driveway

Hello, I have a new build property with detached garage and tarmac drive (slopes down and away from garage door). I am looking at improving the finish of the tarmac to the slab on the garage. In short, the detached garage has a concrete slab which finishes inline with the brickwork. However...

Hi, I have a steep sloping drive, where it flattens slightly there’s a large manhole cover next to a drain grid, which is set higher, leaving a gap for muck and leaves to go down. It gets driven over so needs to be better really. Could anybody please tell me what’s the best way of sorting it ...

Hi chaps, I am needing to flag or astro turf my garden, so its weedy at moment so gonna lay a bed of gravel (undercore?) and flatten in prep for whats next, at least it will look better for now and keep the weeds away, I also want the same gravel undercore to be able to fill in parts of my...

Hello everyone, I hope you don't mind me asking for some advice :) I have a gravel driveway with a 4x3m sloped bit, on which currently there is no gravel. I want to extend the gravel to this area, and plan to use some Floplast Ground Grab Tiles from Screwfix. At the moment, the sloped area is...

Hi all ! I’m going to get block paving done as my drive way is horrible ! I want to do as much myself as I can as i enjoy the Graft and hopefully will save a few pounds ....: just looking for tips First job I thought would be to smash and remove the old concrete ? Or could the concrete be used...

I had my driveway re-laid in March 2017 and in doing so, decided not to have a fence between the neighbour and us. I now regret this choice as the front often feels like a shared driveway and visitors often just walk across our front -- a recent one traipsing plaster dust footprints everywhere...

I'm having my drive done; Tarmac with block paved edges. When the grabber drove over the manhole it partially caved in. One course of brick and a lot of concrete fell in. So they were going to rebuild it. I have to say, they did a good job of clearing and flushing the drain. Came home... saw...

Hi all, I've just purchased a house and need a temporarily solution to make the driveway bigger to fit 2/3 cars (see photo) untill we finish off the side/loft extension. Whats the cheapest options? dig out and contcrete over? The intention is once the extensions are finished, we will either...

Hi Guys, I was wondering if someone would be able to give me some advice. So I'm redoing my driveway, with the aim to gravel it with some gravel stabilised grids. I'm halfway through compacting the Mot type 1 primary sub base. The drive way is on a a slightly gradient and runs away from...

Hi I have about 10 or so leftover conifer tree stumps that need removing due to a driveway going in. They have been killed off by using tree stump killer a year ago, do conifer tree roots go down deep? From what I hear the roots tend not to spread out to far. Any advice much appreciated!

Hi i would like some advice if possible please. I have a very narrow driveway for my car just about wide enough however next door my neighbour parks his car right next to mine. What concerns me is he is far too close and enters and exits from my side. In my deeds it states no fences can be...

Hi all, 2 months ago had my Indian sandstone laid in my garden, though this morning found a bird poop which seems to have dried I then clean it off with a brush and hose through a green mark remanence has been left on my sandstone, very sad about this. It's relatively a new Indian sandstone...

hi, I'm after some advice/reviews for which permeable driveway to go for. From what research I've done, the options are: Permeable Resin Permable paving 'Honey comb' filled with aggregate We definitely don't want loose gravel. The 'drive' is currently a mix of soil and some hardcore that...

Hi, A few years ago, we installed a block paving driveway- (the typical red bricks with black border etc) We're pretty bored of that look now and were wondering if we could potentially cheaply renovate the look by painting the blocks black and then sealing it to give the effect of those modern...

I've just moved house and my new home has an existing driveway which hasn't had some tlc for a long time. I got some quotes for redoing it but these are astronomical so I'd like to see whether I can have a go at improving it myself. With this in mind I wondered whether anyone had any ideas how...

Looking at converting my front garden into a driveway. Considering either tarmac or resin bound. After digger, skip, whacker hire amongst other things, I'm wondering if it's just worth paying to have it done. Does anyone know the going rate per m2?

Need some help. Have dug up my front garden to lay a gravel driveway. Have put down a hardcore base and a membrane however have totally botched the gravel. Have laid it too thick and it's now like a gravel trap. Its about 4 inches. However it's level with the road. Think I dug too deep. Is...

Hi, Please forgive the naive question, but how difficult is it to resurface a tarmac driveway with bricks? The reason I ask is because my drive, which is just about big enough for one car, has seen better days but the quotes I've been given for getting a professional to resurface it are well...

I have had some useful responses on the height of a gravel path which I am building alongside my house. Below the gravel path I want to put a hardcore sub base as that is what has been suggested. However I am too tight to buy a load of hardcore as I have lots of rubble/gravel/old cement and...

Morning All, I am hoping to kill two birds with one stone: I have a concrete sectional garage that needs to come down. I also have a pebble driveway, which we dislike as the pebbles seem to inevetably end up where we don't want them (in the house, on the road in front of the house,...) The...