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driveway dilemma

5 years ago

At present we have gravel driveway thinking of changing to concrete block paving so can u please help are there any better materials for driveways pros and cons as well please.thanks

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honeypoppet

5 years ago

You could look into bonded gravel, it looks really nice and is cheaper than block paving. Here's an interesting article: http://www.transformeddriveways.co.uk/resin-bonded-stone-surfacing/vs-block-pacing/

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Daisy England
5 years ago
I love the resin bonded drives. Not the cheapest but very effective. If you can afford it opt for this. We have block paving. Has been down for 25 years so getting aged. Rather fed up with the weeds that keep popping through.
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sothnd8
5 years ago
Be kind to the environment and try permeable block paving.
Sonia
5 years ago
Two problems with block paving. 1). Weeds which seed in all the grouting - a never ending job to try and remove it. 2) if the blocks are made of concrete, then the colour fades over time as only the outside is coloured. They all end up a dirty grey.

However clay block pavers keep their colour as, like house bricks, the colour is all the way through. They do cost about 3 times more than the concrete ones. Still have problems with pesky weeds though!

i too like the bonded resin gravel and my sister is shortly removing her block pavers and having bonded resin laid instead.
Juliet Docherty
5 years ago
You can get real stone block pavers, no fading but more expensive.
Tani H-S
5 years ago
Oo thank you - was trying to think of what it was called ie resin bonded driveways as I need to get a quote in for ours.
We have concrete drive but had block paving in our old house and I spent days jet washing it and cleaning it and weeding it

Concrete cracks and also gets dirty so I’m hoping this will be the solution !
devi18
Original Author
5 years ago
thank you all for advice

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