I have searched Google and am now more confused than ever.I park my car in 
the front garden on grass, not ideal when it rains, so want to make concrete 
base to park the car on.The size pf the base will be 3 meters  x 4 meters.I 
think the mix should be 1 : 5 and it seems the base should be about 150mm 
deep. ( different advise from different web pages.)Can anyone give me an 
idea of the quantities I need to order.
Also the base will butt against my path should I use an expansion board when 
it joins ? will also have to drive over a manhole cover, is there any mark 
on it to show its strength, i.e. to hold a car ?
Apologies for a second problem, but I hope to do both jobs at once.
One of the problems I face is not knowing the correct name for parts 
etc,Water drains off my neighbours roof and ends up on my path, It has no 
where to go as it was laid level, so it regularly become a large puddle. I 
would like to put a "gully" ( probably wrong word) again the wall where the 
eater lays and run it to my drain. I would then want the fix a grill over 
the gully.I have seen this a number of times, but cant get any real guidance 
from the net as I seem to be searching the wrong words.

Any help greatly appreciated,

"JAB"  wrote in message 
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>I have searched Google and am now more confused than ever.I park my car in 
>the front garden on grass, not ideal when it rains, so want to make 
>concrete base to park the car on.The size pf the base will be 3 meters  x 4 
>meters.I think the mix should be 1 : 5 and it seems the base should be 
>about 150mm deep. ( different advise from different web pages.)Can anyone 
>give me an idea of the quantities I need to order.
> Also the base will butt against my path should I use an expansion board 
> when it joins ? will also have to drive over a manhole cover, is there any 
> mark on it to show its strength, i.e. to hold a car ?
> Apologies for a second problem, but I hope to do both jobs at once.
> One of the problems I face is not knowing the correct name for parts 
> etc,Water drains off my neighbours roof and ends up on my path, It has no 
> where to go as it was laid level, so it regularly become a large puddle. I 
> would like to put a "gully" ( probably wrong word) again the wall where 
> the eater lays and run it to my drain. I would then want the fix a grill 
> over the gully.I have seen this a number of times, but cant get any real 
> guidance from the net as I seem to be searching the wrong words.


As far as your concrete base is concerned, 150mm (6 inches) sounds about 
right.   I just laid a similar base for a summerhouse.   Rather than order 
quantities of ballast and cement, hire a mixer and then labour all day long, 
I went to one of these new cement suppliers where they mix it as it comes 
off the lorry.   It cost about 30 more than DIY but the guy started mixing 
at 08:15 and went at 09:15.   We spent another hour levelling and tamping so 
the whole job was finished in two hours rather than taking a day.   We had 
to use two wheel barrows (which they supplied) to transport the cement to 
the back garden but if your base is at the front they will be able to run it 
straight in off the chute.   The advantage over the old revolving drum 
ready-mix lorry is that, if you order 2 cubic metres and only use 1.5, you 
don't get the other half metre dumped for you to dispose of, they only make 
the amount actually required for the job.   This is a link to the company I 
used.   They were very helpful and the driver was great.   I didn't even 
have to specify an amount, just told them by email the size of the base and 
they estimated it for me.
http://www.masterconcrete.co.uk/masterconcrete/

-- 
Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)

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> "JAB"  wrote in message 
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>>I have searched Google and am now more confused than ever.I park my car in 
>>the front garden on grass, not ideal when it rains, so want to make 
>>concrete base to park the car on.The size pf the base will be 3 meters  x 
>>4 meters.I think the mix should be 1 : 5 and it seems the base should be 
>>about 150mm deep. ( different advise from different web pages.)Can anyone 
>>give me an idea of the quantities I need to order.
>> Also the base will butt against my path should I use an expansion board 
>> when it joins ? will also have to drive over a manhole cover, is there 
>> any mark on it to show its strength, i.e. to hold a car ?
>> Apologies for a second problem, but I hope to do both jobs at once.
>> One of the problems I face is not knowing the correct name for parts 
>> etc,Water drains off my neighbours roof and ends up on my path, It has no 
>> where to go as it was laid level, so it regularly become a large puddle. 
>> I would like to put a "gully" ( probably wrong word) again the wall where 
>> the eater lays and run it to my drain. I would then want the fix a grill 
>> over the gully.I have seen this a number of times, but cant get any real 
>> guidance from the net as I seem to be searching the wrong words.
>
> As far as your concrete base is concerned, 150mm (6 inches) sounds about 
> right.   I just laid a similar base for a summerhouse.   Rather than order 
> quantities of ballast and cement, hire a mixer and then labour all day 
> long, I went to one of these new cement suppliers where they mix it as it 
> comes off the lorry.   It cost about 30 more than DIY but the guy started 
> mixing at 08:15 and went at 09:15.   We spent another hour levelling and 
> tamping so the whole job was finished in two hours rather than taking a 
> day.   We had to use two wheel barrows (which they supplied) to transport 
> the cement to the back garden but if your base is at the front they will 
> be able to run it straight in off the chute.   The advantage over the old 
> revolving drum ready-mix lorry is that, if you order 2 cubic metres and 
> only use 1.5, you don't get the other half metre dumped for you to dispose 
> of, they only make the amount actually required for the job.   This is a 
> link to the company I used.   They were very helpful and the driver was 
> great.   I didn't even have to specify an amount, just told them by email 
> the size of the base and they estimated it for me.
> http://www.masterconcrete.co.uk/masterconcrete/
>
> -- 
> Keith Willcocks
> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)
>

