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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 20 8:15 am Post subject:
fee pm me, i might have lead on a fairly decent amount (30 car carpark to a depth of maybe 300mm )of suitable, re-usable rubble in june if you are not too far from york. roughly where are you? the issue is transport, it has to go somewhere but somewhere not too distant would be easier to swing:wink:

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 20 8:45 am Post subject:
for wheelchair I think you could use bark/woodchip/rubble or tarmac plantings. Need to scrape off soil put a membrane down and then with woodchip you could either go100% woodchip or with a hardcore base (properly rolllered base). Wood chip will be more maintenance than planings or type 1 (or any other aggregate).

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Earth

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 20 2:27 pm Post subject:
I'll be back later to chat, we're in Nantwich Dpack!

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 20 2:48 pm Post subject:
ok , nantwich area, that is a bit far for this one, it would be at least 2 lorry days to haul it 120 miles. tt says A there is a fair bit of this stuff pulled from local authority and other sites B her chum might know of some much closer to you that needs a new home enquiries will be made

Midlandsman

Joined: 22 May 2014
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 20 9:58 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

for wheelchair I think you could use bark/woodchip/rubble or tarmac plantings. Need to scrape off soil put a membrane down and then with woodchip you could either go100% woodchip or with a hardcore base (properly rolllered base). Wood chip will be more maintenance than planings or type 1 (or any other aggregate).

Sorry Tahir, woodchip's awful for wheelchairs. It throws your casters any which way.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16121

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 6:23 am Post subject:
A smooth surface is better. DILs pet hate is shingle as when she walks she can't lift her feet either, so makes life very difficult for her. I think either the blocks, carefully levelled, or the mesh, both with grass growing through might be rather better.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45709
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 7:31 am Post subject:

Midlandsman wrote:

tahir wrote:

Sorry Tahir, woodchip's awful for wheelchairs. It throws your casters any which way.

I'm not speaking from experience, we used to use it between veg beds and over a period of time it packed down quite well so assumed it might work.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 9:08 am Post subject:
Having said that, if that's the case how much better would a planings/type 1 path be?

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 9:33 am Post subject:
Considering the path is only required for dry fine weather,a cheaper,smooth surface path could be made from 2nd hand replaced/recycled conveyor belting.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45709
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 9:46 am Post subject:
What kind of base would that need?

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
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Location: Lampeter

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 1:10 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

What kind of base would that need?

Nothing,its heavy enough to hold down,just mow the grass down close to the ground and roll it out,there`s clip`s to be had to join lengths together.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45709
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 2:45 pm Post subject:
Could be a goer, does it come n different granule sizes?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 3:32 pm Post subject:
This is what planings look like: Click to see full size image

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 4:00 pm Post subject:

No granules,it comes on a roll,here`s one in use,

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=photo+of+conveyor+belt+underground&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dphoto%2bof%2bconveyor%2bbelt%2bunderground%26form%3dWMSRPA%26ao%3d1%26qs%3dSW%26cvid%3dfdc7f7afad5e45ccb1e5f13949b3d2cd%26pq%3dphoto%2bof%2bconveyor%2bbelt%2bunderground%26cc%3dGB%26setlang%3den-GB%26wsso%3dModerate%26qfig%3df7c4ae8255f24a528fb742c863c9ee18&view=detail&mid=DD8C05204304B8571BF6DD8C05204304B8571BF6&&mmscn=vwrc&FORM=VDRVRV

derbyshiredowser

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 980
Location: derbyshire

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 20 4:02 pm Post subject:

Ty Gwyn wrote:

Considering the path is only required for dry fine weather,a cheaper,smooth surface path could be made from 2nd hand replaced/recycled conveyor belting.

In Suffolk its used on the pebble beaches as a smooth surface to slide boats up the beaches and also footpaths its a great surface.

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