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theconrodkid - 3/11/12 at 03:56 PM

ok clever peeps,on a gravel drive way i have seen an egg crate type layer to stop the gravel moving around,anyone know the correct name for it and where i can get it ?

Chippy - 3/11/12 at 04:31 PM

This the sort of thing you are looking for Conrod? HTH Ray
Link

britishtrident - 3/11/12 at 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by theconrodkid
ok clever peeps,on a gravel drive way i have seen an egg crate type layer to stop the gravel moving around,anyone know the correct name for it and where i can get it ?


I just but some down plastic ones in yesterday cover a couple of square metres It was a fiver per unit from B&Q Warehouse , I wasn't that impressed with the toughness of the plastic but it was easy to cut to fit in with the angle between the edging and the slabs and there was no instruction on what bottoming was required below it. Early days but it appears to stand up to vehicles running over it.

Last year I looked at the concrete honey comb units local authorities use in grassed overflow car parks but it was far too expensive --- I can't remember the manufacturers name.

[Edited on 3/11/12 by britishtrident]

Slimy38 - 3/11/12 at 04:49 PM

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Landscaping/Ground+Control/Ground+Guard+Single+Tile/d130/sd3225/p94411

britishtrident - 3/11/12 at 04:51 PM

Link to lots of info

[Edited on 3/11/12 by britishtrident]

Chippy - 3/11/12 at 05:07 PM

BT your link doesn't seem to work. Cheers Ray

britishtrident - 3/11/12 at 05:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chippy
BT your link doesn't seem to work. Cheers Ray



Fixed it

Stott - 3/11/12 at 07:55 PM

I've always referred to it a grass grid

theconrodkid - 4/11/12 at 06:48 AM

thats the stuff,cheers peeps

40inches - 4/11/12 at 09:25 AM

An interesting development I have seen, at a couple of premises I have visited, is epoxy bonded gravel, apparently
gravel is spread and rolled onto an epoxy bed, looks like the traditional gravel drive but is solid.
http://www.resindrives.co.uk/ bet it's not cheap

Stott - 4/11/12 at 10:12 AM

Yeah^^^^

When I go to Aberdare park road races I leave the car up by a guy who's drive is done like this, it looks stunning fair play.

I fancied the recycled bonded rubber that I saw in Blackgang Chine's pirate play park, you'd need to put sheets under a jack etc but it's very comfortable, it would make an awesome patio, comes in bizarre colours too which are pretty cool.