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| Resin bound drives and paths. Any good? | |
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| Topic Started: Dec 17 2017, 03:11 PM (338 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Dec 17 2017, 03:11 PM Post #1 |
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Has anyone here had any experience of Resin bound drives and paths? There is a difference between resin bound and resin bonded but that’s about all I know except fir What’s on t’internet. I fancy getting it done but it’s expensive and there are some very differing views on it. |
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| Tigger | Dec 17 2017, 03:40 PM Post #2 |
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It's a fad don't bother, use proper materials that have stood the test of time, unless you are cheap of course. Not seen many surviving Roman roads still held together with glue. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2017, 03:42 PM Post #3 |
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I dint need a drive that lasts 1000 years but thanks for the tip. |
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| Tigger | Dec 17 2017, 04:04 PM Post #4 |
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But you'd probably like it to survive hard frosts, some hot sun and the odd bit of engine oil from the motor? It's horizontal pebble dashing and preparation is everything. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2017, 04:16 PM Post #5 |
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I may just do it on a side path which is pretty much shielded . I like the idea of the colours that can be used. Not too much bothered about the drive itself . Might just get that concreted. |
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| Rich | Dec 17 2017, 05:32 PM Post #6 |
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Best to get advice from your local authority Gansao, just in case. https://www.bradstone.com/garden-guides-advice/driveway-legislation/ |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2017, 05:46 PM Post #7 |
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Good point Rich . Some resin bound coverings are SUD compliant apparently but I will take all this under consideration when the time comes 👍 |
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| johnofgwent | Dec 17 2017, 05:59 PM Post #8 |
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It .. It is GREEN !!
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well look here I've had three sets of brickwork laid on my drive and it's fucking AWFUL just look at the weeds ! my neighbour dave next door shelled out at least thrice what I did the first time, his driveway is the one with the blue and white car in it he was unable to walk on it for a day, had to get the p;ost thrown over his back fence and was a prisoner in his house ! He was not able to park a car on it for a week while the resin hardened but it is **MAGNIFICENT** |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2017, 06:07 PM Post #9 |
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Nice and shiny! It may be a problem for me to get the side of the house done. I may not be able to leave the house for a couple of days and the cars might get stuck on it k |
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| Tigger | Dec 17 2017, 06:09 PM Post #10 |
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I use weedkiller on my block paving and cobbles, Round Up works a treat, once in the spring and every month in the summer, and best of all you can park vans on paving and cobbles without it leaving tyre marks! |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2017, 06:16 PM Post #11 |
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Block paving generally looks crap. No matter how much weed killer you put on it. |
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| Tigger | Dec 17 2017, 06:26 PM Post #12 |
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Don't get the local Irish Gypsies to do it, pay a qualified and insured contractor to carry out the work, oh and when you have yours done make sure they don't cover up and drains or inspection covers, bit of a pain if you need to stick some rods down em. |
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| Rich | Dec 17 2017, 06:27 PM Post #13 |
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The Roofing contractor opposite me had his driveway (sloping away from the house) block paved, 1 week ago, the rest of the 12 house road had to bear the brunt of this whilst the driveway was out of bounds for a week and parking became a nightmare. Any other decent neighbour would have parked their large 4 wheelers around the corner, but no, not him and his wife, they parked his white van and her range rover outside my and my next door neighbours house and buggared off for a week, they came back yesterday and are now parked on their nice shiny new driveway and are not the flavour of the month with other residents.
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2017, 06:31 PM Post #14 |
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See post 11. Never seen one I like. They are weed traps and look a dated now...I would rather have a decent concreted drive than block paving. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 17 2017, 06:33 PM Post #15 |
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Neighbours are a bloody pain.
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| Tigger | Dec 17 2017, 06:52 PM Post #16 |
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Each to his own I suppose, cobbles and block paving are easy to repair and modify in necessary, no special chemicals or conditions are required, apart from some spares bits you've kept, glued on stones can be more problematic. |
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| johnofgwent | Dec 17 2017, 10:22 PM Post #17 |
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He was. I paid. It was fucking awful. He went bust. Next bright idea ? And we can't use weedkiller it will hurt the cat. |
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| Tigger | Dec 17 2017, 10:52 PM Post #18 |
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Get a lawn? |
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| johnofgwent | Dec 17 2017, 11:08 PM Post #19 |
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It .. It is GREEN !!
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View that image. I have one coming between the patio bricks ... Point is I have three cars to park .... and no road to out them on. Edited by johnofgwent, Dec 17 2017, 11:09 PM.
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| Deleted User | Dec 18 2017, 07:01 AM Post #20 |
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I considered printed concrete and got a quote but I decided against. I will be getting on to a local guy who not only does external resin but internal work too..including resin furniture 😳 and there is another company that gives an 18 year gaurantee.. for what that’s worth |
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| papasmurf | Dec 18 2017, 01:21 PM Post #21 |
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There are a number of pet safe weed killers. I have to use them because of the number of cats that use my back garden as a "chill out" area. I also have to use it elsewhere on the property that is not fenced from access by cats or children. If I have stubborn weeds to bump off I use a heavy duty weed killer but I inject that direct into the root of the weed with a hypodermic syringe. As to legislation and permeable paths/drives, fortunately that did not exist when I laid 80 feet long by nine feet wide of driveway. I used a ballast to cement ratio of 9 to 1, BUT the ballast was "bin cleanings" from a now closed local quarry. (Basically very fine granite dust.) Do not try such a lean mix yourselves. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 18 2017, 03:11 PM Post #22 |
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I use weed killer to kill some weeds on my concrete drive. They go brown and ugly, you dug them out and they come back....just like block paving. As for impermeable drives...does concrete counts as being impermeable? The printed concrete would of been about as impermeable as can be ( and slippery in the snow) but there definitely are some resins that are supposed to allow water to pass through them. |
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| Tigger | Dec 18 2017, 09:33 PM Post #23 |
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Use a decent pressure washer, it'll remove weeds from crevices with ease and clean the path as well, don't try it on resin. Did they pick that 18 year guarantee figure out of thin air?
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| Deleted User | Dec 18 2017, 09:35 PM Post #24 |
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1 Don’t need it on resin. 2 probably |
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| Tigger | Dec 18 2017, 09:46 PM Post #25 |
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Ask them if moss or green slime will form on it in the colder damp months, in the US they make roof tiles (they've got the front to call them tiles) from this sort of stuff and they really do look like proper terracotta or slate tiles, but they do attract algae as they are slightly water permeable and can stay damp in cold weather. Always be suspicious of new fangled stuff like this as the DIY and building industry is full of chancer's, no need for a comment either. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 18 2017, 09:52 PM Post #26 |
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Resin bound covering has been around for a number of years. I’m sure it can be cleaned.possibly by power washing at a lower pressure but I will find out. Yes I know the building trade is full of chancers many of them lay block paving.some fit solar panels, a few fit gas boilers |
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| ranger121 | Dec 18 2017, 11:23 PM Post #27 |
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I was quite impressed by my drinking buddy's resin coated driveway and the attractive pattern on it: he won't say what it cost but I bet it wasn't cheap. He flashes it over with a pressure washer after winter and that's about it. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 19 2017, 03:19 PM Post #28 |
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AFAIK it’s pretty easy to clean and doesn’t come up if you power wash it with an appropriate gun( I used an industrial power washer years ago that could cut through a brick) . If you are going to lay it on a drive and jack up your works van on it or change the oil then I guess it’s not for you. I hear it costs between £50and £100 per square metre ( I think the £100 with fresh concrete) and it changes with colours and patterns ....so it’s expensive.. |
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