Gallery: dropped kerbs and tarmac driveways in Derby

Photos and short videos from our own jobs. Where we have several shots of one job they sit together, always in order: dug out first, finished last. Tap a photo to see it bigger, or a video to play it.

Showing all 31 photos and 9 videos.

Pavements and kerb lines

Work on the public pavement and along the kerb line at the road edge.

New tarmac across a pavement

One job, start to finish: the pavement dug out with a mini digger, then new tarmac laid up to the kerb line.

The pavement dug out along the road, mini digger on site.
Dug out in front of the house, ready for the new surface.
New tarmac down across the pavement.
New tarmac beside a block-paved drive.
New tarmac laid up to the kerb line along the road.

Tarmac along a kerb line

Raked out between a block-paved drive and the kerb with the barriers up, then rolled.

Raking the tarmac out along the kerb line, barriers up.
The roller goes over the fresh tarmac.

More footway and road-edge work

Other jobs on footways and at the edge of the road.

New tarmac across a footway, cones still out.
Compacting new tarmac on a footway beside a block-paved drive.
A new strip of tarmac, kerbed on both sides, cones still out.
New tarmac laid up to a low kerb at the road edge.

Tarmac driveways

Where we have several photos of one drive, they sit together, in order. The rest are grouped by stage.

A tarmac drive, base to finish

One drive, in order: the stone sub-base spread over the dug-out ground, a channel drain along the house, then the finished tarmac edged in block paving.

Dug out, with the stone sub-base starting to go down.
More stone spread, a channel drain along the house.
The stone going down by the front door.
The sub-base spread across the drive.
Sub-base laid up to the channel drain.
Finished, edged in block paving.
The finished drive, up to the front door.

A finished drive in front of a bungalow

Three views of one finished drive: block edging at the pavement, a channel drain along the house, and the frontage from across the road.

Block edging where the drive meets the pavement.
A channel drain along the front of the house.
The finished drive from across the road.

Digging out and edging

The old ground comes out, then the edging goes in along the sides.

Dug out and cleared, with block edging along the front.
The same dig-out from another angle, with block edging along the side.
Dug out, with the edging kerbs going in.
Dug out, with the block edging and a channel drain set in.

Base, laying and rolling

A stone base and drainage, then the tarmac comes off the lorry, goes down, is spread out and finished off.

Base down and a channel drain fitted along the edge.
Hot tarmac off the back of the lorry and into a barrow.
Tarmac comes in by grab and goes down on the stone base.
Tarmac barrowed in and spread out on a drive, the roller at the far end.
A gas torch run along the edge of a tarmac patch to seal it.
Hosing down a newly laid tarmac drive.

Finished drives and paths

Edged in block or brick, some with a channel drain where the drive meets the pavement or the house.

A finished drive in front of a double garage.
A new drive beside the garage, lorry still on site.
Block edging, with a channel drain across the front.
A finished drive: block edging, and a channel drain where it meets the pavement.
A channel drain and block edging where the drive meets the pavement.
A channel drain set between rows of block edging.
A larger area, with a curved brick edge.
A side path, edged in brick on both sides.
A narrow path through a side gate.