I dug out a triangle about 300 deep, roughly equivalent to the area covered
by a family car (Frontera) and it pretty well filled the 6 yard skip - but
the hole you make seems to be smaller than the amount of mud you put in the
skip, I guess that is because it is quite compact before digging and
comparatively "spaced out" when it gets into the skip.
For the difference in price, you are probably better off getting a skip
thats a bit bigger than you need just in case - if you are like me there
will be bits of rubbish hidden around the place that can go in if you have
any space left over - or do the neighbours a favour and let them top it off.
"David Hearn" wrote in message
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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
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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
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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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