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Covering a grass area cheaply

  • 07-02-2009 07:16PM
    #1
    TigerTim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭


    I have an area of grass by the side of my house - about 25ft long by 5ft wide - between the drive & the hedge. This area used to be very dry & I used be able to park my van with the left front & rear wheels well into the grass with no bother. As the weather has been so bad for the past 2 years, that area is unuseable.
    What could be the cheapest way to cover that area. I've thought of digging it out to a dept of about 10 inches, putting in about 5 or 6 inches of gravel & then either readymix or gravel on top. Any other ideas. Also the rubber matting used in playgrounds, the one that lets the grass grow thru' but I'm not sure how expensive it is.
    Any good ideas?.

    Thanks,

    T


Comments

  • #2
    TigerTim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭TigerTim


    Anyone?


  • #3
    JohnButler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭JohnButler


    Hi,

    would you not cultivate the soil thats there and do a nice rockery (doesnt have to be 25ft long) or plant a few small trees or bushes and the like? Or even re-sow the area and have a brand spanlkin new lawn?

    25ft x 5ft would be a lot of concrete and i dont think would be great on the eye..unless you went with the gravel route that you mentioned? I take it your driveway is tarmaced yea?

    JB


  • #4
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    The rubber stuff is available from JG Kelly ltd monaghan.


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