How to bond gravel

[London Stone Paving]

Had a phonecall from a lady who recently had a patio laid. Contractor used gravel in the gaps as opposed to pointing. Lady likes the look of the gravel but does not like the mess when gravel overspills. Is there any resin product on the market that you could pour over the gravel to make it stick together? Or is is a case of cementing the gravel in place?

Its only a small patio at the back of her garden so she's not too concerned about water etc

cheers

[local patios and driveway]

there is a resin that can be used but i dont know the name, its laid in a similar way to a tarmac, but trowled and compressed. not cheap. will have a google and see if i can find the product im thinking of

[local patios and driveway]

found it, ive never used it so cant vouch for it as a product but its what you are after

http://www.addagrip.co.uk/addastone.html

[lutonlagerlout]

i have used addagrip but it has to be installed by one of their people,ronacrete also do a similar system
its called resin bound gravel
LLL

[trand]

Hi, I have used a diluted render bond to bond gravel in a couple of areas in my garden

[local patios and driveway]

LLL did you have the addagrip installed or played with it yourself? was it any good? was it expensive?

[London Stone Paving]

Thanks for all the advice.

Will look into the reccomendations

[GB_Groundworks]

It's all covered on the main site, resin bound and bonded and exposed aggregate techniques. Also there was a thread not long ago about recessed trays and gravel, consensus of opinion was to trowl the gravel into a strong sbr mix.



Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1279706744

[lutonlagerlout]

we had 350m2 of addagrip installed over a 30mm 6 mm sma overlay
the tarmac was £3.5k and i think the resin was about 7k but this was in 2002
it was a small carpark and still looks good to this day and is used daily
LLL

[simeonronacrete]

There isn't a "pour over the gravel" solution.

You either apply wet resin adhesive to the surface and cast the aggregate on top (resin bonded), or mix the resin with the stones and lay with a trowel (resin bound).

For information see Ronacrete Resin Bonded and Resin Bound systems

If you want more details, please call me.