hi,
I've used the website for many years for paving questions - I hope I can also get some help on a gravel road question. We have a driveway 500m long. It's newly laid with compacted MOT1, with a good camber, on a strong sub-base. It doesn't need to look pretty.
Does it NEED a topping of smaller gravel?
From my reading it's not clear if a wearing course / topping of smaller (e.g. 18mm-dust) gravel is just for cosmetic purposes, or whether it has a function? 500m of topping adds up, and I assume will also make any pothole remediation harder due to the mixed materials.
Vehicles are mostly domestic cars/postmen, plus the odd tractor.
Do gravel roads need a topping? - Is mot sufficient for a road?
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It would look, and sound, better with a dressing of gravel, but from a structural point, it's absolutely fine as it is!
The only caveat normally added is that, should you wish to use this as a sub-base for some other surfacing or paving at a later date, you would probably have to scrape off and dump the top 30-50mm or so as it *will* have become contaminated with all sorts of undesirables.
The only caveat normally added is that, should you wish to use this as a sub-base for some other surfacing or paving at a later date, you would probably have to scrape off and dump the top 30-50mm or so as it *will* have become contaminated with all sorts of undesirables.
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