Road planings for yard/driveway

Ginger83

Hi all
Would anyone know where to get road planings Virginia/Bailieborough area in Cavan. I'm looking for something to finish a surface on a yard/driveway.

Reggie.

Ginger83 wrote: »

Hi all
Would anyone know where to get road planings Virginia/Bailieborough area in Cavan. I'm looking for something to finish a surface on a yard/driveway.

Your best bet would wait till the council are redoing a road and quiz them up. I think they might be a bit tighter on it this weather tho

Ginger83

Thanks for the reply. I haven't seen anything happening anywhere local.
Why would they be tight on it? I'd be paying for it.

td5man

Ginger83 wrote: »

Hi all
Would anyone know where to get road planings Virginia/Bailieborough area in Cavan. I'm looking for something to finish a surface on a yard/driveway.

Snows quarry have dirty 804 some times it sets like concrete.

Reggie.

td5man wrote: »

Snows quarry have dirty 804 some times it sets like concrete.

Have that here. Plenty of "down" on it alright. Very solid when set

Reggie.

Ginger83 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. I haven't seen anything happening anywhere local.
Why would they be tight on it? I'd be paying for it.

As in it might have to be accounted for. It may have to be disposed off properly

Ginger83

Reggie. wrote: »

As in it might have to be accounted for. It may have to be disposed off properly

Oh I see, I didn't think of that.
I'd be happy to buy it above board if possible.

Ginger83

td5man wrote: »

Snows quarry have dirty 804 some times it sets like concrete.

Thanks

Ginger83

Reggie. wrote: »

Have that here. Plenty of "down" on it alright. Very solid when set

Any chance of a pic?is it anyway a clean finish?
I was only looking for planings as a road was done at the parents a few years ago and they put in a roadway of planings. It turned out to be a pretty good clean finish of a surface.

Ginger83

I see there's a yard full of planings outside Bailieborough on the Virginia road on the left just before Urcher garden center but I wouldn't know if it's a council yard or privately owned.

Reggie.

Ginger83 wrote: »

I see there's a yard full of planings outside Bailieborough on the Virginia road on the left just before Urcher garden center but I wouldn't know if it's a council yard or privately owned.

Might be council as I don't see them giving out the planings as much around here

Reggie.

Ginger83 wrote: »

Any chance of a pic?is it anyway a clean finish?
I was only looking for planings as a road was done at the parents a few years ago and they put in a roadway of planings. It turned out to be a pretty good clean finish of a surface.

Planings is the best stuff esp if rolled with a vibrating roller afterwards. I'll get a pic tomorrow. Can be a little messing when disturbed during wet weather but in dry weather it's hard as hell

Ginger83

Reggie. wrote: »

Planings is the best stuff esp if rolled with a vibrating roller afterwards. I'll get a pic tomorrow. Can be a little messing when disturbed during wet weather but in dry weather it's hard as hell

Thanks, I'd love to see a pic

tabby aspreme

I think road planings are now considered to be to be hazardous material, so may not be available anymore.

Ginger83

tabby aspreme wrote: »

I think road planings are now considered to be to be hazardous material, so may not be available anymore.

Hi, why would it be a hazard?
Do you mean toxic like the old sleepers,etc?
I thought they recycled it a lot for pothole repairs.

Reggie.

Ginger83 wrote: »

Hi, why would it be a hazard?
Do you mean toxic like the old sleepers,etc?
I thought they recycled it a lot for pothole repairs.

The tar is still present in the planings so a pollutant

cocoman

Reggie. wrote: »

The tar is still present in the planings so a pollutant

Tar (coal tar) would be hazardous but its not generally used anymore - bitumen is now used.

I'd say that contractors and councils would prefer to keep road planings for their own future use. There may also be the issue of transferring a waste (planings) to someone who may not have a permit to accept it.

_Brian

Ginger83 wrote: »

I see there's a yard full of planings outside Bailieborough on the Virginia road on the left just before Urcher garden center but I wouldn't know if it's a council yard or privately owned.

Is that the compound on the corner on the left ?? That's definitely a council compound.

Ginger83

_Brian wrote: »

Is that the compound on the corner on the left ?? That's definitely a council compound.

Hi, yea it's at a little T junction on the left. Would there be a local guy i could contact about some planings?
I'm only 3.5 mile from that yard

cocoman

Ginger83 wrote: »

Hi, yea it's at a little T junction on the left. Would there be a local guy i could contact about some planings?
I'm only 3.5 mile from that yard

Contact the county council area engineer inthe local office.

Ginger83

cocoman wrote: »

Contact the county council area engineer inthe local office.

Thanks, I got a number for Bailieborough area office, I'll give them a call.

_Brian

Ginger83 wrote: »

Hi, yea it's at a little T junction on the left. Would there be a local guy i could contact about some planings?
I'm only 3.5 mile from that yard

I have a notion the lad over the area is from over Lisgray direction..

Ginger83

_Brian wrote: »

I have a notion the lad over the area is from over Lisgray direction..

Thanks, I rang the bailieborough office, a lady said they do recycle it back into the roads but they'll get an engineer to call me.
Surely someone will want a nice earner coming into the summer, I'd be hoping to get 3,4 or even 5 truck loads of the stuff.

Reggie.

Ginger83 wrote: »

Thanks, I rang the bailieborough office, a lady said they do recycle it back into the roads but they'll get an engineer to call me.
Surely someone will want a nice earner coming into the summer, I'd be hoping to get 3,4 or even 5 truck loads of the stuff.

Its great stuff so it doesn't surprise me that the council try and reuse it with the budget cuts they had

lakill Farm

_Brian wrote: »

Is that the compound on the corner on the left ?? That's definitely a council compound.

nearly killed a lad out running there at the next corner at the garden centre last year. out running, no reflection on and was just sun down. lights from cars coming from opposite direction blinding me through the wire fence. just got to swerve at last moment. uncle in passenger seat wondered why I swerved as he never see the runner. I was just lucky

Ginger83

lakill Farm wrote: »

nearly killed a lad out running there at the next corner at the garden centre last year. out running, no reflection on and was just sun down. lights from cars coming from opposite direction blinding me through the wire fence. just got to swerve at last moment. uncle in passenger seat wondered why I swerved as he never see the runner. I was just lucky

Somebody was looking after you that day

Reggie.

Pic of gravel

Reggie.

Pic of yard

Ginger83

Reggie. wrote: »

Pic of yard

Thanks, it looks well rolled in

Reggie.

Ginger83 wrote: »

Thanks, it looks well rolled in

4 years of driving over it

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

Pic of yard

Presume there's 4" broke stone under that?

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Presume there's 4" broke stone under that?

Nope straight onto the gravel/clay