Block paving job

[dj219957]

hello everyone. happy new year.

can anyone please recommend a local block paver who can extend my drive with a permeable block paved parking space please (new regs say you have to use new type permeable blocks - blocks with bigger gaps)?

andy

 

[Gramaisc]

Give Adrian Bennett a ring - 01785 211229.

 

[dj219957]

ok thanks, does he have a company name?

 

[Gramaisc]

ok thanks, does he have a company name?

Quite possibly, I don't really know, but he has been at it for 20 years - many examples of his work around the area.

 

[number9]

isn't all block paving permeable? concrete and clay blocks are. do you need permission?

You will not need planning permission if a new or replacement driveway of any size uses permeable (or porous) surfacing which allows water to drain through, such as gravel, permeable concrete block paving or porous asphalt, or if the rainwater is directed to a lawn or border to drain naturally.


If the surface to be covered is more than five square metres planning permission will be needed for laying traditional, impermeable driveways that do not provide for the water to run to a permeable area.

 

[Trumpet]

J V Watson Landscapes. 01785 214932 if memory serves. Family business, John's an OK chap.

 

[Floss]

J V Watson Landscapes. 01785 214932 if memory serves. Family business, John's an OK chap.

Didn't turn up for me so I went elsewhere

 

[sarsaparilla]

Alan Bennett 07813 892408 is excellent.

 

[Trumpet]

Didn't turn up for me so I went elsewhere

Odd, I've used him in the past and recommended him to other people and he's been pretty reliable.

 

[Floss]

Odd, I've used him in the past and recommended him to other people and he's been pretty reliable.

I must have been unlucky he came to quote just didn't follow through, mind you that year I had a nightmare getting any sort of trades man, we were doing a house renervation and everyone was booked up all summer. Thanks to him not turning up I ended up with this guy who should have been called Bodget and son, I had to sack him I could have done better blindfolded and my hands tied behind my back and he was a rob dog.

 

[John Marwood]

I followed through once

 

[proactive]

Only the once?

 

[John Marwood]

.....this week

 

[John Marwood]

....so far

 

[YorkshirePud]

Another for Alan Bennett. Website at http://alanbennettlandscapes.co.uk

 

[Trumpet]

I must have been unlucky he came to quote just didn't follow through

I'd say you were lucky, he drinks Banks's mild.

 

[Gramaisc]

I'd say you were lucky, he drinks Banks's mild.

Currently, £2 a pint in the Red Lion, Bradley.

https://www.facebook.com/redlionbra...6782875079613/952005641557336/?type=3&theater

 

[John Marwood]

It's amazing how much they can fit into those jars

 

[Trumpet]

Currently, £2 a pint in the Red Lion, Bradley.

https://www.facebook.com/redlionbra...6782875079613/952005641557336/?type=3&theater

Bargain.

 

[dj219957]

well after a lot of phones calls:
some didn't answer
some never got back to me/didn't turn up
one has quoted 900
one has quoted 3000!
so need more to turn up and quote, keep the names/numbers coming please!