Problem with my driveway
Discussion
This is quite a long story, so I will try to shorten it down a bit, so here goes:
My dad works for a company which does resin bonded aggregate, and he managed to pull some favours and get some for my drive. He spoke to one of their contractors on what I needed to do ground work wise, which has now turned out to be bad information.
So now my drive is an 8" hole which I was told to fill 6" with type 1 ready for the resin bound to come, but I have now been told I really should be putting down the hardcore, then either 2" of concrete or tarmac and then the resin bound can go on top of that.
The problem is I really don't have the money to give someone an extra £600 to lay tarmac or concrete but my drive is already a big hole that I can't park on. I wish I hadn't started now
I am now not sure what to do, I don't really want to load up my credit card and its a total PITA that this has come up after I have already started and put so much effort in. I don't know whether to just put the hardcore down as planned and then gravel over the top.
What would you guys do? The drive is for parking but I also wanted it done so I can work in a bit more comfort under the cars, so I am a bit reluctant on loose gravel
My dad works for a company which does resin bonded aggregate, and he managed to pull some favours and get some for my drive. He spoke to one of their contractors on what I needed to do ground work wise, which has now turned out to be bad information.
So now my drive is an 8" hole which I was told to fill 6" with type 1 ready for the resin bound to come, but I have now been told I really should be putting down the hardcore, then either 2" of concrete or tarmac and then the resin bound can go on top of that.
The problem is I really don't have the money to give someone an extra £600 to lay tarmac or concrete but my drive is already a big hole that I can't park on. I wish I hadn't started now
I am now not sure what to do, I don't really want to load up my credit card and its a total PITA that this has come up after I have already started and put so much effort in. I don't know whether to just put the hardcore down as planned and then gravel over the top.
What would you guys do? The drive is for parking but I also wanted it done so I can work in a bit more comfort under the cars, so I am a bit reluctant on loose gravel
Thanks for that, looks like interesting stuff. I will give them a call tomorrow.
What would you recommend as the best way forward for my 8" hole of a driveway then? Would you normally expect it to be deeper?
Such a frustrating situation and every website I go on seems to give conflicting information
What would you recommend as the best way forward for my 8" hole of a driveway then? Would you normally expect it to be deeper?
Such a frustrating situation and every website I go on seems to give conflicting information
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