Keith, thanks for the excellent advice,

>> As far as your concrete base is concerned, 150mm (6 inches) sounds about
>> right.   I just laid a similar base for a summerhouse.   Rather than 
>> order quantities of ballast and cement, hire a mixer and then labour all 
>> day long, I went to one of these new cement suppliers where they mix it 
>> as it comes off the lorry.   It cost about 30 more than DIY but the guy 
>> started mixing at 08:15 and went at 09:15.   We spent another hour 
>> levelling and tamping so the whole job was finished in two hours rather 
>> than taking a day.   We had to use two wheel barrows (which they 
>> supplied) to transport the cement to the back garden but if your base is 
>> at the front they will be able to run it straight in off the chute.   The 
>> advantage over the old revolving drum ready-mix lorry is that, if you 
>> order 2 cubic metres and only use 1.5, you don't get the other half metre 
>> dumped for you to dispose of, they only make the amount actually required 
>> for the job.   This is a link to the company I used.   They were very 
>> helpful and the driver was great.   I didn't even have to specify an 
>> amount, just told them by email the size of the base and they estimated 
>> it for me.
>> http://www.masterconcrete.co.uk/masterconcrete/
>>
>> -- 
>> Keith Willcocks
>> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)
>>
> Keith, thanks for the excellent advice,
>

Slight problem with this, I live on the isle of Wight..  not available

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>
>>> As far as your concrete base is concerned, 150mm (6 inches) sounds about
>>> right.   I just laid a similar base for a summerhouse.   Rather than 
>>> order quantities of ballast and cement, hire a mixer and then labour all 
>>> day long, I went to one of these new cement suppliers where they mix it 
>>> as it comes off the lorry.   It cost about 30 more than DIY but the guy 
>>> started mixing at 08:15 and went at 09:15.   We spent another hour 
>>> levelling and tamping so the whole job was finished in two hours rather 
>>> than taking a day.   We had to use two wheel barrows (which they 
>>> supplied) to transport the cement to the back garden but if your base is 
>>> at the front they will be able to run it straight in off the chute. 
>>> The advantage over the old revolving drum ready-mix lorry is that, if 
>>> you order 2 cubic metres and only use 1.5, you don't get the other half 
>>> metre dumped for you to dispose of, they only make the amount actually 
>>> required for the job.   This is a link to the company I used.   They 
>>> were very helpful and the driver was great.   I didn't even have to 
>>> specify an amount, just told them by email the size of the base and they 
>>> estimated it for me.
>>> http://www.masterconcrete.co.uk/masterconcrete/
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Keith Willcocks
>>> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)
>>>
>> Keith, thanks for the excellent advice,
>>
> Slight problem with this, I live on the isle of Wight..  not available


A lovely place to live, I have friends in Newport, on Carisbrooke Road, and 
we visit as frequently as we can manage.   It might be worth asking around 
(Yellow Pages etc), other companies do it and I'd be surprised if there 
isn't someone providing that service over there.
-- 
Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)

>>>
>> Slight problem with this, I live on the isle of Wight..  not available
>
> A lovely place to live, I have friends in Newport, on Carisbrooke Road, 
> and we visit as frequently as we can manage.   It might be worth asking 
> around (Yellow Pages etc), other companies do it and I'd be surprised if 
> there isn't someone providing that service over there.
> -- 
> Keith Willcocks
> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)


Have to agree, I live off the cliff walk between Shanklin and Sandown.
You cant miss it -  the house with the wet path and the car parked on the 
grass  8-)