Concreting drive

[Steevo]

I doubt an excavator would be a patch on a proper ride on vibrating roller.

 

[gone up the hill]

I can do the middle because I've dug a yard of field away along side and heaped it up so I can track it all...ill put it back after

Is that the length of your track that takes u up the hill??

Ah that is a good idea..

Yea its a long road, just under 100 loads of concrete put down in 3.5 weeks!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I doubt an excavator would be a patch on a proper ride on vibrating roller.

Well I ain't spending even more cash on a roller when I've got an excavator needing to earn its keep

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Ah that is a good idea..

Yea its a long road, just under 100 loads of concrete put down in 3.5 weeks!

Wow...I wouldn't want to pay for that!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Ah that is a good idea..

Yea its a long road, just under 100 loads of concrete put down in 3.5 weeks!

What mix did you lay? What was there before you laid the concrete?

 

[gone up the hill]

Wow...I wouldn't want to pay for that!

Aye it wasn't cheap! and the 100 loads was just for the drive..

30% cheaper than tarmac thou as I project managed it myself.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Aye it wasn't cheap! and the 100 loads was just for the drive..

What did you spend the rest of your lottery win on?

 

[gone up the hill]

What mix did you lay? What was there before you laid the concrete?

RC 35, made one hell of a base for it, was partly an old stone track and partly a completely new road thru fields. all our own stone from my own quarry was used which helped on costs..

Ref cutting it, put in proper expansion joint material every so many meters and leave it at that, do not cut the concrete, esp up in your part of the country!

 

[gone up the hill]

What did you spend the rest of your lottery win on?

If only

 

[Northeastfarmer]

RC 35, made one hell of a base for it, was partly an old stone track and partly a completely new road thru fields. all our own stone from my own quarry was used which helped on costs..

Ref cutting it, put in proper expansion joint material every so many meters and leave it at that, do not cut the concrete, esp up in your part of the country!

Always handy having your own quarry

 

[Forever Fendt]

RC 35, made one hell of a base for it, was partly an old stone track and partly a completely new road thru fields. all our own stone from my own quarry was used which helped on costs..

Ref cutting it, put in proper expansion joint material every so many meters and leave it at that, do not cut the concrete, esp up in your part of the country!

good point about the preformed joint , we have used the two part plastic one years ago where you insert them in the concrete as you go and pull the top of when its set to allow a mastic seal,they do tend to float out a bit and are not easy to keep straight

 

[Doing it for the kids]

I doubt an excavator would be a patch on a proper ride on vibrating roller.

So just to clarify, you are about to spend £1000's on concrete but not a few £100 on a vibrating roller to get the base solid. That's farmers logic!

Dad used to claim his 13tonner did a great job packing things down, it's rubbish. Work out 13t spread over two tracks it's next to nothing, be better of using a 3 ton car on narrow tyres.

The worst thing about concreting is you never know how a good job you have done for several years after. We have laid a new road on clay, get bad shrinkage so hired the biggest roller I could find.

Track over base with digger then used roller, whole road dropped a good inch or 2....

 

[RWG Contracts]

Trouble is you cant do the middle of the drive with that machine I would guess..

Try concreting just under a mile in one go!

Sounds like something I'd be daft enough to try, 750 cube in one day, could do it if the plant would supply for 24 hours

 

[RWG Contracts]

RC 35, made one hell of a base for it, was partly an old stone track and partly a completely new road thru fields. all our own stone from my own quarry was used which helped on costs..

Ref cutting it, put in proper expansion joint material every so many meters and leave it at that, do not cut the concrete, esp up in your part of the country!

You should have a proper joint at least every 40 metres on an outside slab.

Why don't cut the concrete? It will crack if you don't

 

[Forever Fendt]

You should have a proper joint at least every 40 metres on an outside slab.

Why don't cut the concrete? It will crack if you don't

i would sooner have a joint not a crack (that sounds bad i know ) i would not go more than 15m not saying your 40m is to far but theres very little expense and effort involved in a few extra cuts

 

[Northeastfarmer]

i would sooner have a joint not a crack (that sounds bad i know ) i would not go more than 15m not saying your 40m is to far but theres very little expense and effort involved in a few extra cuts

I'm only going to be laying them in two loads at time quantities so will just put an expansion board in after every two loads

 

[Forever Fendt]

I'm only going to be laying them in two loads at time quantities so will just put an expansion board in after every two loads

sounds ideal ,you need some 12mm plain bars 600mm long drill the end timber shelter and push dowels in half way to tie next slab to when you pull the timber of then put debunking sleeve over remaining bar showing this allows for lateral movement ,treat yourself to a edging trowel and do the ends where they join the radius helps stop any chipping on edges

 

[RWG Contracts]

i would sooner have a joint not a crack (that sounds bad i know ) i would not go more than 15m not saying your 40m is to far but theres very little expense and effort involved in a few extra cuts

No I mean a contraction and expansion joint, them steel anchor joint things. Cuts are every 6m

 

[Forever Fendt]

No I mean a contraction and expansion joint, them steel anchor joint things. Cuts are every 6m

good we are on the same wave length you can come and do ours its 230m long x 3.4m wide

 

[gone up the hill]

You should have a proper joint at least every 40 metres on an outside slab.

Why don't cut the concrete? It will crack if you don't

On a lane 40 meters is far too long!

If you cut it all you will do is let water in which will expand and thus when it freezes will force the concrete and crack it.