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Gravel Drives: What Not to Do! Case Study
Gravel is quick to lay and very popular. While it's not the cheapest form of driveway material, at least for longer drives, the cost advantage...
How I Avoided Cowboy Tarmac Companies: A Case Study
There are many good professional companies laying driveways today but there are cowboys, too, and a man in Dorset has managed to winkle out these...
Laying a Steeply Sloping Driveway: A Case Study
In the mining valleys of South Wales it’s no surprise that laying driveways can be a bit tricky.
Challenging slopes and rock
Much of...
Our Driveway Contractor Misery: A Case Study
Much of the advice on this site is about how to find reputable contractors to do driveways and agree the work that needs to be done (see a...
Rigid Construction for Block Paving
Block paving, the sort that’s made from smaller, traditional-sized blocks rather than the larger flagstone sized blocks, is usually laid in one of two ways, rigid or...
The Automatic Block Paving Machine: A Case Study
Who would have thought that we would be writing a story about a machine that lays roads almost on its own? Certainly not anyone in the Driveway...
We Rejuvenated Gravel for Use in the Garden: Case Study
Faced with a growing weed problem in the gravelled section of the garden of his rented property, David Enstone* was looking for ways around the...
Why We Didn't Concrete Over the Front Garden: A Case Study
Living in a classic suburban street in Greater London, Mr and Mrs Jardine felt, just like almost every other person in the street, that their car...
