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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:21 am
by 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
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:26 pm
by 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
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:28 pm
by 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
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:38 pm
by 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
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:00 am
by trand
Hi, I have used a diluted render bond to bond gravel in a couple of areas in my garden
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:47 am
by local patios and driveway
LLL did you have the addagrip installed or played with it yourself? was it any good? was it expensive?
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:21 am
by London Stone Paving
Thanks for all the advice.
Will look into the reccomendations
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:02 am
by 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
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:09 pm
by 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
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:00 pm
by 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.