Existing shingle driveway was removed along with 75mm of sub-base, a permeable membrane was installed and 50mm of Type 1 was spread and compacted, this was topped off with 20mm Quantock stone chippings for the finished surface.
The garage was getting a lot of surface storm water entering the garage as its at the bottom of a gradient, aco drains where installed across the threshold and piped into storm crates buried into the ground.
Two jobs in 1! An awkward bank to maintain was corrected by digging out and back to install a Marshalls Croft Dry stone retaining block, this also created extra parking space to the driveway.
Extra Parking was required, so a bay was created using timber edge boards , type1 sub-base topped off with quantock 20mm chippings
Area cleared and leveled next to driveway ready for the customer to install grids filled with stone allowing extra parking and turning, the grids are fantastic at retaining the natural drainage of the previous grass.
A raised bed was shaped to add some planting.
A narrow entrance driveway was widened with a strip of charcoal block paving to make it easier to park two cars side by side and still open the doors!
A privacy trellis was erected to help keep the garden a little more private.
Large Marnull quarry stone installed on the corner of a property that suffers verge damage from vehicles turning at the bottom of a lane, believe me they dont want to hit that!
Remove old brick pillars and existing driveway gate, widen by 2ft and move forward with refreshed entrance and new twin hardwood gates
Take out tired tarmac drive and replace block paving along with shingle walkways
Removed the existing shingle surface and replaced with permeable blocks
