Drive matting

[nod]

Has anyone used drive matting to contain the gravel on there drive

Also I wondered about claiming the vat back

it shows a large gravel drive No mention of matting

[Temp]

See section 3.3.4 (b) "Work closely connected to the construction of the building". Includes driveways.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-notice-708-buildings-and-construction/vat-notice-708-buildings-and-construction

 

I don't see a problem reclaiming the matting as hardcore isn't shown on plans either and that can be reclaimed.

 

I haven't used gravel retainers but have used concrete "reinforced grass" blocks. 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Temp

[nod]

Great answer 

 

I’ve never used them

But we parked on a sales area that had the matting just below the surface I new immediately it wasn’t the usual sinking feeling

 

 

[Mr Punter]

I have used it.  Works very well.  I prefer the larger gravel as it does not get picked up in tyre treads or footwear.  Don't make the gravel too deep.

[curlewhouse]

2 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

I have used it.  Works very well.  I prefer the larger gravel as it does not get picked up in tyre treads or footwear.  Don't make the gravel too deep.

I remember a deep gravel car park behind some premises put in at a nearby market town some years ago -  the first cars onto it were completely stuck and had to be towed out! 

 

 

Edited December 29, 2017 by curlewhouse

[Auchlossen]

I used gravel in the plastic grids, particularly for the free draining properties. Both for a car use area, and for a pedestrian access path - ok for wheelchairs. I bought grids backed with terram by Nidagravel, which were a bit more expensive at c. £10 /m2 IIRC, but very easy to use. The irritation is that the gravel size specified for the grids is very small and drifts a little on boots and tyres. I am planning to try a slightly larger size of chukkies [14mm] to see how they ride, and if they bed into the grids sufficiently. Generally pleased with the system.

[Jml]

2 hours ago, curlewhouse said:

I remember a deep gravel car park behind some premises put in at a nearby market town some years ago -  the first cars onto it were completely stuck and had to be towed out

 

We similarly got stuck on deep gravel, late one evening on holiday in Spain, outside a hotel.  A couple of very nice Spanish policemen, who just happened to be passing and saw we were stuck dragged us out using their police car.  It was a quite tricky operation as the car kept nearly grounding itself on the kerb, but completed sucessfully with no damage about half an hour later, with a lot of hand waving as we didnt speak spanish and they didnt speak english. 

Edited December 29, 2017 by Jml

[nod]

Great points there guys

we had a visit from an estate agent friend

and the first thing he said was please don’t put deep gravel down

[jack]

I guess you know this, but angular gravel works a lot better than pebbles. It always surprises me when people use big round pebbles on driveways. 

[Danny68]

If you have loads of sqm  to do, it's worth looking on Alibaba, that's unless you're an echo warrior in which case not great for your carbon footprint ?

[mvincentd]

I plan to use it on my sloping drive. My building inspector advised not to buy cheap grids because the top of the honeycombs break.  Perhaps less of an issue on the flat.

[Triassic]

On 29/12/2017 at 22:22, jack said:

I guess you know this, but angular gravel works a lot better than pebbles. It always surprises me when people use big round pebbles on driveways. 

My brother has pebbles on his drive, the only good thing is he can hear people walking up the drive, mind you, he lives in a paper thin house!

 

My eco warrior says use road planeings for the drive?

[jack]

You can still hear people/cars on the angular stuff (we have it), but you don't have to keep raking it around like the round stuff!

[jamiehamy]

We've just had our driveway finished with Bodpave. Very grippy. Was super easy to put down once the levelling was done. Quite a bit of it showing, going to give it time to bed in and maybe put some more chips on top. 

[Jeremy Harris]

Really like the K6 telephone box.  I've wanted one for years, but SWMBO vehemently opposes the idea every time I've suggested it.

[jack]

42 minutes ago, JSHarris said:

Really like the K6 telephone box.  I've wanted one for years, but SWMBO vehemently opposes the idea every time I've suggested it.

We seriously considered having one in our house, possibly set up as a bar. Hard to justify the cost at the time though...

[jamiehamy]

12 minutes ago, jack said:

We seriously considered having one in our house, possibly set up as a bar. Hard to justify the cost at the time though...

Plus the weight considerations - 750kgs! All the parcels go in there and we also have a letter box. Camera keeps and eye on everything.