Is It Possible To Put Padding On Outside Brickwork? Pranged The Car Again...

[Mosaic]

One corner of my house protrudes into the narrow drive, which has a subtle curve to it. Once again today I got too close and took a little slice out of the paintwork.
Is there something like a cot bumper, but for drives, so the consequences of my lack of spatial awareness aren't so...scratchy?

[The Builder]

Bollards to you Moses..............

http://www.bollards.co.uk/products/chester_steel_bollard.php

[heathfield]

That looks a bit rigid, TB. How about Googling for "flexible bollard" instead? Or, have a browse here, (Though these might protect the corner of the house, rather than the car paintwork!)...

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=garage+wall+corner+protector

[bhg481]

I bought something in Switzerland a few years ago which sounds like it would fit your bill. Effectively it was a piece of high-density foam about 8in square with a V cut out to allow it to fold down its centre line to allow it to bend to 90 deg. The inside surface was coated with adhesive, so you just stuck it round the edge of a wall to provide a buffer.
Now Switzerland is a long way to go BUT you could make your own - all you need is a square of high-density foam and stick it to your wall in the appropriate place.

[Svejk]

Or you could learn how to drive ;)

[boxtops]

couldn't you use a bit of the grey foam stuff that you clad pipes with? Or the thingies that they put in the corners of boxing rings, to stop the boxers falling on the corner posts?

[Svejk]

To be honest, my last car looked as if a juggernaut had ran into the back of it.

[tamborine]

Lay kerbstones protruding from corner so your tyres bounce off

[The Builder]

Seriously, Tambo has the right idea.
On the ground just below the bit you keep hitting ..... raise the ground level slightly with a slopey bit of concrete/pavings slabs or similar. Something like about 100mm thick up against the house, sloping to nothing about 300mm from the house.

The idea is that the wheels run along this bit while tilting the car away from the building.

It's done all the time to stop trucks swaying and bashing into buildings as they get close to the wall.

[Mosaic]

Thanks folks - all very useful - apart from Svejk - I can wait Svejk, I can wait....
Because of older folks with mobility issues I don't really want to put a kerb down, probably end up legging someone up!
Will pursue the foamy options.

[Svejk]

Lol, ;-)