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LAYING SUB BASE AND GRAVEL – TIPS FOR BUILDING DRIVES & PATIOS

It’s all in the preparation with drives and patios. We have made a start on some improvements to our field entrances and the main drive and yards but there is a long way to go! This process is similar whether it’s a small patio, new drive, concrete slab or a field gateway.

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12 Replies to “LAYING SUB BASE AND GRAVEL – TIPS FOR BUILDING DRIVES & PATIOS”

  1. Perfect timing…just about to repair some tracks the geotex tip will, I hope, prove beneficial. Cheers.
    A y tips on tree stump removal

  2. Hose your type 1 then compact it. Will bring the fines to the top and make a more weather proof surface.

  3. ‘Type 1’ is called ‘road base’ here in Australia. Makes perfect sense to us.

  5. Looks like you have been or are about to start laying the underground water pipes. Could see a cheeky sneak peak of the attachment ????

  6. I had to use 120 tones of hard core for my driveway and garden and believe me you question where its went ????

  7. what i suggest is to check with builders merchants to see if they have a source for road planings, road planings are sourced when highways contractors plane the top 50mm or so from motorways etc and re-instate the surface using barbour-greene tarmac layers.Road planings are still coated with the tar from the old highway and compact nicely into a surface suitable for slower moving traffic for example garden centre car parks,farm tracks and the like.If you are lucky there may even be a local airport and the runway surfaces are regularly subject to maintenance

  8. I need to add to the surface of our lane which has been neglected for 20 years. 300m in total starts to add up when you need to hire a digger, dumper and roller. I have estimated 60 tonnes, plan was to use 20mm blinding any advice before I start the project? Wasn’t planning on using any fabric is it required?

  9. It's all coming along nicely , It's good to see your daughter having a go with the wacker plate she doing a go job she deserves a 12 out of 10 that gravel did you say type 2 it looks a lot better now the poles and power lines removed it's looking good on the farm keep up the good work see you on the next one Take care

  10. Are you worried about the new gravel at the field gateway washing away because the footpath has created a drain which will "empty" directly onto it. Perhaps use some of the stones on the side of the drive to create a swale to direct the water under the fence.

  12. Hope you enjoyed your trip away tim and that pike was a nice fish ????

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