Resin driveway border

rajanm

Hi everyone

We're having a resin driveway installed at the moment.

The resin is going to be laid right up to our fencing, sleeper step and tiled pergola area without any border.

My slight concern is that if we ever had to replace the fencing, tiles etc that we might end up damaging the resin.

Our installer says that if it's done carefully it shouldn't be a problem.

What do you think?  Should we put some sort of brick or shingle border in or am I worrying about something that isn't an issue?

FreeBear

I'd put some sort of edging in. Either a thin concrete one, or a length or two of 4x1" pressure treated timber. Set edge on into the ground and slightly above the finished level of the resin, it gives the installers a neat edge to work to. If you use timber, it will probably rot away in <10 years, so you could fill the gap with some small decorative gravel when that happens.

rajanm

FreeBear said:

I'd put some sort of edging in. Either a thin concrete one, or a length or two of 4x1" pressure treated timber. Set edge on into the ground and slightly above the finished level of the resin, it gives the installers a neat edge to work to. If you use timber, it will probably rot away in <10 years, so you could fill the gap with some small decorative gravel when that happens.

I guess equally if we ever had to cut the fencing out, we could replace any damage with decorative gravel too?  The question is whether we do it now or when/if there's an issue 

FreeBear

Do it now. Saves making a mess of the edge of the resin at a later date. But run it past the installers first.