Im lowering the kerbs outside my house.?

Question

im hoping to relay the surface of the public footpath with cold tar. will this pass building/council regulations?

Answer 1

As someone else has stated you are not allowed to do it yourself it has to be done through your council. I rang them myself not too long ago and asked if I could pay someone to do ours private but they point blank refused and demanded we pay them 800 quid to do it for us I told them to stuff and parked my car elsewhere

Answer 2

'IF' you are lucky enough to get planning permission to do it yourself, (which I very much doubt), you will be plagued by council inspectors every step of the way.

If the existing footpath is 'tarmac' and you want to lay what you call cold tar, you will have to dig out a minimum of 4 inches below your new kerb level to a solid foundation. If that doesn't exist, you will have to dig a further 6 inches to be filled with a suitable filler such as 'dolomite' before your 'cold tar' can be laid. Then you will need to hire a compactor or a vibrating roller to compact the material.

If, on the other hand the existing footpath is paving then I would suggest you have no chance anyway.

Having said all that Good luck anyway.

  

P.S. Thinking about it, it may well be cheaper to let the council do it

Answer 3

If you mess about with the pavement without permission & someone trips on it you could be sued for thousands.

This action could cost you your house & more.

Answer 4

You cant lower the kerb yourself,contact your local council  they will survey the job, give you a quotation & if you agree to it get one of their approved contractors who will carry out the work

Answer 5

It's illegal to do it yourself - you have to write to the council and get them to do it themselves.

Answer 6

dont be a prat ..its stupid and illegal ...any one tripping or falling could sue you for millions ..the local council will take you to court ..whenever i as a contractor do any work on a footpath then i have to raise my public liability to £10000000 pounds ..thats right ..ten million pounds ....ring the council ..they will give you a price for it

Answer 7

The bottom line here is you do not own the pavement,it is council property.when you purchased the property you had to sign a document agreeing to this.

Answer 8

Yes you can do it yourself,but you must get highways dept approval,you must explain to them what you intend to do,they will have an inspector call to check works.All materials must be mot approved,It also depends on what class of road you live on,IE is it an A road or a B road,you must prove to the highways that you can turn your car around on your property without having to reverse on to the road.A lot of things to consider,get in touch with highways ask add vice and get a quote,and let them do it.

Answer 9

You have to have permission from the council to do this. The pavement is their property. There is also drainage to consider. If you go ahead without permission, they can charge you for putting it back as it was before.

Answer 10

as long as you have permission from the local council to do a drop kerb you can do it yourself (h**l of a lot cheaper!!!!)

Answer 11

No , you should get in touch with the council before you touch it . I have a speed limit sign outside my house in my hedge . The Highways people are real swines for the regulations , they told me I had to have the hedge cut , but they would only approve their own people . Don't give them a chance to come down on you .You can't win.

Answer 12

Sorry.  You can't do it yourself.  You have to get planning permission if it's a listed road, pay the local highway authorities a fee (approx. £180) and use one of your local councils approved contractors to do it.

Answer 13

check with the building dep/t of local council , usually they have specific contractors to do this sort of work to make surethe work is up to standard if you don`t tell them and they find out you could end up with a very big bill to dismantle then reinstate