Browse Forums General Discussion Re: your driveway? 2Aug 21, 2011 7:28 pm You can make it as wide as you like as long as it follows council guidelines. e.g Council says 4.5m max width from gutter to your block. Then you also have to follow your setbacks rules. Im building a double garage and it will be 4m wide at its thinnest point to the gutter. Building with Jandson Homes - Eclipse 18. http://adgnetworks.blogspot.com/ Re: your driveway? 4Aug 22, 2011 8:19 pm At the moment it is as wide as our double garage but we also have a section due to be added beside it which is where we park our ute. This will also go from the road to level with the back of the garage. If we were on a normal sized suburban block and had a double garage I'd be tempted to keep it double all the way if there was room.( width of the garage) Re: your driveway? 6Aug 29, 2011 5:33 pm 7m wide. We also had the crossover extended to the same width. This allows us to put a trailer alongside the garage and park up to 3 cars on the driveway. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: your driveway? 7Aug 29, 2011 10:07 pm We widened our driveway, as we wanted to make it fit enough to fit both our cars comfortably. Re: your driveway? 8Aug 30, 2011 11:16 am bashworth 7m wide. We also had the crossover extended to the same width. This allows us to put a trailer alongside the garage and park up to 3 cars on the driveway. hey bashworth (or anyone who knows) did you have to get approval from Council to widen the crossover and did you have to pay them for the privelidge? To my understanding early saw cuts are to control shrinkage cracks, so doing them now would be pointless. Control joints may reduce ugly cracking during periods of soil… 3 9862 Hi all I need a guidance on how far I need to space expansion joints in the concrete driveway and its type (keyway/foam.) Contraction joints are at 3m max for a 125 slab. Thanks 0 10942 |