Making dropped kerb/drive wider.

[fartingspartan]

Hi,

I have just bought a house (yay DIY begins)..

Having hit my alloy off the corner of dropped kerb 4 times in last 5 days I have came to realise that the drive is wider than the dropped kerb.

Did some reading on forum(s) and it seems costs/permission from various councils can vary to install dropped kerbs etc.

Anyone made their's wider? shed any light on how they went about it, council, permission, contractors etc

Appreciate an comments/experiences!

Cheers

 

[fartingspartan]

Love this forum for the "learn to drive" - rubbish.

My dropped kerb is exactly the same width as my car and the raised corner stones are above the height of my tyre so when coming off kerb - especially reversing hitting alloy is almost guaranteed, when swinging off/away hitting front nose/under bumper is also a worry.

Also keeping inline with the dropped kerb means if I reverse on the driver side door is opening on the wall rather than the grass side...which again isnt practical.

Contacted council and they have sent me a pack out to fill in and it has cost estimations based on how many full stones I need etc.

Will look at it over weekend and report back, Wigan council for info!