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Recessed paved manhole cover replacement

  • 02-09-2024 10:19am
    #1
    banchang
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    We had a drain blockage cleared at the weekend & the drain company recommended that we replace the cover as it was bowing. It measures 660x660mm.

    Advice appreciated on likely cost & companies who would do this replacement (Dublin) - my drain guy said they could replace the cover but I’d need a paver separately, which is not ideal - would like whole job done once.

    Also wonder if replacement cover is same size, why existing paving stones can’t be replaced back into new cover, jigsaw style?

    Pictures attached.

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Comments

  • #2
    Rows Grower
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    I'm only guessing but it sounds like the drain guys don't want to take responsibility for removing and replacing the pavers in case any get damaged or are already damaged. You could get them to replace the cover and pop the pavers in yourself.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #3
    banchang
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122573545#Comment_122573545

    Yeah, but I wouldn't be confident about replacing the pavers myself. Ideally I'd get a professional who does this, & who would do the whole job.



  • #4
    Rows Grower
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122574285#Comment_122574285

    You'll find it hard to get a paver to do a job that small.

    Take a step out of your comfort zone, photograph the layout, use google for help and you really should have no problem.

    You'll get immense self satisfaction out of it and be walking around with your chest sticking out and mixing with the lads in Hi Vis jackets down the pub.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #5
    banchang
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    Thanks for this. Seriously considering. What could possibly go wrong, & all that !



  • #6
    banchang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭banchang


    Update !

    I advertised the job on Tradesman.ie in the Landscaping section & long story short I got a great Latvian father & son team with 20 years paving experience here who completed the job excellently & professionally last Saturday morning. It turned out to be more complicated than originally envisaged so glad I didn’t attempt this myself. Guy who paved our driveway 17 years ago set the new manhole cover base on top of the one which was in the driveway since 1934, rather than removing the original & properly setting new manhole base. This resulted in the new base being diminished as cars went over it daily over time. Landscaper removed the lot & properly cemented in the new base, which will now ‘see me out’, as they say ! 😀



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