Hoggin/self binding gravel

[Wonderfulcheapfalafel]

Considering using this in the back garden instead of 'normal' gravel. It would be for paths and a seating area (rest will be flower beds)... Does anyone have any experience of using it? I'm worried about dust/dirt and trailing it indoors all the time....

Don’t!

Every time I see it on garden rescue (the team must have shares in it!) I pity the poor garden owners.
After watching a programme DM though this was what she needed. Her house is now constantly covered in the little tiny bits and the dust. She does have a dog that is in and out but anyone who steps outside brings the little bits in. She is constantly sweeping and mopping. She’s had it around 3 -4 years now and her kitchen is still all dusty in the summer and a sludgy mess of paw prints in the winter.

It is for use under roads, not as a surface. As the PP said, you will forever be dusty. Don't do it.

Thank you! I will steer well clear in that case...

I've never once seen the product laid properly on any of the DIY programmes. Very rarely do they have a sub base and almost never compacted properly. There is a special technique to laying the material as shown here: Laying Self Binding Gravel

It is fine if you have acres of grounds and want paths around you rose garden, the walled vegetable garden and the shrubberies.

Not so fine in an ordinary domestic setting.

I have used it a lot in the past on garden paths and it is absolutely fine provided you adhere to the laying instructions and use the correct sub base. Unfortunately, the garden diy programmes are giving people the impression you can just chuck it down and it's done which is very misleading.