The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:06 am**

Hi guys,

I'm doing my 1st driveway at my 1st home. I am digging down about 7" to add a 6" Type 1 base and then will finish off with a 1"ish covering of gravel. The drive is around 100m2.

I'm after a hard wearing gravel that will not break down quickly and is dark in colour - blacks and reds maybe.

The current thin layer of gravel I have that sits on top of polythene and soil lol !!! is a round variety and hence never really knits together and is always loose???

What gravels should I consider / avoid

Many thanks
Steve

Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:27 pm**

avoid 20mm gravel
breedon is supposed to be very good but its a light colour

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LLL

Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:36 pm**

lll i disagree m8 , breedon looks good at first , a year down the line it looks terrible .

Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:56 pm**

never used it,i meant its supposed to look good as per the gaffer's comments
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LLL

Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:17 pm**

same here m8 .

Posted: **Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:56 am**

Thanks for the replies,

Why avoid the 20mm gravel? Is it advisable to mix gravel sizes to reduce it rolling?

Posted: **Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:16 pm**

ideally your gravel would be angular so it interlocks better
but the main thing is not to have the gravel too thick
all one size is normally best
LLL

Posted: **Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:13 pm**

Ok cheers.

I've found some red granite listed on some web sites - I like the look of this - angular and hard wearing - anyone ever tried it?

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