Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:41 pm
Hi folks,
I urgently need to finalize my plans for our drive which I will be doing myself please see image of plan at the bottom of the page(the entrance to the drive way is at the bottom).
Being Bohemian types we are not looking for a nice "neat and tidy" sort of drive. So want to have a Suds compliant gravel drive using a plastic gravel grid and paving where the two vehicles rut up the surface the most.The total area is approx 34 m2 with the paving area 13m2
We want to create paving where the gravel sits in the grout lines so effectively there will be stepping stones in a sea of gravel. However I cannot find any mention in the archive of stepping stones in a driveway and the nearest thing is seams to be crazy paving.
To achieve the stepping stone effect my original idea was to dig down around 200mm and get ready mix in for the first pour of 90mm then I thought I may be using irregular sized stone in the region of 75 to 100mm thick I would lay them in a 2nd bed of self poured concrete and adjust them to the right level thus ensuring each stone is encased in concrete and wont move! is this a totally outrageous idea and if so why and what would be a better more economical way to achieve this effect?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kgluwj36hr7z35f/IMGhouse%20drive1.jpg?dl=0
I urgently need to finalize my plans for our drive which I will be doing myself please see image of plan at the bottom of the page(the entrance to the drive way is at the bottom).
Being Bohemian types we are not looking for a nice "neat and tidy" sort of drive. So want to have a Suds compliant gravel drive using a plastic gravel grid and paving where the two vehicles rut up the surface the most.The total area is approx 34 m2 with the paving area 13m2
We want to create paving where the gravel sits in the grout lines so effectively there will be stepping stones in a sea of gravel. However I cannot find any mention in the archive of stepping stones in a driveway and the nearest thing is seams to be crazy paving.
To achieve the stepping stone effect my original idea was to dig down around 200mm and get ready mix in for the first pour of 90mm then I thought I may be using irregular sized stone in the region of 75 to 100mm thick I would lay them in a 2nd bed of self poured concrete and adjust them to the right level thus ensuring each stone is encased in concrete and wont move! is this a totally outrageous idea and if so why and what would be a better more economical way to achieve this effect?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kgluwj36hr7z35f/IMGhouse%20drive1.jpg?dl=0
