Using 2/6mm limestone on a non-permeable block paved drive?

[Miocene]

Quick advice needed if possible... when talking to the chap currently working on our drive he said he will be using 2/6mm limestone as a base for our block paving rather than sand.

Having looked this up this is what is used when you're using permeable paving. We're using standard paving, so find it a little strange that he's not using a normal sand bed.

Does anyone have any idea / view if this would be suitable!?

Edited by Miocene on Thursday 5th May 13:58

[Vincecj]

My colleague uses crushed recycled glass. Works well as it's more stable than sand.

[Buzz84]

Since 2008 if its a new area of drive then it has to be permeable. Non permeable can be used but needs to have planning permission, from what I was told by the council a few years ago when we did ours is that non permeable applications are normally just refused.

If its replacing an old areas of drive then you can use non permeable again, so sand would be suitable

[Mr GrimNasty]

You can effectively do whatever you want without PP, it was all a bit of a storm in a tea cup, and misunderstood - you just have to avoid runoff from your property.

[twokcc]

Mr GrimNasty said:

You can effectively do whatever you want without PP, it was all a bit of a storm in a tea cup, and misunderstood - you just have to avoid runoff from your property.

Not according to my conservation/tree planing officers- do it wrong and you'll have to remove it- but this may/may not apply to OP

[Miocene]

All sorted from the 'doing the right thing' approach that you guys are getting at. He's been using it for a while instead of sand apparently and thinks its better... but whether that just means cheaper in his eyes I don't know.

[Sharted]

Who is going to dig it up to check?

[Muppet32]

Sharted said:

Who is going to dig it up to check?

A permeable drive has to use special blocks with quite big gaps between them. They're not pretty! So you can tell a permeable drive without digging.

[Mr GrimNasty]

twokcc said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

You can effectively do whatever you want without PP, it was all a bit of a storm in a tea cup, and misunderstood - you just have to avoid runoff from your property.

Not according to my conservation/tree planing officers- do it wrong and you'll have to remove it- but this may/may not apply to OP

Conservation area etc. is a special case, obviously.

Edited by Mr GrimNasty on Friday 6th May 18:01

[m3jappa]

I've seen block paving laid like this in Switzerland. I suppose it's ok, can't see why he would want to though as it's significantly more money than shap sand and isn't the norm.

Normal block paving is fine, no pp needed, no,problem as long as you retain your own run off, do it how you like, that's if you care, most people simply don't......

[ATTAK Z]

What he's doing is just fine ...