Yard surface

[mowingjamie]

Hi, looking to surface my yard, currently just crusher run. Either scalpings or road plainings I was thinking. Both £20 a ton. Would road plainings be more hard wearing and if on a very gentle slope allow water to run off not soak through?

 

Really struggling to get road plainings hence why there £20 a ton now. Would need at least 100t.

[dumper]

Road plantings  laid well to falls then rolled with the heaviest ride on vibrating roller until your backside is numb then another couple of hours

[Stere]

Whats drainage like?

 

Having some french drains 2" -3" infill gravel with large plastic pipe at bottom is ideal otherwise surface flow from rain may wash away plainings on a slope

 

On sloping driveways with  plainings they often  get washed out even on slopes that are not that steep

 

 

 

[GarethM]

What do you actually want in the end as a final finished surface ?.

 

But definitely put in perforated land drainage as deep as you can, then surface water can be a goal once it's all settled and knitted deep down and stable.

[Peasgood]

I had a thin layer of planings spread on my new yard over MOT/crusher run. It was spread with a 13 ton 360 on metal tracks and tracked as he went to the pile and back.

I said I would go over it with my ballast roll to tidy it off but they said there was no need. I still did it but I was wasting my time, it made no difference. My yard wasn't rolled other than that and it is just as good 2 years later. No issue with run off either but the surrounding land is drained and free draining anyway.