Tarmac Planings for access road (how to lay)

dickibobboy

Hello all,

The rear of my house has an access road that is private to the 20 or so houses that use it to get to their driveways and garages etc.. it isn't Tarmac or concrete just stone and the odd part pebble concrete. We have heard the idea of getting hold of old road chippings and using a whacker plate to compact it.

Has anyone any experience in doing this before and what it looks like afterwards?

The surface it's going on will be fine for it its just the finished result for like to see / know about so I'm not possibly wasting my time.

Thanks for any input

ali-t

Have done it a few times as an interim measure but it never lasts. You need to put diesel in with thenchippings (no idea of the science benind it) to bind it.

Furts

You will not get a finish on it, neither will you be able to compact it. Indeed a Wacker plate is debatable on ability to do the job, but it would also depend on the depth of the planings.

Planings are used by farmers for tracks, where finish does not matter and future ruts and damage just get filled back in.

Kiran

As above, a whacker plate will struggle unless you put it down in very thin layers. You need a roller to do it properly. We do this for temporary foot paths on site or the occasional site car park. Usually as they are arisings from a piece of work and no cost. It usually lasts the 12-18month duration of most jobs. Anything longer and we lay a tarmac surface.