RESIN DRIVEWAYS IN WILLENHALL
A resin bound driveway is a good fit for a lot of Willenhall homes, from the older semis near the town centre to the newer houses around Coppice Farm. It is smooth, permeable and there are no joints for weeds to come through.
We are four miles away in Wolverhampton. We check whether your existing surface can take resin, prepare it properly and give you a fixed written price after a free visit.
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RESIN DRIVES FOR WILLENHALL HOMES
The honest answer to whether resin can go over your old drive is usually on the visit. Sound tarmac or concrete is fine. Cracked, sunken or patched surfaces need taking up first.
Many people here run the resin up to the front door as a path too, so everything at the front of the house matches.
RESIN DRIVES IN WILLENHALL: WHAT TO KNOW
The first question with resin is usually whether it can go over the existing drive. In Willenhall, where a lot of drives were laid in concrete or tarmac many years ago, the answer depends on what has happened to it since. Sound and level, it is often fine. Cracked, sunk at the edges or cut through for a new gas or water pipe, it needs to come up.
Around Short Heath and New Invention there are plenty of semis with a drive running down the side to a garage. Resin suits those well, because the smooth surface makes it easy to wheel bins and bikes up and down, and it can run straight up to the garage threshold without a lip. We set a slight fall away from the house and the garage door.
Near Portobello and Lane Head, where houses sit closer to the road, a resin drive with a block paved edge along the pavement gives a strong, straight line that takes the wear from tyres coming on and off the kerb. It is a small detail that keeps the front edge looking sharp for longer.
HOW WE LAY RESIN DRIVEWAYS IN WILLENHALL
- Check the existing base, or dig out and build a new one.
- Fit edging so the resin has a firm line to finish against.
- Mix the resin and aggregate on site and trowel it smooth.
- Leave it to cure before you drive on it.
DROPPED KERBS AND PLANNING IN WILLENHALL
If your kerb is not already dropped, you need permission from Walsall Council before you can drive across the pavement in Willenhall. It is worth applying early, because approval is not instant. We measure up with the kerb in mind so the driveway lines up with it.
Paving more than five square metres of a front garden needs planning permission from Walsall Council, unless the rainwater drains into a border, a soakaway or a permeable surface on your own property. Resin bound is permeable, so it usually meets that rule on its own.
Some older houses in Willenhall share an entry with next door. If that is the only way through to the back, we plan the work around it and keep it clear for your neighbours.
WHERE WE WORK AROUND WILLENHALL
We cover all of Willenhall, including Short Heath, New Invention, Portobello, Lane Head and Coppice Farm. Willenhall is about four miles east of Wolverhampton, so we are never far away. If you are not sure whether we cover your street, call us and we will tell you straight away.
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