Salthouse Nortfolk
replacing gravel driveway 220m
This is a project we did in Norfolk.
Our remit, take out gravel drive
which client could not drive up as gravel too deep, was 150mm in places
as you can see it is steep
top end to oak open garage
1800 hundreds cottage renovated lovely flint work 




Start of preparing base for cobbles
Removing the sub base 350 mm below finished level
good solid subase
90 ton of cobbles supplied by steptos reclaim yard very clean, no rubbish
side view
getting dark
You can make out the band of two setts which direct the water flow to gulleys 







Over 100 years wear very good patina
Slurray pointed with 4:1 sharp sand cement
up view
Bottom of driveway redid small flint wall to slight curve so cars did not catch it
Top end as you can see we removed the concrete plinth to front of garage
Front entrance aco channel in between gate to catch run off water then ramp of cobbles to lane





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