Paul Archbold
Member
Hi all
we are looking to have our driveway extended. We currently have block paving that, although is a bit wavy, the bricks themselves are in good condition bar the usual weathering you’d expect. Not sure it’s been down.
Strangely, the previous owners of the property built a wall round the driveway which sits within 3 feet of the boundary, creating a waste land area to one side. This has limited the drive to one car.
what we propose to do is knock the wall down and extend the block paving out to the current waste land and up to the front door, rather than replace all of the paving. We would then easily be able to fit two, maybe 3 cars on the driveway. I would want the current block paving lifted and the underneath levelled before relaying and salvaging the current blocks. Of course, for the extended bit we would need to buy new blocks to match.
I suppose my questions are; does this sound feasible? Would this lower the costs? What goes into doing this? Would it look odd?
hopefully the pictures help demonstrate what we mean.
Many thanks
Paul
we are looking to have our driveway extended. We currently have block paving that, although is a bit wavy, the bricks themselves are in good condition bar the usual weathering you’d expect. Not sure it’s been down.
Strangely, the previous owners of the property built a wall round the driveway which sits within 3 feet of the boundary, creating a waste land area to one side. This has limited the drive to one car.
what we propose to do is knock the wall down and extend the block paving out to the current waste land and up to the front door, rather than replace all of the paving. We would then easily be able to fit two, maybe 3 cars on the driveway. I would want the current block paving lifted and the underneath levelled before relaying and salvaging the current blocks. Of course, for the extended bit we would need to buy new blocks to match.
I suppose my questions are; does this sound feasible? Would this lower the costs? What goes into doing this? Would it look odd?
hopefully the pictures help demonstrate what we mean.
Many thanks
Paul
