Nick Maclaren wrote:
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An Oasis writes:
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| You really don't want to use your grass in the winter! Walking on grass
| when it is frozen is not advisable.

He is in Northern IRELAND, not northern ICELAND, you know!

| I'm not sure why you think the project will be expensive, land drains,
| turf, top soil... are all cheap. The area is not very large. I think
| if you talk to the right company you might be surprised.

Er, no. It will be expensive - farm hardstandings aren't flimsy. At an
educated but amateur guess, the following would be needed:
[...]

"Me too"s are generally pointless, but just in case the OP thinks
there's any doubt on the matter I think it needs stressing that Oasis
is quite wrong. By most standards the job will certainly be expensive.
I can only assume that Oasis is rich, and has forgotten that most
people are not.

From some experience, Nick's recipe is pretty good. The concrete may
well be six inches thick, probably on a layer of rubble or stone, and
soil underneath will certainly be compacted. On a slope, though, just
meticulously breaking up the concrete to the size of coarse crushed
stone (a hell of a job) may provide enough drainage for ordinary
purposes; but that depends on the site.

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Mike.