Resin glue for gravel driveways - Resin glue for gravel driveways

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davo171066
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Post: # 25538Post davo171066

Could anyone help me ?

I recently laid a gravel driveway to enable us to park another car next to the house. (off the road)

Whenever my wife goes out she ends up dragging about 15 / 20 pieces of 'golden gravel' stones onto the footpath / road.

Is there a type of resin or glue i could pour over the gravel to help to eradicate this problem ?

All advice greatly received.
Davo

seanandruby
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Post: # 25539Post seanandruby

There is a resin. but you need a firm base to lay it on, tarmac, or concrete. tell the wife to pick her feet up it will be a lot cheaper :;):
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davo171066
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Post: # 25540Post davo171066

Thanks Sean

It's not her feet though, wish it was as easy as that.

I need to watch the car as she drives off because it seems to be coming from the wheels. There are two very distinct dumps of gravel on the footpath, the same width as the car.

No, it's not a big 4x4 with wide nobbly tyres, just a humble Honda Jazz.

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Davo

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Post: # 25545Post Pablo

It sounds like your gravel is too small therefore it gets stuck in your treads. 16-20mm is the norm for driveways anything smaller will cause you trouble. Cheapest fix would be to replace with a larger gravel. It's not possible to just pour resin onto gravel and a resin bound driveway is a job for a professional. Cheers
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davo171066
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Post: # 25548Post davo171066

Thanks Pablo,

the resin thing was just a thought anyway...

The gravel isn't small, min 20mm, because this is what i thought when i ordered it.

I think i will watch and see what happens / where it's coming from. It's a strange one.

Thanks for reply.
Davo

seanandruby
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Post: # 25552Post seanandruby

What depth have you got? maybe where the gravel meets the footpath, or road take it down below about 20 /30 ml below the edgings.
sean

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Post: # 25568Post Tony McC

There are resins, but they are usually applied to a substrate and then dressed with the selected gravel. Pouring these relatively expensive resins over an existing gravel-dressed surface will be frighteningly costly - in fact, it'd probably be cheaper to block pave the lot!
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davo171066
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Post: # 25579Post davo171066

Doh.

It was just an idea, a bad one though obviously.

Not as though any of you would be interested, but if i find anything of interest, i will post back.

Thanks for your help all the same.

We went gravel because it's more eco friendly, ie, no surface water to drain, the rain water will simply drain through. And incase you're wondering, yes, we did place a membrane (porous) to help stop weed growth.

Thanks everyone.
Davo

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Post: # 25580Post James.Q

permeable paving might be yuor best bet check it out on main site
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