AC20 DBM and a 20mm (6mm aggregate) Surface course. (20mm surface is bloody thin!!!)

Off the top of my head (I may be wrong) without the rates & DMRB in front of me that should be cheaper and give better drainage.
 
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