Chris Hogan 
Most people pick a concrete drive because it’s relative quick to lay, and once it’s down you can forget about it. But it’s important to make sure that there is proper edging along the drive or it can deteriorate quite quickly. The stresses on a driveway are quite severe. As …
Before heavy traffic began to colonise our country, pitch was the most common form of jointing used for cobbled or block paved roadways. But it can’t cope with heavy traffic and as a result has nearly disappeared from our streets. Of course, the vast majority of domestic driveways only began …
Excavating for a driveway is one of the biggest jobs in home civil engineering. It’s quite an undertaking, but if you’re buying your own piece of land and planning to build your own house, it’s good to know how much earth you’ll be digging up and what sort of foundations …
In the world of landscaping, edging is a process by which stones, bricks or blocks are placed along the edge of a driveway to prevent pebbles and other debris from migrating into the lawn. It’s also used to keep grass from growing up around the edges of driveways. Debris that …
Gravel is quick to lay and very popular. While it’s not the cheapest form of driveway material, at least for longer drives, the cost advantage isn’t that great on an ordinary domestic driveway, at least initially. In fact the cost difference is minimal and easily outweighed by the ease of …
Paving over a front garden is a great way of getting the extra parking space that modern families need. Particularly in over-crowded suburban areas which were built before cars came within reach of ordinary people. You can still pave over your front garden, it’s just a bit more admin and …
Block paving, the sort that’s made from smaller, traditional-sized blocks rather than the larger flagstone sized blocks, is usually laid in one of two ways, rigid or flexible. In the past, when roads and streets were made this way in many parts of the United Kingdom, the laying method would …