The size
Length and width set how much tarmac and stone the job needs, and how long it takes. A long country driveway is a different job to a front garden in town.
How much does a tarmac driveway cost?
Every driveway is priced after a site visit, because what is under the ground matters as much as the size. Here is what makes the difference to the price.
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What sets the price
Nine things that make the difference
These are the questions we answer at the site visit. Every photo is from one of our own jobs.
What comes out first
Grass, soil, gravel, old concrete or broken tarmac: how much has to be dug out and taken away before anything new goes down.
The base
How much stone it takes to build a solid, compacted base. Soft ground needs more. This is the part that decides how long the driveway lasts.
Drainage
Where the water goes now, and where it should go. A channel drain or a gully at the right spot stops water lying on the drive or running to the house.
Kerbing and walls
Kerbs along the edges and around beds, and any block work or walls the driveway needs.
The entrance
Widening the entrance, building or rebuilding piers, and where the driveway meets the road.
Access
Whether a lorry, paver and roller can get in, or the tarmac has to be barrowed in by hand.
How it will be used
Cars only, or vans, tractors and lorries. Heavier traffic needs a deeper base.
Services
Ducting for lights, gates or anything you might add later, laid before the tarmac so it never has to be dug up.
Is there a price per square metre?
Size is only part of the price. Two driveways of the same size can be very different jobs: one needs digging out, a new base and kerbs, the other only a new surface. So the price comes after a site visit, in writing, for your driveway.
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Getting your price
A site visit, then a written quote. No guesswork.
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Call or WhatsApp
Ring 086 879 8572 or send a photo on WhatsApp. Tell us the job and the town.
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Free site visit
We come out, look at the ground, measure up and listen to what you want from it.
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Written quote
You get a written quote that sets out the work, so you know what you are paying for.
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The work
Groundwork, base, kerbs and tarmac, all done by the same crew, start to finish.
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The jobs we price
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Ring 086 879 8572, or send a photo on WhatsApp with your town. Mon to Sat, 8am to 6pm.