Reinforced lawn area for parking

foomanchu

We have a small gravelled area in front of our house which visitors to us occasionally use for parking, maybe once a week. I’d like to have some grass out front but still be able to park on it if need be. I’ve seen reinforcing mesh that allows the grass to grow through, has anybody used this & can recommend a particular product? We’d be doing it for mainly aesthetic reasons so would like it to look good.

MX5huggy

For all things paving there is only one place to go:-

http://www.pavingexpert.com/grasspav.htm

WestonDave

Marshalls do some attractive looking paving products that combine surfacing with grass.

ian103

do a google search for plasic grasscrete, screwfix used to do something, needs a good solid base then pegging down or clipping depending on the product, the voids in your proposal would be filled with a fine topsoil or a topsoil/sand mix and then seeded, not seen this done with plastic, normally gravel fill but the manufacturers say it can be seeded

juliusceasor

I'm having a product called or similar to BodPave40 for our driveway, all approved now by highways etc, it's great because it takes away issues such as drainage and protects the grass.

Hope that helps

RDG

I am thinking about using one of these systems to extend my driveway.

There are quite a few companies producing the plastic mesh systems just type cellular paving into google. Some systems are able to be placed directly onto existing ground if it is suitable for cars at the moment, or you can dig down and build a platform for them to sit on.

I have found that the plastic systems are quite cheap per m. Gridforce for example would be £16.5p/m whereas the concrete stuff like the Marshalls system above are approx £50p/m.

RDG

Gareth

My comments were not intended as a challenge just a statement of fact.

The Bioverse and Grassguard systems look good and I am sure they perform very well. But at 3 times the cost of the plastic systems I would struggle to justify using them especially as I am only going to be covering a small area ~14m2.

The argument regarding the sturctural stability is interesting as I would have thought the majority of it comes down to the sub-base construction rather than the product itself.

Ive not seen any long term real world photos of the Marshalls systems as the marketing ones are all staged by the looks of it. (Same as the plastic company ones to be fair) PM me if you can provide some and Il give you my email address as I am looking for the best value product and if the Marshalls ones are truely better long term then I may be convinced.

EDIT: Antispam got to him so my post doesnt make much sense now. Il leave it up anyway as it raises some good points.