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Hi group, Advice please on concreting. I will be replacing my driveway and area around the house with concrete. It is currently a mixture of road plainings and concrete slaps. The road plainings are a real pain and seem to trap dirt which gets moved about so it is all coming up. This is a farmhouse and heavy machinery moves around on it. 7 ton jcb, 2 ton fork lift with load. It also will have to deal with a tanker lorry deliverying bulk LPG. So it will have to handle Weight. Currently the concrete that was put on by the previous owner is simply not up to the job and has cracked and given way. 1. What base should I use? How deep and what materials. 2. What mix of concrete and what depth of concrete. Ideally I'd like to use white concrete rather than dull gray unless anyone can think of other finishes. A smooth finish is required. No patterned stuff as I move a pallet truck around on this. |
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Lobster wrote: wrote: Advice please on concreting. Have you looked at the excellent http://www.pavingexpert.com/ ? David Suggested values here would crack and break on first use with my little forklift. The forklift has become known as the destroyer. 4 tons of load on something smaller than a mini would soon break their suggested values. |
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