New 200mm pink granite drive

[Ray T]

Good afternoon gents. I am new to this board and new to any type of landscaping.

I have nearly completed a project that has seen me remove an area of 12m x 5m of concrete and turn it into a landscaped garden with drive. It not been plain sailing but has been a learning curve and fun at the same time.

I have an issue though I need help with. The driveway consists of an edging of block paving all round the edge and a herringbone block path running up the centre. Either side of this, the wife decided she wanted 20mm pink granite to fill the two remaining car spaces.

This granite seems to get stuck to both our cars rear wheels and drops onto the path. Is there a way, without restarting, to bond this granite? Even if it is just the first few feet.

Many thanks in advance for your help

Ray

[Carberry]

Resin bonded

[Ray T]

Hi mate and thanks for the reply. That was my initial thought also, but looking into it, it does not seem something that can be carried out in retrospect. Seems like I would have to remove the 3 ton of stones, remove some of the compacted sub base then start laying a concrete base.

That said, if there was a polyurethane resin or epoxy based resin that I could maybe spray/pour on the first few feet that would be great

[lutonlagerlout]

no there isnt ray
sorry
LLL

[Ray T]

Guess I'm gonna have to just remove all the stones and think of something else.

I was considering removing the first three feet or so, pouring some concrete then placing the stones into the top layer of concrete as it becomes a little green.

[lutonlagerlout]

how thick do you have the stones?
they should be no thicker than 40-50mm tops
I have done a drive with an angular pink granite chipping these work better than pebbles
LLL

[Tony McC]

There actually *is* a pour-over resin which you could use, but you better have bloody deep pockets because the last time I bought any, at trade prices with a load of other incentivising discounts, it was costing me 35 quid per litre!

[Ray T]

how thick do you have the stones?
they should be no thicker than 40-50mm tops
I have done a drive with an angular pink granite chipping these work better than pebbles
LLL

They are 20mm pink granite stones mate. Very nice looking but a pain to keep still

[Ray T]

There actually *is* a pour-over resin which you could use, but you better have bloody deep pockets because the last time I bought any, at trade prices with a load of other incentivising discounts, it was costing me 35 quid per litre!

Do you know the name of the resin Tony at all mate?

[Tony McC]

Deko by Romex. As far as I know, it's no longer available in Britain but can be imported on request.

[LLCOOLDL]

Simple fix that would not be perfect but that is worth considering.

Use a ground reinforcement mesh under the first 3 foot, you will need to dig down, fill and compact with type 1 and then relay your stones gravel bound over that.

http://www.cellgraveldriveways.co.uk/

My concerns... only doing the first three foot your car tyres are likely to still pick up the gravel and it will still drop where you don't want it.

You need to make sure the stones are dry (properly dry!) before resin bonding them.

It won't look right and you will be annoyed you didn't just redo it all properly.

You WILL get movement around the resin bonded area so you will end up with gaps between any hard standing and the resin.

20mm stones are really too big for resin bonded for which the maximum suggested size is 10mm and typically 6mm!

So that's how to do it and what you will get if you want an easy life

Personally I think you should put up with the gravel for now OR place ground support mesh just to reduce stone movement and then do a proper resin bound job with the correct size stones in a few years

[lutonlagerlout]

and there was me thinking that 3mm aggregate was used for resin bonded gravel?

LLL ???