Temporary drive

[Buzz84]

we've recently moved into a do-er upper, we have extension plans going through and lots to do.

At the moment we are parking on a small concrete driveway, but it does not run all the way to the road, we have to pass over the grass verge. With all the recent weather its turning onto quite a mud bath.

Eventually we will do the drive properly, but after the extension it may will be in a different place so don't want to really spend any money on doing anything just yet.

So I was wondering what I could do to help out with the mud in the mean time that is cheap and easy. I was thinking along the lines of sawdust or concrete powder to solidify it a bit.

I don't know if that's a good idea or if it will work, so I welcome advice and any ideas you may have

Edited by Buzz84 on Sunday 29th January 22:31

[Some Gump]

Just dump a couple of tonnes of hoggin down?

[Doofus]

Some Gump said:

Just dump a couple of tonnes of hoggin down?

I am soooooo tempted to post a NSFW picture to go with this

[TA14]

geotextile and demolition waste

[sherman]

Dig up the mud to a few inches deep 4-6 inches should do and fill it with gravel. What evers the cheapest at the builders merchant

[KAgantua]

i assume this grassy area yours and not the caaahnicils?

[Andehh]

Best bet would be to try and dig out as much as you can, then lay MOT1 and just whacker plate it down.

The benefit is, if you can dig out 200-300mm before filling it with MOT1 & whacker plating it down it can be used for the foundation for whatever eventual drive you can lay. Gravel etc would need to be dug out, before MOT1 laid + driveway surface.

edit: it is also very cheap at £40-50/tonne from the likes of Travis Perkins etc

[TA14]

Andehh said:

Best bet would be to try and dig out as much as you can, then lay MOT1 and just whacker plate it down.

No, see my earlier reply. Unless you're an MoT salesman.

[Andehh]

TA14 said:

Andehh said:

Best bet would be to try and dig out as much as you can, then lay MOT1 and just whacker plate it down.

No, see my earlier reply. Unless you're an MoT salesman.

Surely demolition waste is asking for trouble with possible punctures & larger chunks?

I can only speak from experience with family members in a similar situation. Needed a driveway to see them through the winter whilst the house was renovated.

Old mud driveway was dug down, 200-300mm or so of MOT1 was spread and crudely compacted with a 1.5 tonne excavator. 5-6 months later and it is very firm/solid and working perfectly.

[TA14]

Andehh said:

TA14 said:

Andehh said:

Best bet would be to try and dig out as much as you can, then lay MOT1 and just whacker plate it down.

No, see my earlier reply. Unless you're an MoT salesman.

Surely demolition waste is asking for trouble with possible punctures & larger chunks?

I can only speak from experience with family members in a similar situation. Needed a driveway to see them through the winter whilst the house was renovated.

Old mud driveway was dug down, 200-300mm or so of MOT1 was spread and crudely compacted with a 1.5 tonne excavator. 5-6 months later and it is very firm/solid and working perfectly.

OK so that's a sample size of one. Technology on the design and contracting side has moved on since before the Victorian times. Demolition waste can be graded into many sizes with 20mm to dust being a common smaller size. Rather than A road thicknesses of MoT a geotextile will give superior performance with a lot less excavation and imported material.

[blurry]

We had a similar situation and wanted a temporary solution until the driveway got prioritised from everything else. We had to have a couple of trees down and got loads of woodchip from this - we found covering the driveway in the woodchip has worked fantastically. Puddles don't form on top and the mud doesn't seep through. We are just over a year on and it has survived constant use really well. A few areas are looking a little thin but we can top these up with more woodchip.

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[Ian Geary]

KAgantua said:

i assume this grassy area yours and not the caaahnicils?

If it's a verge by the side of the road, then its highly likely to be owned by the council, unless your land runs right up to the highway.

Is a drop kerb in place already?

If there is I'm surprised the crossing wasn't properly built. I had a dropped kerb put in about 8 years ago, and the contractor laid tarmac and edging strips on a mot sub base. Cost about £1k including fees.

Ian

[Renovation]

If you can get hold of them road planings they bind together and a couple of inches will probably suffice.

Membrane is handy if you're digging it up again to prevent the soil mixing with the "drive"