What instead of gravel?
brass monkey
We basically have a concrete drive, previous owners used some grass on the
side for extra parking. Lifted the grass, black membrane and gravel. Fine
when we came, now PITA weeds come through. I've seen black plastic
squares/honeycombs which have grass inside but presumably are ok for cars to
drive onto? What the devil are they or any better ideas? Ta muchly.
The Medway Handyman
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Tim Watts
"grass grid" or something like that...
I've also heard of railway ballast finished with an inch or so of topsoil.
The soil works into the top layer of the ballast - sow hardy grass or for a
more bombproof and droughtprood greenery, clover.
The car wheels will indent the grass but will hit stone immediately avoiding
muddy ruts.
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Tim Watts
brass monkey
"The Medway Handyman" <davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 28/01/2011 09:07, brass monkey wrote:
>> 2nd posting attempt
>>
>> We basically have a concrete drive, previous owners used some grass on
>> the
>> side for extra parking. Lifted the grass, black membrane and gravel. Fine
>> when we came, now PITA weeds come through. I've seen black plastic
>> squares/honeycombs which have grass inside but presumably are ok for cars
>> to
>> drive onto? What the devil are they or any better ideas? Ta muchly.
>>
>>
> What size gravel?
It must be 8 to 10mm but the weeds are such a !"�$" it's impossible to keep
it looking good. Maybe I should rip it up and put 2 or 3 sheets of membrane.
Nightjar
Google for grass parking
http://www.boddingtons-ltd.com/civil/grass-paver-grid.htm
http://www.boddingtons-ltd.com/civil/turf-reinforcement-mesh.htm
http://www.boddingtons-ltd.com/civil/bodpave-paving-grid.htm
http://www.netlon.co.uk/_turfsystems/apps_sol-parking.htm
http://www.marshalls.co.uk/transform/Products/Driveway/driveways/range/grassguard/
Colin Bignell
The Natural Philosopher
covered in topsoil to about half an inch is OK.
If you want gravel that wont grow weeds forget the membrane. It's
useless as seeds land on top along with dirt and rain, and they grow.
Use pathclear twice a year.
John Williamson
used to strip the topsoil off, put three inches of scalpings (Crushed
limestone with the fines left in) down, then compact it, then put gravel
on top. Five years later, there were still no weeds except where we'd
left holes for planting. It stayed slightly porous, so water could run
away, too.
If you want to keep it looking green, then try something like this:-
http://www.boddingtons-ltd.com/civil/bodpave-paving-grid.htm
There are concrete versions, too, just google for grass paving grids.
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MuddyMike
"brass monkey" <a...@b.com> wrote in message
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I had an area like that at the last house. I simply mowed the weeds, added a
bit of grass seed and after a while it ended up as "hard grass". Whatever
you put under gravel weeds will always grow in the muck that accumulates
between the stones.
Mike
Nightjar
Extra membraane probably won't help. Over the years, dirt accumulates in
the gravel and gives the weeds something to grow in. Mine has been down
for 12 years and is overdue to be lifted and sieved.
Colin Bignell
Dave Liquorice
> It must be 8 to 10mm but the weeds are such a !"£$" it's impossible to
> keep it looking good. Maybe I should rip it up and put 2 or 3 sheets of
> membrane.
But presumably these weeds are wind blown seedlings growing above the
existing membrane in the gravel. More membrane isn't going to help.
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Dave.
Adrian C
> http://www.boddingtons-ltd.com/civil/bodpave-paving-grid.htm
>
Recycled beer crates?
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Adrian C
The Medway Handyman
Thats the problem, you need 18mm gravel. My front garden & drive are
18mm gravel. Garden has a membrane below, drive has 4" of type 1
compacted below. We get a few weeds, but a quick zap with weed killer
keeps it looking nice.