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Our work: GDB Surfacing, Derby

Photos and short videos from our own jobs, in the order the work happens. Tap a photo to see it bigger, or a video to play it.

Digging out and edging

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

  • Ground dug out and cleared, with a row of block edging along the front
    Dug out and cleared, with block edging along the front.
  • Dug-out ground with rubble, and block edging running along one side
    The same dig-out from another angle, with block edging along the side.
  • Front garden dug out for a new drive, with edging kerbs being set and a mini digger on site
    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 is brought in, raked out and rolled.

  • Stone base laid for a new drive, with a channel drain fitted along one side and workers on site
    Base down and a channel drain fitted along the edge.
  • Tarmac comes in by grab and goes down on the stone base.
  • Worker raking tarmac between a block-paved drive and the kerb line, with barriers and a roller behind
    Raking the tarmac out along the kerb line, barriers up.
  • Yellow roller on freshly laid tarmac beside a kerb
    The roller goes over the fresh tarmac.
  • 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.

  • Finished tarmac driveway in front of a house with a double garage
    A finished drive in front of a double garage.
  • Finished tarmac driveway with block edging and a channel drain across the front, next to brick steps
    Block edging, with a channel drain across the front.
  • A finished drive: block edging, and a channel drain where it meets the pavement.
  • New tarmac driveway with a channel drain and block edging where it meets the pavement, traffic cones still out
    A channel drain and block edging where the drive meets the pavement.
  • Freshly laid tarmac meeting a low kerb at the edge of the road
    New tarmac laid up to a low kerb at the road edge.
  • Large area of new tarmac behind a row of brick houses, with a curved brick edge in the foreground
    A larger area, with a curved brick edge.
  • Path along the side of a house, edged with brick blocks on both sides
    A side path, edged in brick on both sides.
  • Narrow path beside a wooden fence and gate, with a brick edge across it
    A narrow path through a side gate.
  • A new strip of tarmac, kerbed on both sides, cones still out.

Talk to Gavin about your kerb or drive

Call, email or send the details, and we'll talk it through. We cover Derby and the surrounding area.

Call or email

Tell us what you need and roughly where you are.

07706 329 848

Or email gdbsurfacing@gmail.com

Get a quote 07706 329 848