Driveway Holmsfield S18

Limestone Chipping Driveway Holmsfield

This was a large driveway in Holmsfield S18 measuring 165m2.

The customer wanted a useable driveway with a view to having it block paved or something more hardstanding in the future.

The original driveway was 75 - 100mm over the damp course so there was a lot to dig out and remove to get us to the required levels. We dug down 400mm - 450mm to allow for 300mm of type 1 and 40 - 50mm of limestone chippings.

At a later date the 50mm of chippings and 70mm of type 1 can be removed to allow for block paving without the need to disturb the whole driveway.

The whole job involved moving nearly 500 tonnes in and out of the site using nearly 30 wagons.

We also fitted a land drainage system using perforated land drains and pea gravel to solve the problem of standing water because of large amounts of clay in the sub soil.

We installed metal driveway gate posts and dug out a channel for the communications and power cables.

There was also a new mains water feed put into the house.