"nightjar .me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message
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"Andrew Mawson" wrote in
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Has anyone experiance of resin bonded gravel drives. This year
I'll be
laying a driveway to the house, and although the base will be mass
concrete want a better top surface. We have extensive pea beach
elsewhere, but it gets everywhere - sticks in shoes and ends up in
the
house, so wondered if resin bonded shingle would be the way to go.
Is
it possible to DIY or how's it done?

Pea gravel is always a mistake. I went for 20mm chippings and have
very
little problem with it wandering. The larger size means it does not
get
picked up in shoes or tyres and chippings have sharp edges, so tend
to lock
themselves in place better than rounded gravel. I have seen bonded
gravel
surfacing in catalogues, but the prices were horrendous.

Colin Bignell



Colin, I agree 10mm pea is not the best - but we inherited a large
proportion of an acre of it here when we moved in, and replacement
isn't really an option !

AWEM