What materials to use for shared access road
Discussion
We have parking at the rear of our house accessed by a shared access road for about 10 houses. It’s currently not too bad but want to repair recurring pot holes and add more stones so not as muddy!
Not many homes want to spend a fortune on it even though we could make it lovely so top surface likely to be road planings or maybe flint/granite chips.
The ground generally seems fairly compacted but the question is what is going to best get the pot holes sorted before adding a layer of stones?
If stones put in, they just tend to come out with all the cars driving over.
Does anyone work in this area or have experience of what they have done that has lasted and stones don’t move around too much?
We can get free rubble to fill holes but I don’t want to chuck loads of this down if better using something else?
E.g. Do we need Type 1 aggregate to compact into holes?
Some photos to give an idea of current situation.
Some areas need levelling as my TVR scrapes!
Not many homes want to spend a fortune on it even though we could make it lovely so top surface likely to be road planings or maybe flint/granite chips.
The ground generally seems fairly compacted but the question is what is going to best get the pot holes sorted before adding a layer of stones?
If stones put in, they just tend to come out with all the cars driving over.
Does anyone work in this area or have experience of what they have done that has lasted and stones don’t move around too much?
We can get free rubble to fill holes but I don’t want to chuck loads of this down if better using something else?
E.g. Do we need Type 1 aggregate to compact into holes?
Some photos to give an idea of current situation.
Some areas need levelling as my TVR scrapes!
RSTurboPaul said:
IIRC some Highway Authorities specify 'no unbound surfaces within X distance of the public highway' so you might need a small section of solid surfacing at the entrance if that is the case.
Good point, will have to have a read and try and not allow loose stones to get onto highway. No drains unfortunately so water soaks into ground, runs down to road or runs down a couple of people’s drives into their garden.
Would be a worth us trying to direct rain away from where can wheels roll to reduce wear though if possible.
If we can solve majority of issues then that would be a big improvement even if not perfect.
We also have to potentially deal with a couple of people who like to park their cars on the land even though they do not have the right to do so and some home owners who will refuse to contribute even though costs should be split evenly.
Would be a worth us trying to direct rain away from where can wheels roll to reduce wear though if possible.
If we can solve majority of issues then that would be a big improvement even if not perfect.
We also have to potentially deal with a couple of people who like to park their cars on the land even though they do not have the right to do so and some home owners who will refuse to contribute even though costs should be split evenly.
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