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- Portsmouth
We're just putting planning in so anyone with anymore tips/do's/don'ts etc I'd love to hear them.
Sorry to hijack.
Sorry to hijack.
I have a few for other people but always refuse to use a membrane as everyone i have sorted out for other people they have had problems with it coming through. Best base is rubble two/three ft deep followed by a bit of type one to level it off, if it is above the surrounding ground you will never have puddles. The last one i did i used galebreaker type net from @greatingrass . It was made in one piece so no worrys about edges coming up and it doesnt rip, I put bassalt on top and then mixed in wire strippings, IMVHO this is far better than Silica sand and rubber and cheaper, there are only a couple of quarries who do proper silica sand and they arent near you Will
As a planning consultant my advice would be to be totally honest about what you intend to so, get decent plans drawn up, all elevations must be to scale and have a scale bar. All plan views must have a scale bar and a north arrow.We're just putting planning in so anyone with anymore tips/do's/don'ts etc I'd love to hear them.
Sorry to hijack.
You won't go wrong with cardigan sand. Everyone uses it in South west WalesReally? Cardigan sand and gravel reckon they had it but not.looked into great detail about the sand yet
add it to your weekly charge make the customer pay no reason you should carry this extra chargeOMG
hope they don't come and slap that on other halves livery yard it'll be a killer!
Have always been told there is one at wareham which i have used in the past one in surrey and one up in the north east but could well be wrong, important to use the right stuffReally? Cardigan sand and gravel reckon they had it but not.looked into great detail about the sand yet
You won't go wrong with the carpet fibre. In the last year we have sold approx 35 manages worth of fibre and everyone has been really happy.Hi All,
A bit late after the last posting on this thread, but I have just joined and am after some information.
A bit about us. We live in South West France, having moved from Essex eleven years ago. I decided to build my wife an arena as we had enough land and she had been talking about one.
Firstly, shredded rubber is banned here in France for schools. Might that happen in the UK? I believe it is something to do with the run off water. I had heard that you must have containment for the run of water in the UK to prevent pollution of the soil.
I found some very good plans on the internet and good advice about not scrimping when it came to installing drains. I followed that advice after getting a very good digger driver (not cheap, but worth it) in to level the site as it sloped about 50cm from one end to the other. (40m x 20m). I then hired a mini digger and a friend to dig the trenches for the drains as I had never used one. He showed me how and we completed the trenches. I laid perforated drainage pipe wrapped in geotextile on a bed of gravel stones, in trenches 3.5m apart. They were then infilled with more stones and then the soil from the trenches was put back and levelled. The cost for the drainage materials(including digger hire) was about €1600 (about £1300). I then surrounded that with oak sleepers. Geotextile was laid on the ground and secured to the sleepers followed by .20-.30 stone. We have just laid geotextile over the stone and also secured that to the sleepers. The geotextile had an overlap of 50cm.
We have bought new shredded carpet bales from Pennine Blending. Unlike some companies, the carpet is new, so there is no chance of nails being left in it.
We had found a source of silica after a lot of research and examining other sand schools. It appears that most people with arenas here use whatever sand is available locally, as some seem very rough. The cost of silica sand is about €10 per ton. Our closest quarry for that is 45 miles away. The delivery charge will be about three times the cost! However, we have just been promised (for free!) the sand they are using for the jousting and horse display at our villages Medieval Fete which is currently on. It is fine, but nothing like as good a quality as the silica sand. It won't be enough, but it is a start!
Now for the information request ('At long last!' you cry). I would like to know from those of you with fibre mix schools, what machine you use to level them. There seem to be a few on the market but I wonder if some of the less expensive work as well as the dearer ones? The most expensive seem to cost about £2-2500. We have a compact tractor as well as a ride on mower that could tow something.
Thank you.
Paul
Hi All,
A bit late after the last posting on this thread, but I have just joined and am after some information.
A bit about us. We live in South West France, having moved from Essex eleven years ago. I decided to build my wife an arena as we had enough land and she had been talking about one.
Firstly, shredded rubber is banned here in France for schools. Might that happen in the UK? I believe it is something to do with the run off water. I had heard that you must have containment for the run of water in the UK to prevent pollution of the soil.
I found some very good plans on the internet and good advice about not scrimping when it came to installing drains. I followed that advice after getting a very good digger driver (not cheap, but worth it) in to level the site as it sloped about 50cm from one end to the other. (40m x 20m). I then hired a mini digger and a friend to dig the trenches for the drains as I had never used one. He showed me how and we completed the trenches. I laid perforated drainage pipe wrapped in geotextile on a bed of gravel stones, in trenches 3.5m apart. They were then infilled with more stones and then the soil from the trenches was put back and levelled. The cost for the drainage materials(including digger hire) was about €1600 (about £1300). I then surrounded that with oak sleepers. Geotextile was laid on the ground and secured to the sleepers followed by .20-.30 stone. We have just laid geotextile over the stone and also secured that to the sleepers. The geotextile had an overlap of 50cm.
We have bought new shredded carpet bales from Pennine Blending. Unlike some companies, the carpet is new, so there is no chance of nails being left in it.
We had found a source of silica after a lot of research and examining other sand schools. It appears that most people with arenas here use whatever sand is available locally, as some seem very rough. The cost of silica sand is about €10 per ton. Our closest quarry for that is 45 miles away. The delivery charge will be about three times the cost! However, we have just been promised (for free!) the sand they are using for the jousting and horse display at our villages Medieval Fete which is currently on. It is fine, but nothing like as good a quality as the silica sand. It won't be enough, but it is a start!
Now for the information request ('At long last!' you cry). I would like to know from those of you with fibre mix schools, what machine you use to level them. There seem to be a few on the market but I wonder if some of the less expensive work as well as the dearer ones? The most expensive seem to cost about £2-2500. We have a compact tractor as well as a ride on mower that could tow something.
Thank you.
Paul