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Old 24 March 2007, 12:43 PM
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My lad does this work. His spec agrees pretty much with POC's as a minimum. Basically, he digs down 1 foot (300mm) as a starter and a lot of his work is re-laying existing drives that have been poorly layed with inadequate foundations by gypos and builders. He says avoid builders doing it - they think they can do anything but there's a lot of skill and experience laying a block drive, especially when it comes to the planning and details.

Also, the biggest cost difference is in the blocks - anything from under a tenner to £30 per m2.

For a total job, he uses a yardstick cost of £50 per m2, but each job is different and this can go up, or down, according to layout, underground pipes, finishing details etc.

Hope this helps.

Richard.