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Driveway options

  • 18-07-2011 11:32am
    #1
    Kashkai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭


    Our house is now 4 years old but we've never gotten round to doing our 270square metre driveway which is in 804 at the moment. 4 years ago, I was being quoted €3,500 for tarmacadam which we couldn't afford at the time. We looked for quotes last year thinking with the down turn, it might have gotten cheaper but we were quoted over the €4,000 mark.

    Since then, I've heard stories that you can't drive heavy vehicles onto tar in case they leave groove marks. We have oil trucks, wood pellet trucks and a septic tank waste removal tractor/trailer on the 804 at various points of the year. Will tar stand up to their weight or should I look at getting something else put down like concrete (the imprinted type)?.

    The 804 is starting to make the house look tatty at this stage and no matter how often I spray weedkiller, they keep sprouting up through it.


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  • #2
    audi a4 2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭audi a4 2008


    hey there,tar should b at least 60mill for the weight thats going on it,40mill just for cars,also the 804 should b rolled with a heavey roller first ,drains for the water and if u want trow down some teram to stop weeds but they should b no need for that.as for the trucks and tractor its not great they on the tarmac but once they just reverse up in a straight line u will have no issuses it when they start turning thats when they break up the tar but all lorry drivers are cute enough just to reverse up


  • #3
    Kashkai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭Kashkai


    Thats the problem. Our driveway is curved and the trucks have to reverse around the curve to get to the oil storage tank, the wood pellet storage bin and to reach the septic tank:(.


  • #4
    audi a4 2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭audi a4 2008


    You still will be ok as I say its when they start locking hard and turning like a mad man thats when the tar starts to break up, but if the 804 is rolled right and the tar put down right you will have no bother, as for the imprinted concrete after a few years the colour starts to fade and then it looks bad, i'd stick with tar as when it done right it shows off the house lovely, i'm back up in Cellbridge Thursday, Friday if you need some help to know what to do i can have a look at it for you.


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Prosperous Dave wrote: »
    Thats the problem. Our driveway is curved and the trucks have to reverse around the curve to get to the oil storage tank, the wood pellet storage bin and to reach the septic tank:(.

    LOL.......that's a lot of trucks !

    I've just had my driveway done after 4 years......and it's heaven. At 3500 a few years ago you should have taken his hand off -that sounds cheap. Very cheap. I just had 180m2 done for €6400.

    Machine-laid, and well-rolled, it's very good, and I've brought our own truck home a few times with no issues.

    If they can reverse your curve without locking or scrubbing wheels, you'll be fine.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #6
    cavan4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭cavan4sam


    galwaytt wrote: »
    LOL.......that's a lot of trucks !

    I've just had my driveway done after 4 years......and it's heaven. At 3500 a few years ago you should have taken his hand off -that sounds cheap. Very cheap. I just had 180m2 done for €6400.

    Machine-laid, and well-rolled, it's very good, and I've brought our own truck home a few times with no issues.

    If they can reverse your curve without locking or scrubbing wheels, you'll be fine.

    jeebus paying that sort of price ......you need any carpentry done around your house??????


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  • #7
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    cavan4sam wrote: »
    jeebus paying that sort of price ......you need any carpentry done around your house??????

    I don't know why you think that's dear, that's drop on 2 years ago......

    Carpentry ?.....lol, let's just say that I have that covered.... ;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #8
    Kashkai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭Kashkai


    galwaytt wrote: »
    LOL.......that's a lot of trucks !

    I've just had my driveway done after 4 years......and it's heaven. At 3500 a few years ago you should have taken his hand off -that sounds cheap. Very cheap. I just had 180m2 done for €6400.

    Machine-laid, and well-rolled, it's very good, and I've brought our own truck home a few times with no issues.

    If they can reverse your curve without locking or scrubbing wheels, you'll be fine.

    I think you've paid well over the odds for that. You see, I got 3 quotes back in 2007 and they ranged from €3,300 - €4,000. The recent quote was €4,000 which I thought would be lower due to the recession and all that. Btw, these quotes were from reputable, established and recommended companies, not the Travelling fraternity.


  • #9
    cavan4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭cavan4sam


    i have 3 quotes got so far and the most expensive is 5500 for 300 m2
    sma , so i think u paid over the odds too , and my prices are for machine laid
    mind you i have all the ground works done


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