Tarmac drive price 600m2 .

bmm, thats not grass its horsetail weed one of the oldest plants on earth, the roots could be yards long, the only way to kill it is neat roundup scuff it and pour on, boiling water is also good.. It more than likely came in in sand for your build..

tikkahunter wrote: »

you don't work around Dublin do you

Was in Dublin 15 this past 3 days..

macadam wrote: »

bmm, thats not grass its horsetail weed one of the oldest plants on earth, the roots could be yards long, the only way to kill it is neat roundup scuff it and pour on, boiling water is also good.. It more than likely came in in sand for your build..

Yeah, have put loads of boiling water on it over the years.

Any idea what to do with the holes it leaves behind ??

tx

bmm wrote: »

Hi,

i had tarmac laid in 2005. By 2007 weeds were growing thru the tarmac. see foto. I have been going around with weed killer since then but sometimes the weeds have already pushed the tarmac out by the time i get to them. Is there a patching kit or something i could use to patch these areas. i saw a bag of tar in a diy shop . Could i melt this and pour it on. I have no budget to replace the tarmac. Thanks.

Spray it with Argitox...

I assume if laid correctly and thick enough then these type of weeds will never come through?

NIMAN wrote: »

Bloody horsetail.

I recently got a bit of tarmac done, and I had horsetail on an area. The guy doing the tarmac give it a spray for a couple of days before laying the tarmac, but he was honest enough to tell me that this stuff would eventually make its way through.

How long do you think its going to take to see the light of day?

It could appear anytime its a hard weed to kill but the argitox or pure roundup every time it appears will do the job

Hey macadam, we're finally looking into getting Tarmac done on our drive. I would guesstimate at about 800sqm, including kerbing. There is a base there, pretty compacted from approx 8yrs driving on it. But couldn't tell u if we need more.
My question to you is, would you have details of reputable and reasonable Tarmac layers that would service the south kildare area? If you could pm some contacts, that would be mucho appreciated.

Get a few quotes and pm me the details, its well up from me so I will help you as best I can to get the best job done, may not be the cheapest..

Can you PM me the quote you got, Im nowhere near Donegal, but I'd be very sceptical, of a price like that.....

Can anyone give me some advice on what I have been quoted for, I have a small business with a carpark and then a driveway leading to my house. The carpark gets around 10 cars on it a day and some 7.5 tonne vehicles once a week and the driveway has 1 car once a day and the occasional septic tank lorry. The sub base for the carpark is fairly solid with the occasional soft area but the driveway has received a lot of wear through recent construction work, both are currently have gravel and been in place around 20 plus years.
Below is what the contractor has advised-

Drive – 235m2
1) Excavate area to a depth of 280mm and cart all muck off site.
2) Install new flat top path edgings to perimeter of drive on 150mm concrete bed and haunch.
3) Compact sub base and roll out weed control terram.
4) Spread and compact 200mm of Type 1 Granite.
5) Machine lay 50mm thickness of 20mm Dense Binder Course.
6) Machine lay 30mm thickness of 6mm Stone Mastic Asphalt Surface Course.

Parking & Access – 464m2
1) Grade existing surface making up levels with road plannings.
2) Cut keyway joints to existing surfaces and bitumen.
3) Machine lay 50mm thickness of 6mm Stone Mastic Asphalt Surface Course.

He quoted €30,000. Is that Reasonable?

Does this sound like a good job and will the car park (parking and access) be Ok with just 50mm on the existing sub base as it is will get more wear than a domestic driveway.
Any advice would be most appreciated.

phile0912 wrote: »

Can anyone give me some advice on what I have been quoted for, I have a small business with a carpark and then a driveway leading to my house. The carpark gets around 10 cars on it a day and some 7.5 tonne vehicles once a week and the driveway has 1 car once a day and the occasional septic tank lorry. The sub base for the carpark is fairly solid with the occasional soft area but the driveway has received a lot of wear through recent construction work, both are currently have gravel and been in place around 20 plus years.
Below is what the contractor has advised-

Drive – 235m2
1) Excavate area to a depth of 280mm and cart all muck off site.
2) Install new flat top path edgings to perimeter of drive on 150mm concrete bed and haunch.
3) Compact sub base and roll out weed control terram.
4) Spread and compact 200mm of Type 1 Granite.
5) Machine lay 50mm thickness of 20mm Dense Binder Course.
6) Machine lay 30mm thickness of 6mm Stone Mastic Asphalt Surface Course.

Parking & Access – 464m2
1) Grade existing surface making up levels with road plannings.
2) Cut keyway joints to existing surfaces and bitumen.
3) Machine lay 50mm thickness of 6mm Stone Mastic Asphalt Surface Course.

He quoted €30,000. Is that Reasonable?

Does this sound like a good job and will the car park (parking and access) be Ok with just 50mm on the existing sub base as it is will get more wear than a domestic driveway.
Any advise would be most appreciated.

Sounds expensive to me.
Macadam would be the man to give advice here (if he recovers from the heart attack he might get after reading your post )

You should at least get a few quotes to make sure you're not getting ripped off.

Hi macadam, any chance you could please PM me a tarmac contractor you could recommend in Cork. I have about 310 square metres of area at the rear of my house that I need doing. The builders will have it prepared and ready for tarmacing.

What price per m2 is reasonable for a 50mm thickness.....about €14 or €15 per metre?

Thanks.

mgn wrote: »

Hi,Im looking for a contractor to Tarmac around house about 300 sq meters,The area needs leveling off and a few gullys put in. What would the going rate per sq meter be now.Could anyone recommend a contractor in Roscommon or surrounding area
Thanks in advance
Mgn

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Strip wrote: »

Looking for recommendation in south galway please

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