Which driveway surface and how much?
Discussion
Herbs said:
Yes - I looked into this and nearly had a heart attack at the cost. After pricing up a drive and garden path, I decided i'll get the garden path done at a later date as the cost came out at £400 just for the sett's for a 4m*1m path .
Last for ever though. Did you infill the gaps with tar or concrete?FFG
V8RX7 said:
I have used them (or at least an identical looking version) as I had to have a ramp to my front door (new build regs)
They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
How so? Their purpose is to restrict gravel migration and prevent sinkage. Why would that not be useful on a flat drive? It's reinforced gravel, not slope stability gravel.They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
V8RX7 said:
skilly1 said:
worsy said:
Anybody got any comments on this system, look pretty good.They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
AlmostUseful said:
V8RX7 said:
I have used them (or at least an identical looking version) as I had to have a ramp to my front door (new build regs)
They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
How so? Their purpose is to restrict gravel migration and prevent sinkage. Why would that not be useful on a flat drive? It's reinforced gravel, not slope stability gravel.They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
AlmostUseful said:
V8RX7 said:
I have used them (or at least an identical looking version) as I had to have a ramp to my front door (new build regs)
They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
How so? Their purpose is to restrict gravel migration and prevent sinkage. Why would that not be useful on a flat drive? It's reinforced gravel, not slope stability gravel.They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
eltax91 said:
OK, will do. This is the house as it stands right now: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.723207,-1.322999...
I am looking to go from the property border on the left as you look, all the way to the border on the right, taking the garden and driveway up. Then all the way down the side of the garage up to the house (the "front" side door is on the left as you approach the house)
Personally I wouldn't do all that area, or if I did I'd use a combination of surfaces. With a mass of tarmac, brick paving or whatever outside it will look like a commercial unit.I am looking to go from the property border on the left as you look, all the way to the border on the right, taking the garden and driveway up. Then all the way down the side of the garage up to the house (the "front" side door is on the left as you approach the house)
Chrisgr31 said:
eltax91 said:
OK, will do. This is the house as it stands right now: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.723207,-1.322999...
I am looking to go from the property border on the left as you look, all the way to the border on the right, taking the garden and driveway up. Then all the way down the side of the garage up to the house (the "front" side door is on the left as you approach the house)
Personally I wouldn't do all that area, or if I did I'd use a combination of surfaces. With a mass of tarmac, brick paving or whatever outside it will look like a commercial unit.I am looking to go from the property border on the left as you look, all the way to the border on the right, taking the garden and driveway up. Then all the way down the side of the garage up to the house (the "front" side door is on the left as you approach the house)
skyrover said:
Chrisgr31 said:
eltax91 said:
OK, will do. This is the house as it stands right now: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.723207,-1.322999...
I am looking to go from the property border on the left as you look, all the way to the border on the right, taking the garden and driveway up. Then all the way down the side of the garage up to the house (the "front" side door is on the left as you approach the house)
Personally I wouldn't do all that area, or if I did I'd use a combination of surfaces. With a mass of tarmac, brick paving or whatever outside it will look like a commercial unit.I am looking to go from the property border on the left as you look, all the way to the border on the right, taking the garden and driveway up. Then all the way down the side of the garage up to the house (the "front" side door is on the left as you approach the house)
I'd plan on paper and draw out the measurements needed for the number of cars needed to fit, and then leave soil/decorative combination of surfaces outside these areas.
V8RX7 said:
AlmostUseful said:
V8RX7 said:
I have used them (or at least an identical looking version) as I had to have a ramp to my front door (new build regs)
They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
How so? Their purpose is to restrict gravel migration and prevent sinkage. Why would that not be useful on a flat drive? It's reinforced gravel, not slope stability gravel.They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
swisstoni said:
I love a bit of gravel too. Over a certain size, a driveway of any other method is prohibitively expensive. Agree it can look weird in the urban environment but out in the sticks the opposite is true IMHO. Weeds can be sprayed and die away to nothing. Plus it is self cleaning.
Yes it is a nuisance if you have to work on a car standing on it though - ideally you would have a bit of hard surface somewhere for that.
