Resin and Block Paved Driveways in Bromsgrove

Driveways on Bromsgrove housing

Much of the Bromsgrove area sits on heavy clay, which holds water and moves with the seasons. On a driveway that means two things: the sub-base has to be deeper and better compacted than a rule-of-thumb depth, and the drainage has to be designed rather than assumed, because water that cannot soak away will find the lowest point of your drive and sit there. We look at where the water goes before we price anything.

On the higher ground toward the Lickeys the picture changes again, so we do not carry a standard specification from one job to the next.

Block paving is popular here, particularly on the interwar and postwar semis, and resin bound is the choice on the larger detached houses where the frontage is on show. Both are laid on the same principle: it is the base and the edge restraint that decide whether the surface stays flat. Bromsgrove District Council is the planning authority and Worcestershire County Council handles the highway, so a new or widened dropped kerb goes through the county. We manage that application as part of the job.