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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:47 pm
by GR8GUY
My back garden is now grass free thanks to my 75 well laid flags. I have chosen to leave 40mm spaces between the flags which I have filled with gravel. It looks really good but as the kids run about the gravel does tend to scatter around and it seems this is driving the wife nuts. Im sure this must be something that has annoyed others as well.
Is there anything that can be used to hold the gravel firmly in place ?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:01 am
by Tony McC
You can get a resin to bind together the gravel.
They ain't cheap!
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:06 am
by henpecked
Doesnt look too good either, bit like a shiny coco pop bar 
HP
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:10 pm
by GB_Groundworks
its would be a pain but you could use the concrete method, i seen it somewhere on the site tony did it on a footpath, bed the gravel in concrete then the gravel was exposed with a high pressure jetter after a period of time. i cant remember off the top of my head where it is on the site but i'll have a look.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:48 pm
by GR8GUY
Bedding into concrete sounds like a good idea if it can work ! I'd be worried that it wouldnt hold the gravel firmly enough and Id be left with lots of concrete seams with pits where the gravel has dislodged. No doubt there is a knack to getting it correct. ???
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:01 pm
by GB_Groundworks
http://www.pavingexpert.com/concxag1.htm
but re reading it probably not appropriate, have you compacted your gravel. when we lay gravel paths we run the whacker over it to make it firmer under foot.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 9:33 am
by Tony McC
The exposed aggregate method Giles mentioned works great if you have the right size of gravel, but you have to be careful with all that cement washing over existing paving.
I'll see if I can get a price for one of the better resin binders.....
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 10:09 am
by Tony McC
....right: around 23 quid per 1 litre tin, and, depending on the gravel, you should get somewhere around 1-1.5m² per litre
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 11:10 am
by GR8GUY
Thanks guys ! Whats it called and where can I get it ?
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:10 am
by Tony McC
Check your PM