Resin driveway advise

[vik2001]

I'm having a new resin driveway installed. The brick borders are going up quite high to the plinth level of front of house. Should the brick borders be further below 150mm for dpc purposes? Does the plinth I have offer any protection for damp?

Also the acro drain is there as I have a slope on the driveway going down slightly to the front door, hence the aco is there. They connected it to a soakaway in the middle of drive. Would you say aco drain is positioned in driveway correctly or should it be nearer door?

Also lastly I opened the aco drain cover and neither sides have end caps, is this a issue even when having a resin driveway installed?

I can probably get changes made as resin has not been laid yet...

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

It looks way too high to me. The house should have a doorstep, but it's almost at interior floor level. Is it higher than before? Have they built on top of whatever was already there?

Obviously there should be an end cap on the aco drain.

Only my opinion, based on two photos... I'd call a halt to the job and get some expert advice.

 

[vik2001]

No that doorstep was always at that level. I cant put a doorstep as the drive slops downwards from the road to the door. The house is built slightly lower than it is as road level.

No they removed all the concrete that was there, put hard-core down, then a soakaway in the middle for the aco drain, and then laid down permeable concrete which is where we at..

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

It's too low. What do other houses in the area look like? Ideally one that still has its original front garden and path.

This happens all the time. People don't want to pay to take materials away, so gardens and driveways just get higher every time they're worked on.

It may be fine, it probably will be. But if I had started again then my starting point would have been to dig to a depth where the surface ends up 150mm below the internal floor.

That's the ideal, but it's not where you now are. Perhaps it will be OK, it's impossible to say based on a couple of photos. Just giving my opinion, sorry if it's not what you want to hear.

 

[catlad]

Resin drive! where will all the water go if it's sloping to the house?

 

[Alec_t]

Isn't planning consent now required for a non-porous driveway?

 

[jj4091]

Isn't planning consent now required for a non-porous driveway?

You can get permeable and non permiable resin coatings, it depends which one they use.

 

[jj4091]

It looks from the pic like they have created a fall from the house to the drain so it will possibly be ok, but ask them for an explanation about whether it will be a problem or not. What is the black course at the bottom of the wall

 

[vik2001]

The black course was a plinth.
It's a permeable resin driveway that they gna lay.

 

[jj4091]

Can't really see it being a. problem then.

 

[Alastairreid]

Looks like a tidy job, still a decent clearance to Dpc.

 

[Koolpc]

Cant see an issue either. Esp as your house has always been lower than the top of the drive and they have put in the drain. Its a difficult situation at the outset so hopefully the measures they have taken will prove to be the right ones.

I dont think you will have any issues.

Getting the drainage right in the beginning is very important...

 

[catlad]

It's a permeable resin driveway that they gna lay.

What was it before?

 

[vik2001]

Old paving blocks and pebbles

 

[^woody^]

Is there a wooden ground floor in that old house? Any air bricks?

The drain position can be anywhere as long as the surface falls towards it.

End caps are not an issue where the water is draining in the ground anyway