Thanks, I'm putting the weed membrane down to avoid any issue of weeds coming through, especially if I choose tarmac. My in laws have laid stones driveway and they have a massive issue with it
With that logic on your 2nd point, would it be better to just have the larger 2-4inch stones for the...
The derelict house I am working on will, in a few days/weeks be impossible to drive onto thanks to the increase of the rain and lack of warm weather!
I am taking up the topsoil and will put a layer of woven weed membrane down.
But what would be the best type of hardcore to put down on top of...
Thats good to know. With this, the budget is tight so I would only be doing 1 or the other. I felt that using something like Nilan MHRV for the the hot water, the heating could be covered with eufh and excess heat in the winter for the cottage part would be provided by the stove.
Rather than an...
Thats exactly what I am doing. I have spent the past weekend putting NHL2 on the walls to flatten it as much as possible for the wood fibre. I'm waiting on planning decision so I can remove chimney and then the floors!
I'm going to be doing an extension to my derelict stone cottage.
Im using limecrete floors and lime for the repointing but with these types of buildings obviously, its best to keep things warm internally to allow the stone to breath and not hold the damp.
To give context, the extension is going...
I have a derelict house that I am working on and now with the rain coming back, I will need to dig out the top soil in the entrance to lay a base of hardcore for the driveway. Otherwise I'll just get stuck in the mud!
I want to have electric gates, so planning in advance, is it advisable to lay...