This. I went for the combination of decent tarmac bordered by paving blocks with the rest of the front stone chips laid over a proper base and a membrane. A decent spray and a rake sorts it. The chips being very angular as opposed to smooth gravel means that if you want to drive over it you don't sink in. For some reason they aren't an issue with pick up in tyre treads but the ones that stray onto the tarmac cause very bad language if you kneel on them or just nip out to get something from the car in socks. Mixture of black basalt and red terracotta (not quite sure what rock the terracotta is. It's definitely stone not terracotta as in pottery terracotta.) The tarmac was by a known contractor using stone mastic asphalt where I could go and look at work they had done recently and some time previously. Yes it is a nuisance if you have to work on a car standing on it though - ideally you would have a bit of hard surface somewhere for that.
This way we have a decent standing for three / four vehicles. Plus occasional standing for another couple at a push with the opportunity to break up with plantings of bushes and a funking maple tree that's beautiful but doing my head in controlling the mildew in wet summers.
AlmostUseful said:
V8RX7 said:
AlmostUseful said:
V8RX7 said:
I have used them (or at least an identical looking version) as I had to have a ramp to my front door (new build regs)
They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
How so? Their purpose is to restrict gravel migration and prevent sinkage. Why would that not be useful on a flat drive? It's reinforced gravel, not slope stability gravel.They work well but are completely unnecessary for a flat ish drive.
However you're now adding requirements - I don't wear high heels but I don't think they'd fair well on the grid either.
My kids cycle up the drive - but yes they wouldn't really cycle around it all day - which is a positive as my cars are parked on it.
The grid has it's uses but for a flat domestic drive it simply isn't needed IME it is also quite expensive for what it is.
Reading this thread with interest...
We have this to contend with after moving in a few months ago it's next on the hit list:
The first part is quite steep as can be seen from the fence at the side. As an example I can only just get my Saab estate over the top, it's mm away from scraping the exhaust when reversing on. The sloped bit is concrete, cracked and generally s
t. The flat bit is paving slabs, uneven, cracked and generally st.
I had wanted imprinted concrete but going off the slippy comments I think its a very bad idea with the slope, even if it wears off after a few years, also worried about the drainage element. We then thought about block paving but again with the slope I'm worried about it cracking/moving. Gravel is a none starter. Wife doesn't like tarmac. Which only leaves this resin bonded stuff, which I really like, will it work on the slope/flat transition?
The house had drainage issues on the front corner a few years ago and the subsequently all the drains were ripped out and replaced, there are now a few man holes along the drive, I presume these are just accounted for in the resin bonded stuff and not sealed over?
We have this to contend with after moving in a few months ago it's next on the hit list:
The first part is quite steep as can be seen from the fence at the side. As an example I can only just get my Saab estate over the top, it's mm away from scraping the exhaust when reversing on. The sloped bit is concrete, cracked and generally s
t. The flat bit is paving slabs, uneven, cracked and generally st. I had wanted imprinted concrete but going off the slippy comments I think its a very bad idea with the slope, even if it wears off after a few years, also worried about the drainage element. We then thought about block paving but again with the slope I'm worried about it cracking/moving. Gravel is a none starter. Wife doesn't like tarmac. Which only leaves this resin bonded stuff, which I really like, will it work on the slope/flat transition?
The house had drainage issues on the front corner a few years ago and the subsequently all the drains were ripped out and replaced, there are now a few man holes along the drive, I presume these are just accounted for in the resin bonded stuff and not sealed over?
e have approx 50sq m's of block to be done - double width driveway approx just over a car length in depth plus a pathway down the side of the garage and an extension of the driveway into the exitins front garden. With removal of existing concrete and tarmac and going to a depth of 250mm plus large rustic tumbled blocks we are having it done for £4500 plus VAT. Original quote was for about a grand more but as we've just used the company to landscape our back garden they've done us a deal for both.
eliot said:
My neighbor has something like this down - possibly slightly larger limestone, but the main thing is that it doesn't get stuck in the tyres or migrate into the road:
I'm looking at this a viable option for a our driveway. We had the entrance done in Tarmac a few years ago to stop the small gravel escaping. It kinda works, but the gravel gets stuck in the tyres and scratches circles in the tarmac. We have to do a lot of maneuvering to get out of our driveway. Edited by eliot on Monday 23 June 10:57
The large gravel option works out at about £1500 if I excavate myself and put down a membrane and then the mesh to hold all the gravel. Should look much better than the nasty small stone gravel we have now
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