New parking place for a motorhome

[ambulancekidd]

I personally prefer mono-block, doddle to lay & looks smart.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Avoid anything that allows damp to rise up

 

[barny]

We applied for a drop kirb extention a few years back and a council officer came to to check the property, included in that check was the surface which I had made to park, at the time, an old Landrover. This was because I had ticked a box on the application that said the surface was basically permeable. I had a hard core sub base and a 20mm gravel topping.

 

[grumps147]

Try this, it doesn’t seem to matter how it drains or where it goes, since 2008 planning are involved .... https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permeable-surfacing-of-front-gardens-guidance

 

[Stuart]

Gravel for us with 4 thick concrete flags for the wheels to sit on. Use larger sized gravel to keep it out of the tyre treads.

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[NoName]

I would use gravel or grass with these
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I agree, as when the house is sold, the buyers if they so wish, can easily reinstate the ground to garden or lawn.

 

[Sapper520]

I would use gravel or grass with these
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Used these (or similar product) and I can thoroughly recommend them. Got ours off a well know auction site, a far cheaper and garden friendlier option than concrete.

 

[knickam]

Maybe you could use gravel large enough not to be picked up by the tyre treads ?
Ask the quarry if they deliver direct to avoid the middle man ££££££ increase ?

Will be getting 30mm crushed granite from a local quarry.

 

[The Rolling Stones]

Strips 2’ wide and 10” deep sorted me out. Filled everything else with slate chips. 4 ton van - tidy!! Used to be the wife’s flower garden

 

[minesapint]

Going to be reclaiming part of the front lawn for a new parking spot for a 3.5t motorhome.
Just looking for thought's on which method people would recommend.

The options I am considering are,

1. Concrete slab with gravel surround
2. Concrete strips to drive onto surrounded by gravel
3. Gravel

Drainage is not a problem for a concrete slab.

Hi our soloution was to mark out an area with edging. concrete in four heavy duty slabs in the exact position of the wheels, and then cover the area around with slate chipping. This meets with council approval to allow drainage. A concrete slab of that size would not meet drainage regs. Plus the slate looks nicer than concrete.

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[Gixer]

Hi our soloution was to mark out an area with edging. concrete in four heavy duty slabs in the exact position of the wheels, and then cover the area around with slate chipping. This meets with council approval to allow drainage. A concrete slab of that size would not meet drainage regs. Plus the slate looks nicer than concrete.View attachment 418540

Have you got details on the slabs as this looks ideal for me, thanks

 

[Gillygrim]

My partner is a retired (Marine) Engineer. When we replaced our small camper van with our first coach built in 2006 we decided to lose a couple of feet from the back garden and extend the rear entry hardstanding. Plans were drawn up, trees cut down and shredded for compost, existing hardstanding broken up and piled up on the lawn. Conduit was laid to take power to the proposed slab which was divided into four squares by means of planks. A 6 inch edge all round was allowed and eventually filled with membrane and gravel for drainage. We then sat on small stools with an anvil and heavy mallet each and broke up the old hardstanding into lumps approx 5/8 inch diameter. (Yes, he measured). This was used as hardcore, followed by sharp sand, into which 'chairs' were placed to support the Rebar, after which we borrowed a concrete mixer (my suggestion for Readymix was dismissed out of hand) and made countless tons of the stuff which eventually became a flat area you could land a Jumbo jet on. 14 years later it is as solid as the day it was finished and something I now regard as a fond memory........ Would I attempt anything similar again? NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS.

 

[TonyEmm]

Don't see that being a problem as I was allowed to lay over 150m2 of tarmac when I built the house.

i don’t know the situation regarding residential properties but it can certainly be an issue with commercial. 15 years ago I had a yard for storage and part Of my PP was that 8 kept the surface ‘porous’.
I would ask the question to be safe!

 

[minesapint]

Have you got details on the slabs as this looks ideal for me, thanks

Sorry for late reply the slabs are heavy duty highways dept spec, and were supplied by a local groundworks company. They probably came originally from a main stream builders merchants.