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Case Study

Front driveway re-built with SuDs permeable system.

This property in Burgess Hill was part of the project in the previous case study that had sandstone patio’s and garden building.  It was decided during the back garden project that it would make sense to complete the works with a new driveway as it was in need of some attention. The original design was to have the whole driveway and car port build with paviours. However, the amount of fall (slope) needed to take the rainwater away wasn’t sufficient.

Due to this it was decided to build a SuDs (Sustainable drainage systems) driveway and keep the car port area to the traditional paviours finish. The SuDs system is constructed differently to traditional block paved driveways. It was built with 200mm of clean limestone 20mm aggregate that allows the water to drain a lot more efficiently than typically used type 1. Over the 20mm we place a 50mm deep layer of 5-6mm clean limestone. This was then finished with Brett Omega Flow 60 blocks in a natural colour. The block fit together to leave a small gap around the block where the 5-6mm clean limestone is used and the infill instead of kiln dried sand as used in block paving.

This SuDs system is not only strong and stable it looks very smart and is very easy to maintain and above all allows the water to drain through the entire surface of the driveway.

Large permeable SuDs driveway with Omega Flow 60 blocks and areas for planting

We built in a small area for planting by the house and also along the front. The side of the house has a car port area with cast iron gates that allows easy access to the back garden. This area was built traditionally with a 200mm type 1 base with charcoal coloured paviours on a 5omm sand bed.

Old gravel driveway with planting area.
Gravel driveway with old concrete slab pathway and planting.

Design. Transform. Enjoy.

Undercover car port area build with charcoal coloured block paviours.

The Result

The finished result of this driveway was excellent. The clean uncluttered look and feel to the area stands out and works beautifully for water drainage.

Block paved car port area at the side of a house.

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