"Andrew Mawson" wrote in message
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Thomarse wrote:
I'm re-doing my fronty garden and I need to find a cheap supplier
of
gravel/aggregate. Any ideas where might be cheapest?

I need enough to cover approx 17 square metres.. Probably just
want
standard golden gravel.



3 to 4" is impossible for things like childrens push chairs and
wheelchairs - it's also very hard walking. We had 18mm gravel at our
last place that I put down to cover over tatty tarmac - it was still
good after ten years. Here in the new place we have vast amounts of
10mm pea beach. It's a pain - gets stuck in the treads of shoes, ends
up in the house. I'd replace it, but there is amost a 1/3rd of an acre
of it so it would need a fleet of lorries.

There's also the option of granite chips. The chips bed down and lock into
place. We've got 20 tons of the stuff on a slightly sloping drive - it's
been there seven years. For the first time in that period, we've just raked
it back to pull back the slight downhill drift (produced, I suspect by cars
swinging rather quickly across it) to an even thickness.

It's OK for bikes, pushchairs etc but, apparently, hard going in stilettos.

ISTR that we spec'd 30-15mm.

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