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What driveway surface for working on?

  • 20-02-2014 12:09pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭


    What driveway surfaces do people have to work on and how do you find them?

    the reason I'm asking is that at the moment we have a small concrete drive that is on it's way out and soon were going to have to think about widening and changing it. I don't want concrete again and tarmac would't suit.

    I've done work on pebbles before but always found it hard on the knees and if you drop something it is gone forever (they also seem to spend most of their time leaving your garden and spilling onto the road.

    Open to suggestions :)


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Pebbles is definitely the worst surface I could think of when it comes to working on a car.
    I have a pebbled drive and wouldn't dream of jacking up a car on it. I have a trolley jack and find the wheels on it don't work on the pebbles, making it extremely dangerous, as the jack cannot slide in and out when jacking up the car.
    Aside from that any screw that you drop will be gone forever.
    I would be sceptical of asphalt and if it would be too soft, i.e. will the jack and the axle stands leave permanent marks on it?
    Concrete is the way to go, but it will have to be smooth, rutted and uneven is a no-no.
    But before you consider any of these:
    Make sure it's level!
    I cannot believe how many people have drives at precarious angles to work on their cars. Aside from it being unsafe for jacking up a car, the oil level will also read wrong, leading you to over or underfill the car.
    So, have a nice, gravelled driveway and a nice, large, garage with a smooth, even concrete floor. Bit of heat won't go amiss too, in winter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭mustang68


    Anyone had experience with resin bound driveways?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Concrete


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭mb1725


    Brick pavers can be good for driveway if they are laid on a proper concrete base not sand.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭hi5


    Yes, jacks an axel stands will sink into tarmacadam and leave holes, you could put a board under them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 john85cw


    powerfloated concrete is what your after jack moves lovely when jacking a car up easy on the knees for forking and if you have an oil leak washes away easier than tampted concrete or concrete floted with a timber hand float


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    Not tarmac anyways, Diesel and petrol will dissolve it.


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


    mustang68 wrote: »
    What driveway surfaces do people have to work on and how do you find them?

    the reason I'm asking is that at the moment we have a small concrete drive that is on it's way out and soon were going to have to think about widening and changing it. I don't want concrete again and tarmac would't suit.

    I've done work on pebbles before but always found it hard on the knees and if you drop something it is gone forever (they also seem to spend most of their time leaving your garden and spilling onto the road.

    Open to suggestions :)

    ...what's wrong with concrete ??

    A well-finished concrete is very good. There's a guy near here doing it, after many years in the U.S. and he has some fantastic finishes. Concrete also the best at keeping weeds down............

    If it's the colour you're worried about, you can colour it you know.

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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Not tarmac anyways, Diesel and petrol will dissolve it.

    Not to mention coolant, oil, brake fluid and anything else that spills out when doing work around the car...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭Car99


    For a safe , flat, resilient work surface there's nothing to beat concrete , aesthetically in standard form it's not the best but for practicality , work wise, it is perfect . You can colour and print concrete to improve its appearance . Tarmac, brick paving, rolled and whacked chipping can't compete. Get yourself a rally service groundsheet and service marquee to put on your concrete drive and your good to go in all weather except high winds.


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