Steep Driveways Are Their Own Skill
The grade has to get a car up without scraping it at the top or the bottom. That is a set-out problem more than a concrete problem, and getting it wrong is something you notice every single day.
Areas We Cover
Concreters in Trevallyn
Trevallyn is a hillside suburb looking out over the Tamar and the Gorge, and that view comes at a price in concreting terms. Almost nothing here is flat, which changes the job before a single bag of cement is ordered.
- Trevallyn, about 3km west, up the hill
- Free on-site measure
- Same crew, quote to pour
On the Ground
What Concreting in Trevallyn Actually Involves
Every suburb in Launceston throws up something slightly different. This is what we plan around here.
Site Cuts and Retaining, Most of the Time
A level pad on a Trevallyn block usually means cutting into the hill with a batter or a wall on the high side. We do the excavation and the concrete, so the levels are one crew's responsibility rather than two.
Access Is the Constraint, Not the Concrete
Narrow streets, steep drives and tight turns. It often means a line pump or a boom over the house, and it is the first thing we look at when we come out.
Steps, Because the Ground Makes You
Garden flights linking levels are a Trevallyn staple. Every riser the same height and grip on every tread, the two rules that matter most on a slope in a wet winter.
12 Suburbs
We Cover Trevallyn and Eleven Other Launceston Suburbs
Concrete contractors covering Launceston and the immediate surrounds.
Launceston, northern Tasmania
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Suburbs we work in
Kings MeadowsNewsteadNorwoodProspectRiversideTrevallynEast LauncestonMowbraySouth LauncestonSt LeonardsWest LauncestonYoungtown
Also Invermay, Newnham, Summerhill, Waverley, Ravenswood, Rocherlea, Mayfield, Punchbowl, Blackstone Heights, Legana, Relbia, Hadspen and Prospect Vale.
Common Questions
Trevallyn Questions We Get Asked
Can you pour a driveway on a steep Trevallyn block?
Yes, and the grade is the whole design. It has to be climbable in the wet, it has to not scrape at the change of grade top and bottom, and it wants a heavy broom finish for traction. We set that out before anything is boxed.
Will you need a concrete pump up here?
More often than not. Steep, narrow access is exactly what a line pump is for, and where the street is built out we go over the house with a boom. We check the access at the quote so it is booked rather than discovered.
Do I need a retaining wall as well?
Frequently, on a hillside block. Cutting a level pad leaves a face on the high side that has to be held back, a batter if there is room, a wall if there is not. We quote both so you can see the difference.
The Next Step
Get a Price for Your Trevallyn Job
Tell us roughly what you want done and we will come and measure it. The quote is free and it is not a sales visit.
What Happens After You Send It
- We come out and measure it, free, and look at the ground and the access.
- You get one written price for the whole job, not a rate per square metre.
- If you go ahead, you get a start date and the same crew from quote to pour.
The Other Suburbs We Cover
- Kings Meadows
- Newstead
- Norwood
- Prospect
- Riverside
- East Launceston
- Mowbray
- South Launceston
- St Leonards
- West Launceston
- Youngtown
Not on the list? Ring us. We go further out for larger jobs.
Free Measure, Fixed Price
Find Out What Your Job Costs
One call and we come out, measure the real thing and put a price in writing. It costs nothing and there is no salesman in it.
One call. We measure it and put a fixed price in writing. Costs nothing.
- We come and measure itOn site, tape out, so the price is for your job and not a guess off a photo.
- A fixed written priceOne number you can hold us to. Not a range, not a rate, not an estimate.
- The crew who quotes it pours itThe bloke standing in your driveway is the bloke who does the work. Who you are dealing with.
- Measured on site, not guessed
- Fixed written price, not a range
- The crew who quotes it pours it
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