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Driveway options

Hi,

Really need to get the driveway done after 10 years of ignoring the craters!! However I don't like monobloc or Tarmac and live on a steep hill so chuckies are no good! Do I have any real alternative options??

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  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,393 Forumite
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    cobbles or setts

    Lots of other ideas on that site. You might be able to use a cellular system with gravel in.
    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
  • If you have existing concrete you could use:
    Decorative concrete overlay
    Stencil crete (spray on thin cementicious mortar)
    Micro toppings

    If it has to be excavated your finishescould be:
    Pattern imprinted concrete
    Plain concrete
    Block paving
    Tarmac
    coloured tarmac

    If it has to be excavated make sure there is sufficient consolidated hardcore
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