£1,000 to replace an area of lawn 4m x 7m with gravelled hardstanding for
car.
Excavate to depth of 4 inches, remove soil, membrane, gravel. No hardcore
(probably not necessary it wont be used more than 2 or 3x day).

Reading area.......I'm sure it would be £3.50 up North :-(

I had guessed a grand so wasnt surprised, normally when I guess the price of
something the quotes come in at double that! Waiting for one more quote.

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£1,000 to replace an area of lawn 4m x 7m with gravelled hardstanding for
car.
Excavate to depth of 4 inches, remove soil, membrane, gravel. No hardcore
(probably not necessary it wont be used more than 2 or 3x day).

Reading area.......I'm sure it would be £3.50 up North :-(

I had guessed a grand so wasnt surprised, normally when I guess the price
of
something the quotes come in at double that! Waiting for one more quote.


Not unreasonable - but I would suggest reconsideing the hardcore. 100mm of
mot type 1 over membrane with 25mm peashinblge rolled into the top will give
a much more stable surface. 4" of gravel is V hard to walk on.

pk

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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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£1,000 to replace an area of lawn 4m x 7m with gravelled hardstanding for
car.
Excavate to depth of 4 inches, remove soil, membrane, gravel. No hardcore
(probably not necessary it wont be used more than 2 or 3x day).

Reading area.......I'm sure it would be £3.50 up North :-(

[...]
Not unreasonable - but I would suggest reconsideing the hardcore. 100mm of
mot type 1 over membrane with 25mm peashinblge rolled into the top will give
a much more stable surface. 4" of gravel is V hard to walk on.

Definitely: and cars send deep gravel all over the place. I'd want the
hardcore compacted, too (before the shingle goes on).

You may be able to sell the lawn: cheaper than clean topsoil, of
course, but it might contribute a worthwhile bite of the bill. And
your builder would then have to knock off the cost of disposal.

For a glorious split second, I read "Reading area" as "reading area",
and thought you must be very fond of your car to want to sit beside,
or in, it with a book!

Mike.

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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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£1,000 to replace an area of lawn 4m x 7m with gravelled hardstanding
for
car.
Excavate to depth of 4 inches, remove soil, membrane, gravel. No
hardcore
(probably not necessary it wont be used more than 2 or 3x day).

Reading area.......I'm sure it would be £3.50 up North :-(

I had guessed a grand so wasnt surprised, normally when I guess the
price
of
something the quotes come in at double that! Waiting for one more quote.


Not unreasonable - but I would suggest reconsideing the hardcore. 100mm of
mot type 1 over membrane with 25mm peashinblge rolled into the top will
give
a much more stable surface. 4" of gravel is V hard to walk on.

pk


Paul, what is 'mot type 1' is that bigger bits of stone??

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Not unreasonable - but I would suggest reconsideing the hardcore.
100mm of mot type 1 over membrane with 25mm peashinblge rolled into
the top will give a much more stable surface. 4" of gravel is V hard
to walk on.

pk


Paul, what is 'mot type 1' is that bigger bits of stone??


oops, slipped into jargon..... Mot type 1 is the reddish-grey stuff you see
by the roadside when workmen are remaking the road, or below well laid
driveways, a mix of sizes from around 40mm down to fines and is self
binding. It makes a good base for gravel as this can be rolled into the
surface.

pk