Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:19 pm
Hi all
I need to have my drains relaid and as part of that, seems like a good time to have the drive sorted out as it's gravel on a slope. I want to retain the porosity so thought that plactic blocks would be the best choice (Nidagravel type stuff). I've had a contractor quote for this but another contractor has suggested grasscrete as his preferred option.
The slope is about 6 deg.
From a purely aesthetic point of view, grasscrete isn't pretty but the contractor believes that in his experience, plastic blocks end up shifting and sinking. The company doing the drains is also the contractor quoting for the grasscrete. The Nidagravel quote is from a paving/landscape company.
So I wondered if there were limitations to the use of plastic blocks which would then indicate that something more robust is required?
Thanks
I need to have my drains relaid and as part of that, seems like a good time to have the drive sorted out as it's gravel on a slope. I want to retain the porosity so thought that plactic blocks would be the best choice (Nidagravel type stuff). I've had a contractor quote for this but another contractor has suggested grasscrete as his preferred option.
The slope is about 6 deg.
From a purely aesthetic point of view, grasscrete isn't pretty but the contractor believes that in his experience, plastic blocks end up shifting and sinking. The company doing the drains is also the contractor quoting for the grasscrete. The Nidagravel quote is from a paving/landscape company.
So I wondered if there were limitations to the use of plastic blocks which would then indicate that something more robust is required?
Thanks