Geo textile - If needed?

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stav 75
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I am wanting to lay a gravel driveway, i will be laying approx 100 mm of subbase & my question is do i need to lay matting under this to surpress weeds & soil infusion or will the compacted base be enough to prevent these issues? thanks.
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Post: # 31888Post slimdotjim

A compacted base in many instances will not be enough to stop these issues, so a quality geotextile such as Terram build A, In my opinion would be a worthwhile investment, about £75 for a 2.5m x 50m roll. Although it wont stop bloody weeds self seeding on the surface.
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Post: # 31900Post stav 75

Cheers for that, yes dave i realised that just after i had posted this ,told me everything i needed to know! got to say it is a great site! i only found it accidentally but very helpful
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