Resin driveways, anyone got one? Any thoughts?

[Electric_Andy]

Look on YouTube for a channel called Mark Marshall. He does this for a living and puts it all on youtube. The Professional Idiots got a driveway done for their parents and it gives you a brief description of what he's doing as he's going along. I think I heard him say that you do need a substantial block border to keep it all together and prevent the edges from crumbling

 

[Webbo2]

Now theres an idea.
Where do i buy that from ? Is it the same store that sells long weights and sky hooks?

Sky hooks actually exist, they are used in rock climbing.

 

[presta]

My garage base, and the parking area in front of it, are 4" of readymix concrete on top of 4" of hardcore, and are pretty much as good as new after >50 years. The rest of the drive was laid by the previous occupants >66 years ago, and is ~2" of mediocre quality concrete on bare earth, but even that's fared better than the tarmac that was used to tart it up a bit.

Oh - and he has not used grout like the last bloke
he filled up the gaps in the flags with proper concrete - which should not crumble and need replacing in a few years

The council left the flags and paving in town un-grouted for about a year, then put it in over the top of all the litter and dust that had collected in the gaps.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My garage base, and the parking area in front of it, are 4" of readymix concrete on top of 4" of hardcore, and are pretty much as good as new after >50 years. The rest of the drive was laid by the previous occupants >66 years ago, and is ~2" of mediocre quality concrete on bare earth, but even that's fared better than the tarmac that was used to tart it up a bit.


The council left the flags and paving in town un-grouted for about a year, then put it in over the top of all the litter and dust that had collected in the gaps.

and seeds - don;t forget the seeds as those little b*****S will find a way to grow up through

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Now theres an idea.
Where do i buy that from ? Is it the same store that sells long weights and sky hooks?

Yes - same place - be careful to not shake the tin on the way home


little story
Where I used to teach - and was a trainee for 2 terms before that - there was a very nice but "very low ability" boy
he was fine but needed to be busy
but anything complicated just frustrated him

so he ws sometime sent to take a message to one of the otehr D&T teachers

I was told that if he came round with a piece of paper then I should read it - but it might be blank
then send him back with another "message"

anyway - one day his teacher was talking to the others about something complicated and wanted this boy out of the way

so he sent him to another D&T teacher for a "tin of tartan paint"

that teacher knew the code and sent him to the D&T technician - who was on the other side of the block of classrooms

the boy was happy to be useful and was given a tin of paint
he happily went back to his teacher

who opened it and told him he MUST have shaken it on the way back because it was all mixed up

so the lad sent back and told the technician

who gave him another tin - and told him to walk back VERY carefully

which he did

by the time the lad got back to his classroom the teacher had sorted the rest of the class out and all was well


[end story]

 

[postman]

Our driveway is paving slabs,there are rubbish,dropped cracked knackered,Two years ago we were going to have it paved so we could sell and downsize,but things changed f i l came to live so it got shelved,it's awful,it will get done,when he dies and we sell up and downsize.

 

[fossyant]

My builder neighbour had a significant area block paved front of his house - was soon very weedy. He even pulled the lot a few years ago and refitted it, the weeds came back. He's now pulled the lot and put down some nice stone flags - but the cost. Block paving needs maintenance - jet wash occasionally and keep on top of weeds. Sand it after a jet wash.

Like with anything, it's the prep and how good the builders are. I'll probably 'refresh' our drive this year, but only once the outside of the house is painted as I no doubt I'll blob paint on the drive. Our drive looked horrible after the various car fluid leaks - all the same colour now even with 'worn' tarmac 'paint'.

 

[presta]

and seeds - don;t forget the seeds as those little b*****S will find a way to grow up through

After I stopped driving, my car stood unused on the drive for 9 years. The inside got damp, and the grass seeds trapped in the carpet started to grow...

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

After I stopped driving, my car stood unused on the drive for 9 years. The inside got damp, and the grass seeds trapped in the carpet started to grow...

I heard of a bloke who had a BMW convertible with a broken roof
and he was caught behind a hay wagon on a narrow road with trees

in the rain

he didn;t get round to cleaning the hay out for a few days

and a few weeks later his interior started looking like it needed mowing!!

 

[Gillstay]

I have just put gravel where I drive and left the rest to grass. I mow it a few times a year and that's it.
Its very cheap, there are no weeds and if it breaks up it settles back down with the next rain.
Best of all is there are now moon daisies coming in and looking great.
No pollution, or waste.

 

[Webbo2]

We have a shared drive with 3 other properties and it’s a large area which is gravel. A couple of weeks ago we jointly with the neighbours put some more down. First time I went out on my bike I stopped dead and only a very rapid clipping out prevented a keel over.
Walking in cycling shoes is a pain at the best of time but through thick gravel is a bit like one step forward two back.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I have just put gravel where I drive and left the rest to grass. I mow it a few times a year and that's it.
Its very cheap, there are no weeds and if it breaks up it settles back down with the next rain.
Best of all is there are now moon daisies coming in and looking great.
No pollution, or waste.

My first house was on a small estate and we all had gravel drives

The gravel tended to migrate onto the actual road all the time
and after a few years everyone had tyre tracks where the gravel was compressed and lower where the tyres had gone in and out (normally with the car above them!!)

As time went by most people changed them for flags or whatever

but you could tell the ones with the old gravel as you walked along because the road outside the drive had white stones all over it

It was probably cheap gravel - the builders were not ones to spend a £ when they could get away with 10p or less