Home Storage - driveway chippings (1 Viewer)

[EssexBoy]

Hi everyone
I keep my van in the back garden and it currently stands on a grassy patch in the corner.
Well the weeds & grass cutting is bit of a pain, so was thinking of putting down some chippings
So, any advice on what chippings I should use please? I see in France that they use a fine cream coloured type successfully, but have no idea what it is
Any advice gratefully received
Thanks
Steve

 

[treetops1]

Cream colour could just be lime stone .If you put stone down you first need to lay some TERAM membrane down so what ever stone you use you don't lose it .You can get small amounts off Ebay relatively cheap lol.

 

[Ranger]

We laid a bed of hardcore and then covered it with Angular flint. Its shape means it locks together and does not squash out and move about like the round pebble stuff does.

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[Mikeco]

As any builders on here will tell you to do it properly you will need to dig out around 6 inches of soil, lay hardcore, compact it with a vibrating plate and then top it off with your chosen finish.

 

[Camping Gaza]

Ask Ian the Builder on here

 

[Speve]

As above but I would choose a gravel that crunches when walked on a good deterrent for thieves as they could be heard trying to pinch your hard worked for love of your life.

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[TheBig1]

also put in a border to contain the chippings otherwise some will migrate to the lawn. then when mowing the lawn, stones can become projectiles which can easily smash glass windows and make a right mess of a motorhome

 

[iceclimber]

Hi, this is what I did to extend my front drive into the lawn area so as to drive the motorhome on to it.

Dig out the lawn to approx 8" depth. Put down approx 6" of MOT type 4. Hire a wacker plate to consolidate. Then put down approx 2" to 3" of 20mm / 25mm flint type limestone. Locks together a treat making it all very solid once driven over a few times.
This is a good time of year to do it, as the lawn / grassy patch will dig out to a nice spade depth very easily.

 

[Ridgeway]

We were measuring up for something similar at the weekend, think it needs a good dig down and prep first.

Our only obstacle is informing our neighbours now....

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[Stagman]

As any builders on here will tell you to do it properly you will need to dig out around 6 inches of soil, lay hardcore, compact it with a vibrating plate and then top it off with your chosen finish.

Thats what we did

 

[EssexBoy]

Our garden (well, I call it a garden, it's a big patch of rough grass really) is solid clay earth. Even when the ground is waterlogged it's still like iron!!!!

We're not gardeners so are more concerned with practical than pretty so the limestone chippings sounds a good shout

A quick google shows this stuff that might do the trick?
http://www.stonewarehouse.co.uk/gra...ravel-0-10mm?gclid=CPTXsISkttICFYYcGwodFBUBUg
Or this
http://www.stonewarehouse.co.uk/gra...ings-10-20mm?gclid=CPSZ3fOlttICFQEA0wod04oLiQ

I guess I'll need say four inches (10cm) deep so 8m x 8m x 10cm = 6.4 cubic metres. Any ideas on how I turn that into weight please?

Mean time thanks for all the advice so far. Much appreciated

Cheers

Steve

 

[TheBig1]

Our garden (well, I call it a garden, it's a big patch of rough grass really) is solid clay earth. Even when the ground is waterlogged it's still like iron!!!!

We're not gardeners so are more concerned with practical than pretty so the limestone chippings sounds a good shout

A quick google shows this stuff that might do the trick?
http://www.stonewarehouse.co.uk/gra...ravel-0-10mm?gclid=CPTXsISkttICFYYcGwodFBUBUg
Or this
http://www.stonewarehouse.co.uk/gra...ings-10-20mm?gclid=CPSZ3fOlttICFQEA0wod04oLiQ

I guess I'll need say four inches (10cm) deep so 8m x 8m x 10cm = 6.4 cubic metres. Any ideas on how I turn that into weight please?

