Boring question - How much did you pay to have your driveway resurfaced?

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My driveway is about 4m x 10m. I have been quoted £6,800 for tarmac which is a lot more than I expected. But apparently, the company has extra stocks of resin at the moment, so could do a resin driveway for £6,000. I have no idea to be honest!

We had a resin patio, it was put down on top of existing slabs and still cost us around £3k. We loved our patio, it was north facing and never got slippy, or green moss etc, drains well to. I would go resin!

We were quoted between £4k and £5.5k for a block paved driveway. Neither drive company that came out would do resin they reckon they don't last long.

Depends where in the country you are. What was the proposed construction of the asphalt option?
we have resin, worked out at just over £100/m2 (over 120 m2) but included a massive excavation, type 1, open black binder asphalt and then resin with a LOT of drainage works. It will last years, is suds compliant and fabulous.
experience? 25 years in construction and surfacing as a specialist subject.
get a couple of more quotes, but always, always, get copies of their insurance and go see local drives they’ve done. Never pay up front and always get a contract. Oh, and check that the company you’d be contracting with is the actual company you’ll be paying. My mums just had a quote for her drive and my due diligence threw some absolute beauties up so I shall be sorting it now!

So, I reckon that nearly £8,000 for tarmac is too expensive, but the resin deal might be OK. The company phoned me today to say that their special deal on leftover resin won’t last much longer as other people are interested. Hmmm.

@Mozza77 , I’m in Devon, near the Somerset border. I don’t know much about asphalt construction, but they would take away what’s left of the old tarmac, and put the new on top of the existing concrete base.

Sounds like the hard sell to me, I'd give it a swerve

Do NOT get anything put on top of old concrete etc.
You need a good base for a driveway to last.
No point in paying £££s for a botched job.
We have last may had Indian Stone put down.
Area is 5m x 15m. Dug down and removed, new pots
for drains etc. Extra step front and back door.
Total cost was £8750
Local company.
Any company that says we have left over stock is
not a good one.

Yeah I'd also be cautious, whilst had our resin put on top of slabs they were flat and solid, but the guys explained a different process for drives due to the weight going on it.

We’ve just been quoted £7k inc vat for block paving over 70m2 or about £11k for resin. Have had several quotes all in same area, think like everything else it’s all just bloody expensive now

Jeez walk away. If not run. The issue is concrete is impermeable. Resin is what’s known as SUDS compliant, and water should be able to drain through and back to the water course. Trying to stick a permeable flexible to an impermeable rigid structure means water will pool between the two and your resin will ‘blow’ at the first downpour or frost as it’s such a thin layer. The construction should be MOT Type 1, open base or binder asphalt, resin. Do NOT accept it onto concrete. It’s a total and utter rip off.

If you want to DM me I can explain more and do some due diligence for you, but there’s no such thing as left over resin. It’s and aggregate (stone) and binder (glue)! Both with a billion year life span! I know a fair few people down your way who are in the same line of work as me, so can see if there’s anyone they can recommend. Definitely decline their ‘generous offer’ though!

I paid £7k for block paving on a similar size. They got a digger and did whatever the equivalent of foundation is for a driveway.

Thank you ☺️ Apparently, it was the glue that was left over from another job. But yeah, I’m starting to think this might be the more sophisticated version of the scenario where two men ring the doorbell of a house with a scruffy driveway and offer to do the job there and then with the leftover tarmac that’s in the back of their pick-up truck.

(Imprinted) Concrete drive is the answer.

Lasts forever, and unlike tarmac, it wont sag under the weight of your/a car(s).

And unlike block paving which moves over time/as you drive over it etc, it wont have weeds or other shit growing in between either.

I’m looking at having my drive done. I want something hard wearing that looks good.

Is resin the answer? I like how it looks, is it hard wearing?

If it’s done right, absolutely! Easy to sweep, quick pressure wash if you pick a light colour and have mental muddy spaniels, lovely to walk on barefoot, never puddles, no weeds, cool in summer. Ours is a golden mix colour. And yes you can park on it.

Thank you @Mozza77 , that’s really helpful.

There's resin bound and resin bonded. Resin bound (mix stones and glue together and then trowel it on) is SUDS compliant but as @Mozza77 says it needs to be laid properly with the base layer also being permeable. Resin bonded (put the glue on and then sprinkle the stone on top) isn't permeable so it needs to have drainage that deals with the run off.