Anyone got any experience of these?

www.resindrivewaysltd.com

Are they any good?

Cheers

Mark

It looks broadly similar to the industrial flooring systems that we employ in work (food factory). Like anything, when done well they'll last a LONG time. Get the wrong operator and they break-up very quickly.

I worked for Altro flooring for many years & if its the same as their resin flooring, its awesome stuff.

I left 5 years ago when they were just starting to do external stuff.

The photo's look fantastic & proper low maintenance too.

City council laid it outside Winchester Cathederal a few years ago. It looks very good and seems incredibly durable. My kids love scooting on it as its like velvet.

I install resin bound surfaces in the Edinburgh area

There are two main types.
1. Resin bonded. which is a coat and scatter application to an already stable surface. costs about £28/m2
2. Resin Bound. Which is polyurethane matrix mixed into aggregate. floated onto a stable surface. costs about £58/m2 per 15mm thickness.

The thickness of resin bound depends on the stability of the base course. Application to an asphalt or concrete surface will require about 17-20mm coating. Depending on vehicle loading. Hardcore surfaces require 30mm coating for pedestrian and upto 50mm for vehicular traffic.

It is also weather and moisture dependent. Due to the expense we mostly do tree pits and pedestrian paths.

If you don't have a stable base course you have to add the cost of that. £60-80/m2.

Our work

HTH

Hall

Hall,

Is is porous once set, I.e. can rainwater drain through it or does it need to be channelled?

Just thinking about regs for paving etc where you have to consider rain run off etc.

Hi Nick

It depends on the base course.

The bound aggregate is pourous. However, I would be sceptical as for how long as fines washed in will eventually prevent drainage though it.

For SUDs applications the bound aggregate is layed on washed gravel and as a result has to laid thicker and thus pushes up the cost. This is used for tree pits.

You would be cheaper installing a soak away or attenuation system for SUDS.

HTH

Hall

Ok thanks for the replies chaps.

It would be to go onto an existing concrete base mainly for aesthetic reasons. so the porosity is irrelevant in this case.