Reclaimed Cobblestone Carriageway

[Yeahaa]

After searching the country i found these stones locally /

Decided to construct the drive to a carriageway specification as essentially thats what it is , was an excavation of 450mm .
Took weeks to clean , gauge , row , patern and lay the stone but I got there in the end

Pitch jointed using a filled modified carriageway bitumen

 

[bernardgreen]

Excellent job. Well done,

 

[Ian H]

Very nice!!!

 

[ktuludays]

Amazing job, looks gorgeous

 

[KenGMac]

You will know if it is a good one when in the middle of a good going heat wave you have small bitumen bubbles start forming between the Setts [ the Scots word for such blocks, up here they are generally Granite.]

Looks really good

 

[mattylad]

very nice.

 

[Yeahaa]

You will know if it is a good one when in the middle of a good going heat wave you have small bitumen bubbles start forming between the Setts [ the Scots word for such blocks, up here they are generally Granite.]

Looks really good

This is the product I used
http://www.colasproducts.co.uk/bitu...oducts/bridge-joints-and-sealants/sett-grout/
DIY, using a roofers boiler was fun heating it to 210C to achieve a 190C pour .
Coal tar pitch is not available , well it was but at £5/kg

 

[Ian H]

United Utilities have just dug up a cobbled road near me, I expected them to tarmac where they dug but the put the cobbles back, badly.

 

[Yeahaa]

United Utilities have just dug up a cobbled road near me, I expected them to tarmac where they dug but the put the cobbles back, badly.

They probably send a team back in a few weeks to dig them up to tarmac .

 

[Adam182]

This looks lovely! And a fantastic job.

 

[Yeahaa]

Thanks for the compliments .
As I was laying , tapered ones lol I threw back , had enough to make a curve )

 

[Ian H]

Do you do this for a living?

 

[Yeahaa]

Do you do this for a living?

No although I am from a civils/domestic construction background , wood & 20 years ago held a NRSWA card , concrete carriageway chambers .
So I guess wasnt completely blind .
Had quotes at over £300 a squ metre laid random like a driveway , the only way I could afford it was diy .
I did want the big kerbing stones in the first picture but I couldnt budge them an machinery for a day made the curb line to expensive .
They look clean the stones in the pile , the weathered ones on top were ok ish , however they had been covered by carriageway several times over the years ,black goo on the surface , horse shoe stuck to one of them an the reality was 3 weeks just to prep for laying .
Started off as 11 tonne of scrap

 

[KenGMac]

With the work input you have undertaken it is understandable why £300 / M2 is asked?

Hope you kept the horse shoe? for luck?

Ken.

 

[Yeahaa]

With the work input you have undertaken it is understandable why £300 / M2 is asked?

Hope you kept the horse shoe? for luck?

Ken.

£300 was random lay no pitch joints .
Hand cut stones from a while ago , width alone the 4 inch was from 90 to 115 , my joins would of been all to pox unless carefully rowed out
The biggest set back was the cleaning prior to laying , had to hand ball them round the back of my house , nearly sent them back , then decided was going to be unique kind of so stick with it .
However this gave me the opportunity to lay the lot out at the back of my house to see every stone and pick the ones I wanted .

Bought a proper pitcher & a set of bushing hammers would of been a nice addition to my kit , was to expensive for a graded set.

Is only one stil saw cut in it all was a diagonal.
A few tools could resurface the bad stones , took a lot back with jack hammer damage etc .
So even at £300 \M doubt I would of quite got what I ended up with .
Sourcing decent stones is a problem .