Yes - that's what made me think about it. The trouble is that the surface
isn't terribly great (lots of patchy bits, uneven etc) and whilst coating it
with that stuff may well make the surface look nice - my concern is that
it'll still be uneven, and I'm sure it'll show through - whereas redoing it
may get a better result.

To be honest, its unlikely we'd get it done - but having an idea of the
price may surprise us into doing something about it.

Incidentally, how many skips do you think we'd need for that amount of
concrete (assuming we'd need to dig it all up).

D

"Squid" wrote in message
.. .
Skip hire is £138 for 6yards, £160 for 8 yards - Sutton, South London,
probably similar to Guildford.

Have you thaught about tidying up the existing concrete by covering it
with
something - see my other posting "Driveway" ?


"David Hearn" wrote in message
...
Our (shared) driveway is looking quite tatty, with holes in the concrete
exposing hollows below etc. Its been patched as well (possibly for a
new
gas/electricity supply in the past) and just looks poor.

I'm loathed to pay anyone to do work which I think I can do myself -
(famous
last words!). So - does anyone have any idea (very rough would be
useful)
the sort of cost I would expect to rip up the old concrete, dispose of
it,
and relay (bearing in mind its a driveway which is about 2 cars (Pug
306!)
width wide, and possibly 3 to 3.5 cars long).

Things I can think of (but no idea of cost) would be:

Small digger hire (I'm not going to break my back as well as the
concrete!)
Skip (or however many skips I'd need)
Concrete to lay (is it realistic mixing it myself for this sort of
size -
getting it pre-mixed would be easiest).

Looking at that, it sounds a nice and easy job! Is it actually straigh
t
forward - or is there more to it than that. Obviously it'll be hard
work -
but as long as its not complex - I think it should be okay.

Also - any ideas what sort of cost I may expect to get someone in to do
it?
Bearing in mind its a shared driveway, it may not be that expensive to
do
it
between the two of us. We're in Guildford, Surrey - a costly county!

Thanks

D

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