Seamless, permeable, any colour
Resin bound driveways
Resin bound aggregate trowelled seamlessly over a new base or sound existing concrete or tarmac, permeable so it needs no soakaway, in a dozen stone blends, with the UV-stable resin that does not yellow.
Resin bound is the smooth, seamless drive in the photographs. The photographs do not show the base, and the base is everything.
Resin bound is not a surface in its own right; it is 18 mm of stone and resin trowelled onto a base that has to be flat, sound and stable. On a new drive that base is tarmac over our usual 150 mm sub-base. On an existing concrete or tarmac drive that is sound and has not cracked or sunk, we can overlay it, which is where the lower price comes from; we will tell you honestly whether yours qualifies.
The mix is UV-stable polyurethane resin (the cheaper aromatic resins go yellow in a summer) and a kiln-dried aggregate in a blend you choose from our samples: golden, silver, slate, autumn, pearl and others. It is laid in one pour so there are no joints, is porous so rain drains through it and it needs no soakaway, and is walked on the next day and driven on after three. Edges are finished to a block or metal edging.
What is included
- New tarmac base on 150 mm sub-base, or overlay on sound existing
- UV-stable resin that does not yellow
- Twelve stone blends from samples
- Laid seamlessly in one pour, 18 mm deep
- Permeable: no soakaway or planning needed
- Block or metal edging; ten-year guarantee
What it costs
From £110 per square metre including a new tarmac base, or from £68 per square metre over sound existing concrete or tarmac. A typical 50 square metre driveway is £5,500 on a new base. All prices include excavation, sub-base, edging, drainage, waste removal and VAT. See the full price list.
Questions about resin bound
Resin bound or resin bonded?
Bound, always, for a driveway. Bonded is a scatter of loose stone glued to the surface: it sheds stone, is not permeable and is slippery when wet. Some firms sell it as resin without saying which.
Get it measured.
Nia visits, measures, works out the drainage and draws it. The price per square metre arrives within two days with the base, the edging, the drains and the skips in it.