Securing gravel on driveway

[donnie85]

We have gravel on our driveway which unfortunately keeps falling onto the pavement and the road presuming when I move my car off the drive. It looks an eyesore and my wife is giving me an ear full about it.

I bought some cheap resin type stuff off Amazon to hold it in place but it didn't work. I've read about this honeycomb rubber tile stuff you put underneath the gravel to lock it in place but when I tried to dig down underneath the gravel it seems pretty solid so don't think I'd be able to dig far enough to put it plus the level of gravel isn't that high.

Any suggestions? Was considering maybe a better more expensive resin? Maybe getting a brickie in to put some bricks at the end of the drive to lift it a lift bit so the gravel sits underneath. Might look odd though.

[DavePanda]

Pointless using resin unless it's done properly. We've just used some on the edge of our patio to secure pea shingle from being dug up by our 2 year old but it wouldn't be any good for vehicles. You can mix it with the stone to begin with but unless it's done properly i wouldn't bother

[Tim Cognito]

I've got ibran gravel grids on my sloped drive and they've been good. They're on a strip down the side so I don't directly drive on it much but I do walk and wheel the bins down it and barely any gravel has escaped.

I should note I have angular 20 gravel which locks together quite well.

[SteBrown91]

another option is to have a strip of cobbles or blocks or something at your drive entrance, so the gravel is more likely to land on that first rather than the road.

Something like this:

[Furbo]

SteBrown91 said:

another option is to have a strip of cobbles or blocks or something at your drive entrance, so the gravel is more likely to land on that first rather than the road.

Something like this:

We've got that, basically.

Every surface at my house that is not grass or patio is gravel. Bonded, bound, loose. It's all a nightmare.

[ConnectionError]

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[Alex_225]

You're best bet will be that strip across the edge of the drive, I'd imagine if it's slightly higher than the level of the gravel it will help.

We had gravel at our old property, shared entrance and it wasn't uncommon the gravel would be left on the pavement. I was the only one who used to make an effort to put it back on the driveway. If I'd stayed, I would have liked to do similar.

Drove past my old house last year and gravel is everywhere and it looks a mess so I see why you want to stop it OP.

[48k]

Highways planning policy these days says driveway must be hard paved for a distance of 5.0m into the site, measured from the back edge of the highway boundary, "to ensure that loose materials are not tracked onto the live carriageway causing a potential hazzard for other road users".
So if you want to meet current regs that's your only option. Since it's pre-existing you can probably get away with swerving the regs as long as you don't end up on the radar of the planning authority. So your best bet is probably some sort of hybrid of paved threshold, deep plastic retaining grids and resin. Obviously the more you switch to a less permeable surface the more you have to think about the knock on effects to drainage.

[_Hoppers]

Is the gravel so small that it gets picked up in the tread of the tyres? We've got 14mm chippings which bind together, pretty much stays where it is but a few get flicked on to the pavement. Just needs a brush now and again.

[Last Visit]

My recently gravelled drive is 20mm cotswold buff chippings and Im surprised how little is carried onto the block entrance lip (or whatever it'scalled), let alone the road. Couple of stones at most a week.

[AnotherHamster]

I have Cotswold buff as well. I put the plastic mesh around the outside to stop it going on to the road.

With my previous cars there was no problem but my EV seems to catch it in the tread and deposit bits on the road. Guess it s the weight plus tread pattern.

I just pick it up when I get home: A little tedious but first World problems.

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

I have a similar problem with my driveway.
I basically just kick the gravel back onto the driveway and occasionally put a brush to it. It’s not hard to do. And it’s free.

[netherfield]

House up the road had maybe 500sq metres of gravel stuff was forever out on the road, hated driving ,following anyone through it , pinging off the bodywork, someone new moved in last year and stopped it somehow.

[LooneyTunes]

ConnectionError said:

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We ve used those on a driveway, in my carport, and will be using them for a commercial project. They go down nicely if you get the base prep right (MOT3 keeps it nice a free draining).

[gangzoom]

I need to top up the gravel every couple of years. The builders just dropped a ton off for free, should be good now till close to 2030.

[Riley Blue]

Last Visit said:

My recently gravelled drive is 20mm cotswold buff chippings and Im surprised how little is carried onto the block entrance lip (or whatever it'scalled), let alone the road. Couple of stones at most a week.

I read that it's very good at this due its more angular shape binding it together better than rounded pebbles that slide on each other more - obvious really but something I'd never given a second's thought to.

[Last Visit]

Riley Blue said:

Last Visit said:

My recently gravelled drive is 20mm cotswold buff chippings and Im surprised how little is carried onto the block entrance lip (or whatever it'scalled), let alone the road. Couple of stones at most a week.

I read that it's very good at this due its more angular shape binding it together better than rounded pebbles that slide on each other more - obvious really but something I'd never given a second's thought to.

Sounds very plausible. In sections that our cars drive over most frequently it's actually quite smooth where its become slightly compacted down which evidences that binding capability.