Patio nightmare, professional opinions please

noseall · 25 Jul 2020

Ian H said:
I’ve never seen a waterproof membrane below any kind of paving.

Me neither lol. What a waste of time and effort.

noseall · 25 Jul 2020

I did use a geo-fabric (water permiable) under a gravel fella once, but that was on customer insistence.

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Celeronmanuk · 25 Jul 2020

noseall said:
I did use a geo-fabric (water permiable) under a gravel fella once, but that was on customer insistence.

I thought geofabric is good practice under driveways?

noseall · 25 Jul 2020

Celeronmanuk said:
I thought geofabric is good practice under driveways?

Yes and no. It's a double edged sword.

Essential where there are individual soft pockets (pipe runs, natural depressions) of ground etc. A complete nightmare for future maintenance. No need for decent compact virgin ground.

Celeronmanuk · 25 Jul 2020

noseall said:
Yes and no. It's a double edged sword.

Essential where there are individual soft pockets (pipe runs, natural depressions) of ground etc. A complete nightmare for future maintenance. No need for decent compact virgin ground.

What future maintenance are you thinking of?

noseall · 25 Jul 2020

Celeronmanuk said:
What future maintenance are you thinking of?

Whilst gravel drives are low end, they do make for ideal surfaces to reinstate should you wish to dig a hole or a trench. That is until you come across geo-fabric!