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gravelling a garden

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  • 03-01-2010 3:18pm
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    beccaboom
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭


    hi,

    I have a terraced back garden and have killed off all the grass using weed control material. I know am not in the position financially to deck as I had planned. Has any one got any idea how much gravellin the garden would cost ? the garden is slopped and is about 18 * 22 foot .


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Typical spread rate of 1'' gravel / sq ft you should require just under 2 ton.


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    The Sweeper
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    What do you put under the gravel? Weed barrier, or nothing?


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Its wise to use a weed barrier when using gravel as a topdressing over soil.

    In heavy traffic areas, a compacted sub-base of hardcore/804 (minimum 3'' for pedestrian areas and 6'' for other uses) would be required. Generally a weed barrier would not be used in 'hardcored' areas.

    If topdressing is a light coloured gravel, it would also be wise to blind (1 '') with alight coloured dust, this helps prevent any unsightly chuening and mixing of dark sub-base stone with light coloured ornamental gravel.


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    beccaboom
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭beccaboom


    We have weed control black permeable material put down now since September to stop any grass or weed growth and tha has worked well.

    We are trying now to budget how much the gravel will cost , we have our paving stones for a path down and the garden terraces are sectioned by sleepers so that isnt a problem.

    fingers crossed it will come in as a reasonable price


    thanks a million


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    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,434 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You can get pea gravel, which is I think used by builders, but it is not bad looking (tends to be greyish) I prefer it to the grave-dressing stuff. The big advantage is that it is about half the price of the bagged gravel. Also you will have to put down some more about 12 months after the first lot, and at that stage you could start raking in lighter coloured pea gravel to brighten it up a bit. When I got the first lot that I used in the back of the house I got some really nice gravel at 'builders' price, a lot of light brown pebbles in it, but I haven't seen it since. Look in a builders providers or sand and gravel merchant, rather than a garden centre.


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