pebbling driveway instructions

dingdong22 · 17-11-2010 09:35PM #1

Hi

Can someone advise on how best to lay a pebble driveway

1. 804 compacted
2. Weed Membrane
3. Sand dust
4. Gold pebbles

Is this correct? or any tips

Thanks

Martron · 17-11-2010 10:57PM

i would not be an expert on this . but i would imagine the weeds would grow in the sand/dust.

so maybe having the weed membrane aftert the sand and dust.

paddy147 · 17-11-2010 11:23PM

weeds will actually grow in the pebbles themselves,no need for them to need soil,as they grow from the wetness/water that gets clogged in between the pebbles.

Of course they pull up really easy,as they are basicly just sitting in the pebbles,but they still do grow though.

CBYR1983 · 24-11-2010 02:38PM

paddy147 wrote: »

weeds will actually grow in the pebbles themselves,no need for them to need soil,as they grow from the wetness/water that gets clogged in between the pebbles.

Of course they pull up really easy,as they are basicly just sitting in the pebbles,but they still do grow though.

Confirmed - I dug up a patch of grass in the front (not driven on or used) and put down about 4-5 inches of pebbles over a weed guard. Ridiculous stuff.

Some of the neighbours joked that I was digging to China, the amount of earth I took out - I was determined not to get weeds and to avoid overflow of pebbling onto concreted areas.

But alas I still get the odd tiny weed from the pebbles!

pebbling driveway instructions

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