thinking of paving diy

mcneil

I have a front garden thats a lawn at the moment, its 10m long by 6 meters wide and want to lay flag stones because im sick of maintaing it. Im thinking maybe me, my father and son would have it dug out in a day, put binding,sand down in day 2 along with maybe getting half of flags laid. day 3 rest of binding,sand and finish of the flags. Theres no corners etc.. so not much cutting to be done.

Would this be wishful thinking doing this in 3 days or will it take more. We are all competent in building work so know a thing or two about stuff like this. We have 3 days off soon and hope to get it done then. I was thinking maybe i couldnt get it done in my days off, maybe someone to do it for us but what sort of costs woould one charge for laying basic flags for this area labour only.

e.r

60 m2 of digging is a lot of manual labour, as depth needed for hardcore and bedding sand. Hire a mini digger and a man for dig out.

The rest you could easily manage,
Also lay fibre mesh weeds don't grow up.

mcneil

e.r wrote: »

60 m2 of digging is a lot of manual labour, as depth needed for hardcore and bedding sand. Hire a mini digger and a man for dig out.

The rest you could easily manage,
Also lay fibre mesh weeds don't grow up.

cant get a mini dagger in

Steve

mcneil wrote: »

cant get a mini dagger in

Even a micro? they'll go through a house door!

e.r

Steve wrote: »

Even a micro? they'll go through a house door!

Taught it was your front garden op, if you can't get one in then a wheelbarrow won't remove the waste materials!!

muffler

mcneil wrote: »

cant get a mini dagger in

How could you not get a mini digger into your front garden?

Pkiernan

What you're proposing requires planning permission no??

dodzy

Pkiernan wrote: »

What you're proposing requires planning permission no??

No.

Funny that is...can't get a mini digger into your front garden:D

Pkiernan

dodzy wrote: »

No.

Funny that is...can't get a mini digger into your front garden:D

If you're in Dublin you need Planning permission :

Planning Permission
Planning Permission is required for the alteration of a front garden in
order to provide car parking by creating a new access, or by the
material widening (i.e. significant widening) of an existing access.
Proposals for off-street parking in the front gardens of single
dwellings in mainly residential areas will not be permitted where
residents rely on on-street car parking and there is a strong demand
for such parking.
Application forms and Vehicular Access Guidelines can be obtained
from Dublin City Council's Planning Department. You should contact
the Planning Department and the Roads & Traffic Department to get
advice on the acceptability of your specific proposal and other
technical requirements before any planning application is made. You
should also contact Road Maintenance Services in advance to
discuss the dishing of the public footpath outside the proposed
entrance. Dishing of footpaths to allow off-street parking is carried
out by Road Maintenance Services and would be at your expense.

Esel

OP did not mention car parking.

They can't even get a mini-digger in!