Concrete driveways in Sevenoaks

Driveways are the defining Sevenoaks job. Long approach drives from a gated entrance to a house set well back, parking courts and turning circles, replacement of gravel or unmade surfaces with concrete, and aprons to garaging and outbuildings. The areas are large by domestic standards and the finish expectation is high.

That combination makes continuity matter. A drive of this size cannot be laid as a series of unrelated loads without planning where the joints fall, so the bay layout and the delivery sequence are decided together rather than one after the other.

The one pour where reaching the gate is not enough

Everywhere else in Sevenoaks the phrase is that the lorry reaches the gate and not the work. On a driveway it is worse, because even a drive the vehicle could have driven down is off limits once it is being poured. The concrete has to be placed from a position the lorry can hold, and the work has to run back towards it.

The existing surface is the second problem. These drives are frequently gravel or unmade, laid to carry cars, and a fully loaded mixer moving over the part that is not being poured yet can rut it badly. Gated entrances limit width and turning circle, and overhanging canopy on the approach lanes limits height before anyone has measured the drive.

A boom pump is the usual answer. It stands at or near the entrance, reaches over the drive without touching it, and places concrete at the far end so the work comes back towards the gate. A line pump does the same along the edge where a boom cannot be set up.

What settles a Sevenoaks driveway

The drive length and width, the depth, the existing surface, the gate width and any overhanging trees on the lane. Your quotation, delivery and payment are agreed directly with the approved supplier appointed to your pour.

Send the detail to hello@kentreadymix.co.uk and an approved supplier will confirm the mix, the volume and the delivery window.