Driveways trade jargon
- Block paving
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Also known as brick paving, block paving uses bricks to create a driveway or area of hardstanding.
- Block splitter
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Also known as Block Cutters or Guillotines, a tool that allows bricks to be cut along straight lines to shape them for use in block paving.
- Brick saw
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A power tool used for cutting concrete, bricks and other materials.
- Brush-in
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A paving technique where a tradesperson literally brushes a dry, powdered mortar into the joints of paving.
- Coping
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A flat stone used as a cap on walls or around the perimeter of patios, pools and ponds etc.
- Crazy paving
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Paving made of irregular pieces of flat stone.
- Edge course
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The bricks or paving blocks used at the edge of a pavement, driveway or other area.
- Gravel
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A loose mix of small, smooth stones.
- Hardcore
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A mix of stones, broken bricks, rubble and other material used as a filling in foundations or under hardstanding.
- Imprinted concrete
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Concrete that is pressed to take on a pattern.
- MOT Type 1
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A type of easily compacted aggregate used in sub bases. Typically made up of crushed granite, limestone, or clean crushed concrete.
- Permeable paving
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Paving made up materials that allows water to soak through.
- Sub-base
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The load-bearing layer of pavement or hardstanding, made from crushed stone.
- Sub-grade
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The existing ground underneath a planned area of hardstanding, cleared of any obstacles.
- Tarmac
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铺路面的材料:用于铺路面或其它户外区域的材料，包括掺有沥青的碎石Tarmac，是一个恰当的名字，应该被恰当地称为沥青碎石或“Bitmac”。
- Wacker plate
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Also known as a plate compactor, a piece of construction equipment used to smooth and level the earth.
- Wash-in
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Technique that brushes in a wet mortar into the joint of paving.
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