Resin Bound Drives - What You Need To Know

Ive never seen a good resin drive past a few years. I think a high quality paver would look and last nicer personally, plus its easy to relevel and maintain.

I hope you do more videos on this subject, please.

Many thanks Roger - another very helpful video. I was contemplating a resin drive but I'll now give it a miss - delivery vehicles, parking and yellowing etc were very good points for me to consider.. Great stuff - look forward to the next video. Best wishes Peter

The resin is often Bisphenol A , the chemical that people get their knickers in a twist about thats in plastic bottles and packaging in parts per million. Yet they're happy to spread buckets of the concentrated stuff all over the front of their houses

Hi Roger,always very eloquent. Very informative video.

Incredibly interesting and helpful ! Thank you for sharing !

I strongly recommend Graphite powder on ur resin mix with dark grabber, UV resistance n heat transference plus it makes the bound a lot more stronger. (I does increase the electrical resistance of the mix)

I did my path myself, lovely easy product to work with and great finish . But not convinced driveways will stand the test of time.

Thanks Roger 👍 We’re on a very limited budget, with tatty weedy granite gravel and old cracked concrete drive. I think we’ll go all gravel, and resin a path up to the front door, bordered by reclaimed brick pavers. We’ve seen the pour on resin, just to stop it sliding around? I wanted to hire a digger but husband wouldn’t let me so we’re halfway through doing it by hand with a pick axe. Gawd give us strength! 😂

Mine has been up since 2021. No issues at all so far, seems well made.

My in-law has resin bound laid about 6 years ago, it needed some repairs this year. It still has some minor areas of surface loosening. The second issue is colour, it’s a lot more dull after the years of sunlight exposure, lost it’s sheen and wow factor.

never forget truning up one monday on a private job when theyd had some 'freelancers' in over the weekend laying a resin drive. They had left their leftover resin in the mixer! it doesnt shatter, doesnt burn, the mixer drum was a write off

One of the local resin firms came round to estimate a few years ago. I have block pavers already but looking a bit tired. He said he would leave the pavers in place and resin over the top. So glad I left it as it is.

I laboured for a bloke doing patios driveways etc. All of a sudden everyone was asking for resin 90% of driveway we did somebody wanted resin bound system installed. After a few years he did end up getting call backs for colour problems slight movement. The main problem was people dry steering on the driveway causing movement. I must add all preparations were done properly, he was a craftsman but it still caused headaches. Research and be prepared for what Roger has pointed out.

Also make sure whoever is doing it can do it in 1 go. I’ve seen a few on our estate that either didn’t order enough material or work day finished, the joint where they left off stuck out like a sore thumb! Either the mix wasn’t the same amount or it’s the way they left it on a straight line.

Always wondered what happened to drago after rocky iv..... love the channel, great info...

Near me I see two problems with resin drives, firstly lots of weeds self-seed in them and secondly, it doesn't take much parking your car over time before bald patches appear in the parking spot. Personally, I'd put them in the pile with 70s avocado bathrooms & bi-fold doors..

Thank you Roger, yeah found that really interesting. When resin drives first came out I thought that would be the perfect material to use for my own drive, when I get round to doing it but after seeing so many that's failed for one reason or another I think I might go for corbels or some sort of pavers using GFTK for the jointing. Another problem with resin drives is they attract the build up of moss if not regularly cleaned, so I believe. Another subject I think would be compelling and that is different types of decking or even just composite decking as there are many different types now on the market. Anyway hope you're keeping as well as you look in this video 😃 ☮️+❤ always from me and the missus✌️

It's basically a plastic surface. Would fit nicely with that plastic grass that some people like.

I had resin bound aggregate laid over concrete for my backyard, which is separate from the driveway, so has no vehicular traffic. Before, there was much standing water which now quickly drains through the resin. However, that works both ways as small weeds can still show. The sandy coloured aggregate though, sparkles like a beach when the tide has retreated.