Yard and drive surface

trg

Hey folks,

We built a house 8 years ago now. The yard and driveway were left fairly rough which didn't bother us for a long time but now we've 3 kids and we reckon it's time to tidy it up a bit.

Would love a surface that they could cycle and play ball on.

The area of yard and drive is 1,250 M2 with a gentle slope down to gate.

The other problem with having 3 kids is that money is scarce so budget isn't huge which I imagine rules out tarmac.

It's 804 on it now.

Any thoughts or experiences?

Angry bird

Perhaps for now limit it to an area around the house cos whether it's concrete or tarmac it ain't cheap.

trg

Angry bird wrote: »

Perhaps for now limit it to an area around the house cos whether it's concrete or tarmac it ain't cheap.

Yeah thought about that. Only thing is the area around the house is the biggest section. The drive is long but narrow.

Is there a type of small fairly fine stone that might suffice?

BryanF

trg wrote: »

Yeah thought about that. Only thing is the area around the house is the biggest section. The drive is long but narrow.

Is there a type of small fairly fine stone that might suffice?

Yes
But whether you want your kids to drag it into the house or whether your lawnmower will like it is another mater.

Lumen

What is your budget per sq m?

trg

Lumen wrote: »

What is your budget per sq m?

Around 4k. Thinking now perhaps a real small little chip on the level part and roll the daylights out of it with perhaps a concrete ramp at point where slope starts (in order to keep the chip from sliding) and leave the 804 from ramp down the drive to road.

Markcheese

Without anything to bind it, it'll still end up in the house... Especially with kids..

trg

Markcheese wrote: »

Without anything to bind it, it'll still end up in the house... Especially with kids..

Fair point but is there any alternative on that budget?

Dardania

No idea on prices, but could some sort of Resin Bound Aggregates solution work?

trg

Dardania wrote: »

No idea on prices, but could some sort of Resin Bound Aggregates solution work?

I enquired about this yesterday but appears to be more expensive and needs to be laid on tarmac or concrete.

Back to the drawing board

Markcheese

How packed down is the subsurface?
Would it be possible to get tar and chip,?
Seen a carpark done like that (with small gravel) a couple of years ago, and it looks good and seems to be wearing well, got to be a lot cheaper than tarmac