Driveway and patio materials

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Garden project has escalated wildly and turned into a beast. Driveway got destroyed in the process of excavation the garden....

Anyway what are the best materials for driveways in your experiences?
- standard flags
- smooth flags
- imprinted driveway
- Tarmac
- block paving

I want something as low maintenance and long lasting as possible.

Much appreciated

Lunatic contractor

[MicrosoftBob]

Would you care for a little bitumen slapped up your alley ?

[woohoo]

Garden project has escalated wildly and turned into a beast. Driveway got destroyed in the process of excavation the garden....

Anyway what are the best materials for driveways in your experiences?
- standard flags
- smooth flags
- imprinted driveway
- Tarmac
- block paving

I want something as low maintenance and long lasting as possible.

Much appreciated

Lunatic contractor

We went for an imprinted driveway after about 4 quotes from different companies. We paid just under 6k for the drive-way, side garden path and patio area and a wall built - garden is on two levels. That was around two years ago, no problems. We probably need a coating on it now but it's been problem free - I'm pretty sure we have a 10 year guarantee on it. The main reason I went for this was the price but also because it's low maintenance, no weeds etc. Just have to be careful in the winter and not put salt on it.

Our neighbor couple doors down went for an Indian stone driveway, side garden, not sure how much she paid but she did say she was quoted 21k. I have to admit her drive-way looks better than ours but not hugely so.

Neighbor directly opposite went for a tarmac drive with a brick outline, looks great but her drive is quite small. Not sure how much she paid for it, her father in-law is a builder so probably knows a mate.

[Scruff]

Let me google that for you

[Dactylion]

Garden project has escalated wildly and turned into a beast. Driveway got destroyed in the process of excavation the garden....

Anyway what are the best materials for driveways in your experiences?
- standard flags
- smooth flags
- imprinted driveway
- Tarmac
- block paving

I want something as low maintenance and long lasting as possible.

Much appreciated

Lunatic contractor

You are a contractor man!!!! Block paving with solid gold ingots - Shirley!

Or if you don't like the colour - Platinum ingots are also harder wearing!

[greenlake]

[Netraider]

This isn't possibly any help, but this is the time lapse video of my Patio and Driveway being made over last December.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at6QjXR26fs

[TestMangler]

This guy will do you a good deal. D'ye loike dahgs ?

[greenlake]

This isn't possibly any help, but this is the time lapse video of my Patio and Driveway being made over last December.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at6QjXR26fs

I watched the whole thing, and Benny Hill didn't appear once! How disappointing.

[Gumbo Robot]

Garden project has escalated wildly and turned into a beast. Driveway got destroyed in the process of excavation the garden....

Anyway what are the best materials for driveways in your experiences?
- standard flags
- smooth flags
- imprinted driveway
- Tarmac
- block paving

I want something as low maintenance and long lasting as possible.

Much appreciated

Lunatic contractor

I use stuff that is colloquially known as hogging round here.

It's a sort of fine gravel and dust aggregate with a nice yellowish colour. You lay it over hardcore, thump it down with a whacker plate and it goes off quite hard once it's weathered in.

Probably more suited to a rural character property though.