Mean time thanks for all the advice so far. Much appreciated

Cheers

Steve

given that description of the garden i would hire in a mini digger and dig down 12 inches the fill with 9 inches of hardcore followed by 3 inches of limestone. not only will it work well as a parking pad it will help drain the surrounding garden

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[Minxy]

If you don't need a drive as such but just somewhere more solid to park the MH instead of making the whole area 'heavy duty' just put 2 runs of pavers down (firmly based of course) where you drive the MH onto and then just dig down the rest a bit, put a membrane down and shingle/chippings on top ... much quicker and cheaper.

 

[pappajohn]

Any ideas on how I turn that into weight please?

A cubic meter builders bulk bag of sand is roughly 1 ton.....should give you a ballpark weight

 

[pappajohn]

Lay gravel too deep and it moves as you drive over it leaving wheel tracks.
Gravel drives are usually just a couple of inches deep.

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[Badknee]

This stuff might help, found on eBay.

 

[Podney]

Basically you need a good base of hardcore with some gravel on top.
And whatever you end up with,spray with Round Up when growth reappears

 

[grasscutter]

A cubic meter builders bulk bag of sand is roughly 1 ton.....should give you a ballpark weight

Easy to underestimate quantity required. The normal bulk bag of 1 ton is about 0.6 of a cubic metre.

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[pappajohn]

This stuff might help, found on eBay.

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So THATS why there's a shortage of bread trays...

 

[EssexBoy]

And whatever you end up with,spray with Round Up when growth reappears

Thinking about it, you've hit the nail on the head there. I guess what I'm after is actually making this bit more manageable where the van stands.

As I said, the ground is always rock hard all year round. In two years that the van has been in this spot and driven over all year round, there is next to no sign on the ground - even the grass isn't worn!!!

I really like the idea of KISS and putting down a membrane & as thin a layer as possible of the limestone chippings, but never having done it before, I'm wary that I'll get the "no mowing", "no/not many weeds" effect I'm after...

Thanks again

 

[mikebeaches]

Something like this from Amazon any good to put gravel on?

http://tinyurl.com/z39ktx8

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[Snowbird]

We had a small lawn at the front of the house which was really just a nuisance as you wouldn't want to sit out there. We dug it out and had a couple of tons of blue slate chips delivered. Looks nice when the van is not there and water drains away with no wheel marks or limestone mush.

 

[The Wino]

I would put down some of the plastic reinforcement as in badknees post and gravel on top. If the area is already draining well and all you want is mud free acess why not just make a path with a few squares to the m/h doors

 

[The Wino]

I would put down some of the plastic reinforcement as in badknees post and gravel on top. If the area is already draining well and all you want is mud free acess why not just make a path with a few squares to the m/h doors or just a row of slabs

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[Sheddy]

http://tinyurl.com/z39ktx8
Good stuff, used it under the awning floor this winter, topped with 6mm marine ply.
Cheers
Ed

 

[jtp890]

If the ground is rock hard, lay some black HD polythene to stop vegetation,timber edging to contain stone, lay 100mm of type 1 sub base(Recycled crushed concrete if available) level with garden rake, roller or vibrating plate to tighten surface.No problems

 

[Wombles]

Whatever topping stone you use suggest keeping it quite large - we had a pea shingle path & became a loo for all our neighbours cats! The delivery people & post lady weren't too impressed either as constantly dodging humps on the path No problem with larger stones like slate (does break down with use) or chardstock (very tough).

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[JimJams]

Just had the front of our property done and wanted the cream colour without the golden flint coming through which is commonly used, so went for the:

Yorkshire Cream...

Purchased through a company called Gravelmaster online. Its 20mm variants so wont get stuck in the tread of your tyres and spread down the road everytime you leave the driveway!

Honestly looks really good and not stupid money!!

 

[EssexBoy]

Thanks everyone.... Will consult the boss for further instructions on final choice of materials

 

[peterc10]

Thats what we did

Me too. But that is because we are both (un)civil engineers.

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