mcerd1
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 posted on 8/5/19 at 02:41 PM |
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Gravel driveway - options
I'm in the middle of sorting out the garden and driveway now that the builders have finished
The drive is not one that we'll use often, but I don't want to get rid of it either - problem is that the other half wants her fancy
gravel and its on a bit of slope down to the road too
I'm thinking about using that plastic grid stuff to hold it in place and make it a bit easier to take the bins out etc.
but the prices I'm finding are all £200+ just for the grids (~15m² ish) - so this drive could end up well over £500  (all money that could be
finishing off my car !)
anyone got any other suggestions or know a cheaper source for this stuff ?
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nick205
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| posted on 8/5/19 at 03:47 PM |
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Gravel on a slope really is a PITA and I'd go for the grid stuff as well. Some folk have gravel round our way on sloped drives and
they're often to be seen raking it back up the slope. Some have had the foresight to build a small hump at the foot of the slope to try and
prevent the gravel escaping onto pavements or roads. Not looked at the grids myself though so I'm afriad I can't advise on cheaper
sources for it.
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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| posted on 8/5/19 at 03:51 PM |
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Don't do it! We had a sloped gravel drive when we moved into our house and it was a frigging nightmare.
Put your foot down on this one or make it clear that if she wants gravel driveway she can do the maintainance on it!
If not I hope you like picking up cat sh1t and doing a King Kanut impression trying to defeat the tied of gravel with a rake.
To be really clear.. Don't do it!
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 8/5/19 at 04:02 PM |
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Reluctantly went for gravel on ours as cheap and looks nice... but we don not have a gradient to deal with.. gravel is not compatible with car
matinance but needs must.. might be worth looking at other finishes once the costs of the grid is included?
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Benzine
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| posted on 8/5/19 at 04:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bluemoon
gravel is not compatible with car matinance
It is good though if you drop a load of black oil on it though, a quick rake and you're sorted 
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 8/5/19 at 05:50 PM |
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Cars parked on gravel drives tend to rust quicker than cars parked on hard surfaces due to the ground beneath the gravel not drying as quick and
causing condensation on the cars
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steve m
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| posted on 8/5/19 at 08:51 PM |
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The road I park in when at work has several houses with gravel driveways, and to me, they look cheap and tacky, and the bloody stones are ALL OVER THE
ROAD, and I do mean all over, gravel drives should be banned, the only purpose they have is to annoy the neighbours, also imagine living next to
someone who has one and is a shift worker,
CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH
All bloody day and night
steve
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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907
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| posted on 8/5/19 at 10:49 PM |
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I believe they reduce your house insurance.
[Edited on 8/5/19 by 907]
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 9/5/19 at 12:49 AM |
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How about tarmac the slope and gravel the yard?
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Mash
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| posted on 9/5/19 at 03:16 PM |
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As all the above, DON'T DO IT
Just one accidental heavy right foot, and you'll be getting cracked windows too.
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