Resin Bound driveway - How old is yours?

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SWMBO and I are finally getting around to getting the driveway sorted this year. It's got an old, but stable concrete driveway with a significant slope on it.

For those reasons gravel (slope), printed concrete (slippery) and paved (having to remove the old surface first) are all out of favour.

Personally, I'm quite interested in the resin Bound options with a paver edge possibly. I've seen a few really good examples but always question how they age.

She wants tarmac. Urgh.

So, examples of your resin Bound driveway and opinions on how it's held up over the years. Any recommendations for South Wales also welcome.

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Flying machine said:

I've got a large resin bound driveway, installed a year before I bought my current house. My thoughts are that they look really great when they are recently laid down, but mine has thrown up a number of negative points. They need maintenance, more than I was expecting, as they can discolour (including tyre marks if a light colour) and lots of weeds can grow in all of those little cracks between the gravel particles. They can also be slippery in the rain and therefore even more so in the winter, but they do drain quickly so no large pools of standing water. Additionally, we've had issues with cracks in ours, and this has been a massive pain to try and sort out. In short, I thought it was a great thing when I first saw it, but don't think I would have one installed if I needed to start again.

Thank you for that. There's a few examples near me that look really good, but they're quite recent. I think I'll knock on some doors, but appreciate your feedback, the maintenance was a surprise.

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dhutch said:

What about Red tarmac? Family friends had in their sloping driveway and apron and it was still looking good after 15 years or so later, gravel parking area at the top. Reasonable us including 7.5ton horse box, heavy twin axle trailers.


Daniel

I have considered that. Just concerned how it might look with the odd drop of oil on it (MX5).

I might take to normal tarmac with a bit of edge pavers.