Drive resurfacing options

[aussieal]

Hi everyone

I've got a house that I rent out in the UK, used to be the family home but no longer.

I'm just getting a bit of a list together of things I need to sort before eventually selling it in a year or two and one of those is to sort the drive out.

The inside is all good and will hopefully just need some post tenant attention to sort it out - paint, carpet cleaning and re grouting etc. But I've got a few little things planned for the house to make it more presentable on the outside.

The drive is about 35 square m's on the basis of my memory and estimation and is made up of concrete paving stones and a bit of concrete scree if that makes sense. It's generally ok, a few uneven dips to is but has a slight slope to the pavement and drains relatively well.

Anyway, what I'm looking for is a relatively cost effective way to resurface it to improve the kerb appeal of the house. I've read about the gravel covered epoxy resins you can get spread over existing surfaces and that would seem to be a good solution. Has anyone had any experience of this type of thing?

Any other suggestions would be more than welcome.

[king_of_herts]

Dig down 6-12 inches, lay a membrane to stop weed growth and buy a few tonnes of gravel..

It's cheap (about £40 a ton delivered), lasts forever, and burglars HATE it.

In my opinion, the resin covered stone driveways do look nice, but for the amount of money you will pay for it in comparison to just having a nice deep gravel driveway instead, you end up paying a LOT of money for the extra resin!

Plus with the gravel option you could do it in a day with a few friends(and a skip to get rid of your old paving).

Hope this helps!

Edited by king_of_herts on Wednesday 6th July 08:41

[SC7]

Tarmac is the only way to go.

[bigee]

Tar and chip is your friend here......presuming your existing surface has decent levels etc.Looks good,covers all and is relatively cost effective (certainly when compared to resin bound surfacing)

[CedGTV]

As posted by King of Herts above but go and see the builders merchant and pick what grade of Pea Shingle you want, too small and you be picking it out of the wheels for years, too big is quite hard to walk across.

Somewhere in between will be just fine.

[furtive]

Can I interest you in some lucky heather?

[eliot]

Gravel is ste if you like working on your cars. Axle stands dont sit level, trolley jack wont move in it and any dropped nuts and small parts will never be seen again.

[king_of_herts]

eliot said:

Gravel is ste if you like working on your cars. Axle stands dont sit level, trolley jack wont move in it and any dropped nuts and small parts will never be seen again.

That's a fair point especially since we're on a motoring forum!...

Didn't think of that!

[hornetrider]

A friend of my parent's does the resin and is an absolute legend, he really does fab work. My folks have had it at their last three houses (they move every 2-3 years!) and it always looks excellent.

[NDA]

king_of_herts said:

Dig down 6-12 inches, lay a membrane to stop weed growth and buy a few tonnes of gravel..

It's cheap (about £40 a ton delivered), lasts forever, and burglars HATE it.

This. It also brightens a house as gravel is light.

[aussieal]

Thanks guys, some good input as always. Gravel might be the more cost effective option in terms of improving kerb appeal.

Not too worried about working on cars on the drive, given I'm doing this to sell a rental but it's a good point for the future and one I hadn't thought of.