Commercial tarmac

Commercial tarmac contractors
in Laois.

School yards, club and community car parks, and business and farm yards across the county, machine-laid on a base built for the traffic. Paul Delaney has 45 years in the trade.

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Illustration: a car park, its courses shown on the cut edges.

Delaney's Own Photos

OUR TARMAC WORK.

A long machine-laid tarmac lane running between post and rail fences

Lane Between Fences

Fresh tarmac finished inside a granite border and kerb, with a lorry and tools still on site behind

Granite Border and Kerb

New tarmac curving along a stone wall, edged with a granite sett kerb and a planted bed

Sett Kerb Along a Wall

Tarmac on a slope beside a granite sett border and kerb, below a stone wall with railings

Sett Border on a Slope

A wide open tarmac forecourt finished inside a new brick boundary wall

Open Tarmac Forecourt

Tarmac laid tight to a granite sett edge running along a stone wall

Sett Edge on a Curve

Tarmac finished against a curved granite kerb beside a gravel bed

Curved Granite Kerb

Commercial work

Schools, clubs
and yards.

Commercial work in Laois is mostly community and working ground: school yards and set-down areas, GAA and club car parks, and yards for businesses and farms. Each is booked around term, fixtures or the farming year.

School yards

Club car parks

Business yards

Farm yards and lanes

New car parks

Pothole repairs

A new tarmac lane running between grass verges and ploughed fields — A new tarmac lane between grass verges and open fields.

Services

Commercial
work in Laois.

School yards

Yards, set-down areas and paths, quoted in spring for summer.

Business and farm yards

A base made for lorries, tractors and trailers.

New car parks

Built from bare ground with drainage to the permission.

Pothole repairs

Cut, sealed and filled to full depth.

Farming county

Yards and lanes

Farm and business yards in Laois carry heavy wheels on ground that can be wet for much of the year.

Sub-base typically from 250 to 300mm of compacted stone for heavy vehicles.
Gateways and turning areas built up where wheels do most damage.
Falls set so water runs off the yard, not into the sheds.

A narrow tarmac lane running straight between grass verges and open fields — A straight tarmac lane with clean edges to the verges.

Community

Schools and clubs

School and club grounds are booked around term and fixtures, and often priced against a specification.

School work over the summer break.
Club car parks between fixtures or in the off season.
Priced to an engineer's specification where one is issued.

A long new tarmac access road with concrete kerbs along both edges — A long tarmac access road with kerbs set along both edges.

Pricing

What decides
the price.

Area of yard, car park or lane

Base depth for the vehicles using it

Drainage and gullies

Kerbs and edges

Timing around term or fixtures

Process

How the job
runs.

01

Site visit

Paul looks at the ground, traffic and timing with the owner or committee.

02

Quote or tender price

A written quote, or a price to the specification issued.

03

Dates fixed

Booked for the summer, the off season or a quiet week.

04

Base and surface

Stone laid and rolled, then binder and SMA courses machine-laid.

05

Hand back

Edges and falls checked, site swept and reopened.

A curving new tarmac lane under trees beside a post and rail fence — A curving tarmac lane laid to an even width under the trees.

A winding tarmac lane with kerbs on both sides and a band of granite setts across it — A curving tarmac lane laid to an even width under the trees.

Projects

Recent tarmac
projects.

Residential jobs, laid by the same crew with the same machine-laid method, sub-base and kerbing.

Finished tarmac driveway at a gated country entrance between rendered pillars, laid by Delaney Tarmac

Tarmac Driveway

Country Entrance Tarmac Driveway

A broken entrance stripped back, the base prepared and new tarmac laid.

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Large machine-laid tarmac forecourt with brick pillars at a country property, laid by Delaney Tarmac

Tarmac Driveway & Patio

Country Tarmac Driveway and Patio

A large machine-laid tarmac forecourt between brick pillars, with a sett border.

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Fresh gravel driveway with a granite sett apron and edged borders at a rural gated entrance with stone pillars and post-and-rail fencing

Gravel Driveway

Rural Gated Entrance Gravel Driveway

A puddled entrance rebuilt on a new base, with a granite sett apron and edging.

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"The base is everything. If the sub-base is wrong, the whole thing fails inside three years."

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Paul Delaney

Owner, Delaney Tarmac

Coverage

Commercial work
by county.

Related commercial services

Commercial →Schools, churches and community →Business yards and entrances →New car parks →Driveway repair in Laois →

Common Questions

Common questions.

Which parts of the county do you cover?+

The whole county, from the base in Newbridge.

Can you price to a tender specification?+

Yes. Where a specification is issued, Delaney prices to it after a site visit.

Do you also do driveways?+

Yes. Driveway repair and new driveways are part of the residential service.

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