Grass reinforcement grid

[Giles]

So how much is covering the grids? Will it not just become exposed as the covering displaces with time?

No as the grid holds it so can’t be displaced unless sucked out maybe

 

[TiltyShaun]

Got 120m2 coming tomorrow for a car park that the client wants rather than aqua paving.

 

[Storrsy]

No as the grid holds it so can’t be displaced unless sucked out maybe

Yeah I get that. But obviously you've covered it so that it hides the grids but imagine the plastic will still become visible over time even if the cells remain full.

 

[Furniss]

I have some to price as part of a bigger job .. track to a mancave across gardens that the client would like to be green, only about 60m2 or so but not measured up yet.
Seems to be plenty of options on here, best plan seems like lay them on some compacted hardcore/geotextile then fill with soil.

 

[Storrsy]

I have some to price as part of a bigger job .. track to a mancave across gardens that the client would like to be green, only about 60m2 or so but not measured up yet.
Seems to be plenty of options on here, best plan seems like lay them on some compacted hardcore/geotextile then fill with soil.

I'm just imagining that if you have grids laid on compacted stone you will only have a few inches of soil on top for grass to grow in. Might be fine over winter but can imagine in summer it will dry out pretty quick.?

 

[Smiffy]

I'm just imagining that if you have grids laid on compacted stone you will only have a few inches of soil on top for grass to grow in. Might be fine over winter but can imagine in summer it will dry out pretty quick.?

Biggest thing is people overuse them and kill the grass. I know everyone has different experiences and I'm from an overpopulated area filled with over demanding people but everywhere I can think of them being the grass has died from traffic more than anything. Has to be a mower collector or the holes fill up to level and the grass dies from traffic quicker. Then you just end up trying to get rid of soil filled with little bits of plastic. As they break as you remove them

 

[Giles]

Yeah I get that. But obviously you've covered it so that it hides the grids but imagine the plastic will still become visible over time even if the cells remain full.

These have been down about a year

 

[Giles]

This one we filled with soil/sand 50/50 mix

Doesn’t dry out

 

[V8Druid]

Yeah thats very similar to Growan. I use it alot for moorland footpaths being native dig down deep enough and you come across it anyway but handy stuff- as long as you can keep the water off it.

seriously ?? in the UK?? not a cat in hell's chance

 

[Storrsy]

seriously ?? in the UK?? not a cat in hell's chance

Yeah- keeps me in business the damage rain does. I did this path 5 years ago using Growan. Walked down it yesterday and was quite pleased that with a decent camber and plenty of cross drains it's held up well despite being probably the busiest footpath on Dartmoor and a hillside shedding it's watery load onto it. The 2nd and 3rd pics are when I was first putting it down 5 yrs ago

 

[TiltyShaun]

Got about half the job screeded off and plastic laid. Forgot to take a pic at the end of the day.

 

[TiltyShaun]

Forgot to post this of the finished job.

 

[TiltyShaun]

Does not want to add!

 

[TiltyShaun]

Finally, phone software upgrade stopped me accessing my photos.

 

[hiluxman]

Finally, phone software upgrade stopped me accessing my photos.

How much are you paying for that aggregate

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Having a go at my first bit of gravel grid. 5 loads of spoil out, first load of 803 in today. Trying to juggle this around day job and get finished this week. Provided the stuff arrives.

 

[TiltyShaun]

How much are you paying for that aggregate

Client purchased it. Might have been around £2k for 11ton!!

 

[Stroppymonkey]

All done and dusted. Put plenty of stone and gravel down over the years but this is the first time I’ve done it properly. Bought the mats from the link above in the thread, much cheaper than screwfix or toolstation. Dead easy to put down if prep done right. Curves not quite so quick.

 

[Furniss]

When you say properly...whats the benifit of that over some well compacted flat harcore and a couple of cm's of say 10mm gravel ?

 

[Stroppymonkey]

When you say properly...whats the benifit of that over some well compacted flat harcore and a couple of cm's of say 10mm gravel ?

Well hopefully it will stay in place better without rutting. 3.5t van will still make ruts in 125mm compacted 803 on our wet clay ground. I'm hoping this will take it better as it's a high visibility semi urbanspot outside my house surrounded by curtain switchers. Normally a skip load of hardcore from transfer station 300mm deep with a scrape of 803 on top will be sufficient for my needs.