Typical cost of resin-bonded stone driveway?

Victorianrepairer

I paid £9000 for the installation of a resin bound driveway and rear patio in May 2012. Five years later the surface is starting to break up with a lot of loose aggregate. It seems that the installer did not use enough resin in relation to the aggregate. He has ignored my attempt to get him to resolve the problem. Does anyone know of a solution to this problem or do I have to have the resin removed and replaced properly?

suebeak

Be careful. It’s not as easy as it seems !

dan_weston

from a professional point of view i think its key that i take a little time to explain a little better.

its an expensive product and system to lay properly and to last. many options already listed here and what we would consider a bodge, the spec has been watered down for previous commenters on this thread to get to a realistic price point that ensures the contractor gets the work. pay cheap pay twice is always the case.

resin bound and bonded are both available and must be laid on either a tarmac or concrete surface, maybe 20mm thick in most cases. many may claim one to be permeable but you would need to lay the surface on permaflow concert at a ridiculous high cost. the key to a decent long lasting job is the same as all trades PREPARATION, if you can afford it and want the work done correctly and to last then i beg you to avoid the installers who are happy to lay on top of your existing driveway, i agree it can be done but only on the very best of existing driveways, in my 30 years those driveways are unheard off, (you wouldn't need a new one if that was the case)
any cracking or movement in the sub surface will only continue to move and worsen, meaning great today, awful in 5 years.

when we lay either methods we excavate the existing driveway to a 250mm depth, install a geotextile sheet to the sub grade (soil) and add a sub 100mm base of hardcore/crushed limestone etc. this is compacted. then we prefer to add a 125mm concrete slab with reinforcing mesh to prevent movement then we cut crack control lines in the cured slab.(some will use tarmac at this point as a cheaper alternative, we don't prefer cheaper but the industry considers this acceptable for the product) at this point our resin guy steps in and lays his final surface of 20mm. the finish is a product that we know will not move and will look great for years ahead.

this is our "belt and braces" approach.
expect to pay £140 per sq meter

i should add that we are unfortunately unable to quote work as we are a small family business and too busy hence why we've not listed ourselves in this post but i wanted to give people the full picture.

Pyelland

Hi, glad you finally decide for using sureset, would you share some pics of drive now?
We're thinking about using them.

VfM4meplse

Really useful thread, inc the last post, thank you!

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