pebbling driveway instructions

dingdong22

Hi

Can someone advise on how best to lay a pebble driveway

1. 804 compacted
2. Weed Membrane
3. Sand dust
4. Gold pebbles

Is this correct? or any tips

Thanks

Martron

i would not be an expert on this . but i would imagine the weeds would grow in the sand/dust.

so maybe having the weed membrane aftert the sand and dust.

paddy147

weeds will actually grow in the pebbles themselves,no need for them to need soil,as they grow from the wetness/water that gets clogged in between the pebbles.

Of course they pull up really easy,as they are basicly just sitting in the pebbles,but they still do grow though.

CBYR1983

paddy147 wrote: »

weeds will actually grow in the pebbles themselves,no need for them to need soil,as they grow from the wetness/water that gets clogged in between the pebbles.

Of course they pull up really easy,as they are basicly just sitting in the pebbles,but they still do grow though.

Confirmed - I dug up a patch of grass in the front (not driven on or used) and put down about 4-5 inches of pebbles over a weed guard. Ridiculous stuff.

Some of the neighbours joked that I was digging to China, the amount of earth I took out - I was determined not to get weeds and to avoid overflow of pebbling onto concreted areas.

But alas I still get the odd tiny weed from the pebbles!