Hi
We are in our late 70s, I am an old builder by trade, I left the buildings some 40 years ago during which time I am aware that there have been many new methods and products that have changed and are available, I am still very keen to listen and learn the new ways.
In February 2025 we decided to have some new building works done to our new home, we wanted the front and rear garden made maintenance free by having them block paved, concreted, or tarmacked over and were open to suggestions, we contacted one of those mybuilder companies and a man arrived saying all the above would be too expensive and suggested an 804 base and chippings on top, I commented that this would not give us a solid surface to drive on, the builder explained that they finish with a fine aggregate that once rolled will make it as solid as concrete that I was not aware of.
We agreed a price and the work commenced, there were men, diggers, materials, rain, mud and damage everywhere, some days later he asked for the full payment saying he would be back to fix all the damage they had done to the gutter and such like and laying 804 and chippings over the hight of DPC, but after paying him, in full in cash which is what he asked for, we never saw him again, the finished job itself is of loose chippings, like walking on a pebble beach.
Our question is: is there anything we can do to make the 804 and or the chippings go hard like concrete which is what we asked for, without starting the whole job all over again.
This was only the first scam we suffered from over this one job.
Kind regards
We are in our late 70s, I am an old builder by trade, I left the buildings some 40 years ago during which time I am aware that there have been many new methods and products that have changed and are available, I am still very keen to listen and learn the new ways.
In February 2025 we decided to have some new building works done to our new home, we wanted the front and rear garden made maintenance free by having them block paved, concreted, or tarmacked over and were open to suggestions, we contacted one of those mybuilder companies and a man arrived saying all the above would be too expensive and suggested an 804 base and chippings on top, I commented that this would not give us a solid surface to drive on, the builder explained that they finish with a fine aggregate that once rolled will make it as solid as concrete that I was not aware of.
We agreed a price and the work commenced, there were men, diggers, materials, rain, mud and damage everywhere, some days later he asked for the full payment saying he would be back to fix all the damage they had done to the gutter and such like and laying 804 and chippings over the hight of DPC, but after paying him, in full in cash which is what he asked for, we never saw him again, the finished job itself is of loose chippings, like walking on a pebble beach.
Our question is: is there anything we can do to make the 804 and or the chippings go hard like concrete which is what we asked for, without starting the whole job all over again.
This was only the first scam we suffered from over this one job.
Kind regards
