What is the surface used in countryside style carparks?

[asnoop20]

I'm going backwards and forwards with materials for doing a driveway, sideway and rear and quite like the material suggested in the title. It sounds simple and rustic and I think might work, but what it is?

Cheers! Andrew

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Do you mean the rubber matting that lets the grass grow through?

 

[asnoop20]

No sorry I should be more explicit, it's like a sub-base aggregate.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Do you mean hoggin stone?

 

[asnoop20]

Honestly I don't know, not heard of that and about to google!

 

[asnoop20]

Seems to be it! Does it go by other names as I can't find it at the usual builder merchants (Jewson etc)?

 

[aveatry]

Ist it granite dust

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Self binding gravel, a mix of small stones like limestone and sand to bind it all together. You would either need to mix your own or find a supplier who supplies it as a ready mix. https://www.pavingexpert.com/gravel05

 

[asnoop20]

I've been looking into it, I'm trying to find any real drawbacks other than the occasionally dust/stone might come into the house.

I thought it would be widely available but then have seen the cost and that might be why. It's surprised to be honest thought it would be equivalent to MOT.

 

[stevie888]

Hoggin is like all in ballast but with some clay. It compacts very well to fom a good cheap surface but you won't find it everywhere in the country.

 

[JohnD]

I've had a house with a hoggin drive and garden paths, it is a very good surfaces. I think it was excellent. It can go into ruts, and repairs need to be well-rolled. The tiny amount of clay is what binds it firmly together, so it doesn't kick up or stick in your shoes.

Some people use pea-shingle, which is awful.

 

[asnoop20]

I'm not sure about cheap, it's proving very expensive!

I do like it though, has lots of wins.

 

[endecotp]

Who remembers Alan Titchmarsh on Ground Force? He was fond of a bit of Hoggin in the garden. I recall one episode where he found that Hoggin was not available locally - maybe in Derbyshire? - and used crushed limestone instead. I filed that away in the back of my brain for, what, 25 years, thinking "knowing that will come in useful one day".

 

[asnoop20]

Yes, which is Type 1 MOT (limestone variant). The only difference from this and Hoggin from what I can tell is lack of clay.

 

[asnoop20]

I've also just come across 'scalpings' which looks even more like it, apparently quarry waste stones contaminated with clay. Looks like I do a layer of MOT type 1 then scalpings on top.