GSC Forum

Dear All,

Ian Atkinson, Boat Park Manager ( boat - Orla ) has been saying for a while that we are running out of space for new boats on the park.
-
We have quite a lot of room up on the Bund ( west end of the site ) but it needs pitching in with hardcore and surfacing to use it to its full potential.
-
So, the question is, does anyone know of a reasonably local source for crushed brick or concrete?

-
I believe £ 10 per tonne would be a reasonable price delivered these days.
-
When that has been done, road planings would make an excellent surface for our purpose, again £10 per tonne.
-
Again, it is best to keep an eye open for road planing work in the local area, and then to ask the wagon driver in person.

The access is good for 8 - wheelers if they ask, perhaps 6 loads would do it
-
Ian can be contacted on 07864858690 or email me
-
This could save the club a lot of money.
-
Thanks for your help, David Booth
-

David,
We used cold planings for our carpark.
We placed 250mm on geotextile (terram) directly onto marsh grass at our site. You could probably use a lesser thickness if the original surface is good.
This has given us a very durable surface.
The planings came from DP Planings from Rossendale but there are probably a number of commercial sources.
Cold planing are technically waste and you should apply to the Environment Agency for a licence to use them. This is not difficult to justify and I don't think there is a fee.

Cheers, Steve

David, Road planings do not pack down very well and environmentally they are questionable. I think a better solution for the surface of the boat park is crushed brick/building rubble and then a coat of fines which can either be sandstone or limestone it results in a hard and even surface. Armstrongs of Horwich deliver locally for £6 per tonne and while they are not local to Glasson it may be worthwhile getting a quote. The no. is 01204 668021

Thanks, Duncan,

I shall ring them tomorrow.

cheers, D

They quoted for 6 x 20 tonne loads delivered . : crushed concrete £ 6:50 and 40 mm down crusher run from their quarry £9:50 per tonne ( vat to be added )

I'll let Ian Know David

We used crusher run before on the boat park: it paddles around dreadfully on shoes into boats and the clubhouse. We promised Frank we wouldn't use it again!

Thanks John,

yes, I think planings are by far the best solution, have used them at home for 25 years.

they knit together, almost as good as real tarmac sometimes. Especially if we do it in the heat of summer.

The are planed cold - so never any wet tar with them.

Some batches are better than others, but never had a problem with them

cheers David

Hi david,just a point on the sandstone,40mm is too big and would take some time to crush down and would get everywhere The stuff we used was almost sharp sand grade but there is a generic name for it which has slipped my mind. but armstrongs would probably have a record of the 2x20 tonne loads of the stuff that was supplied to make a car park for a Mr. Downs at the the old quarry on copthurst lane,wheelton. Duncan

hi all if we do use road plainings the best way to get it all to stick back together is as daft as it sounds, is to pore desal on it and leave it for a good week or two, we did it on a job at work once over and it works really well it was like freash tarmac when it was plated up. It need plating up anyway if we don't do it like this even so its solid, we didnt use any hardcore last time and just put the plaining straght down on top soil.
matt