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I'm hopeless at guessing in 3d so wondered if anyone could sort of guess
how wide a space/path would have to be to widen a driveway that at the moment is just wide enough for two cars/ I was going to help someone dig up her lawn and put down some weed suppressant and shingle so they could get out of the car on the passenger side without walking on the grass all the time.The poor lawn looks like a steamroller has been over it on the drive edge! -- Janet Tweedy |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:07:59 +0100, Janet Tweedy wrote:
I was going to help someone dig up her lawn and put down some weed suppressant and shingle so they could get out of the car on the passenger side without walking on the grass all the time.The poor lawn looks like a steamroller has been over it on the drive edge! Assuming that it's just to enable egress from the car and the car doesn't need to shuffle over to make its easier on the otherside as well then about 3' should do. Personally I'd not put down a membrane and shingle but that plastic frame stuff that the grass can grow through. http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Land...l/Ground%20Gua rd/d130/sd3225/p94411 But I'd look to find a cheaper supplier or cheaper alternative... -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 27/08/2012 17:07, Janet Tweedy wrote:
I'm hopeless at guessing in 3d so wondered if anyone could sort of guess how wide a space/path would have to be to widen a driveway that at the moment is just wide enough for two cars/ I was going to help someone dig up her lawn and put down some weed suppressant and shingle so they could get out of the car on the passenger side without walking on the grass all the time.The poor lawn looks like a steamroller has been over it on the drive edge! I'd allow 2 ft each side, but knowing how drivers will move their cars further apart if they can then make it 2 1/2 t each side. |
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... I'm hopeless at guessing in 3d so wondered if anyone could sort of guess how wide a space/path would have to be to widen a driveway that at the moment is just wide enough for two cars/ I was going to help someone dig up her lawn and put down some weed suppressant and shingle so they could get out of the car on the passenger side without walking on the grass all the time.The poor lawn looks like a steamroller has been over it on the drive edge! -- Janet Tweedy Park the car, open the door and the extra path needs to be just a bit wider than where the door comes too. probably turn out to be around the 3' mark. -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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In article o.uk, Dave
Liquorice writes Personally I'd not put down a membrane and shingle but that plastic frame stuff that the grass can grow through. http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Land...l/Ground%20Gua rd/d130/sd3225/p94411 But I'd look to find a cheaper supplier or cheaper alternative. Wouldn't heels get stuck in the grids? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:30:03 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote: "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... I'm hopeless at guessing in 3d so wondered if anyone could sort of guess how wide a space/path would have to be to widen a driveway that at the moment is just wide enough for two cars/ I was going to help someone dig up her lawn and put down some weed suppressant and shingle so they could get out of the car on the passenger side without walking on the grass all the time.The poor lawn looks like a steamroller has been over it on the drive edge! -- Janet Tweedy Park the car, open the door and the extra path needs to be just a bit wider than where the door comes too. probably turn out to be around the 3' mark. If you park in a public car park, there's about a foot or so between cars and in that space you open the door, get out and walk up between the two vehicles. As I park one car with the wheels almost at the edge of the drive, I've added a foot of chippings on that side - perfectly adequate. There's a foot and a bit of existing drive "unused" on the other side but that's the side the postman walks up with his ruddy great bag hanging from his shoulder so I've added a foot on that side as well for his benefit Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes it's raining and sometimes it's not. |
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