Phase 1 is now complete at this project in Sevenoaks, Kent. Works commenced in April 2013 which involved all rear garden areas including all hard-landscaping works, lawn areas, planting bed preparation and lighting works are complete. The next phase will be the hardscape works within the front garden and driveway areas which are on hold […]
New Driveway project commences – September 2013 Project Type: Driveway Design: Sketch Type by Stuart Barten Expected Duration: 14 Days Project Details: This Driveway design & build project has commenced this week, the groundwork teams are currently excavating the old driveway surfaces, It looks like a bomb has landed. The project involves the installation of […]
After 2 weeks of hard work, one of the teams have just completed this new driveway scheme in central London. Within the first week, the 70-75 tons of spoil was excavated removed from the old driveway to create enough depth for the new porous base layers of the new driveway. An oval shaped central planting bed […]
Another new Resin Bound Gravel driveway has been completed this week in Erith, near Dartford, Kent. The entire low maintenance front garden and driveway scheme was designed by Stuart Barten of Oakleigh Manor, and implemented by the various landscape teams of craftsmen. The driveway has a fully SUD’s compliant porous sub-base and asphalt base layers, […]
The sun was out again today, and so were the resin team. This resin bound gravel surface, colour Harvest Crunch, area 370m2, was laid today, the laying team were on site at 7am carrying out the preparation, started laying at 850am, worked through the day intensely to complete the area at 520pm. There are 2 […]
The Resin Gravel team were back in action today laying this new resin bound gravel driveway. This driveway was due to be surfaced 1 week before christmas 2012, after 2 months of freezing or wet periods we were finally glad to blow the cobwebs of the resin gravel kit and get laying this new driveway. […]
Landscape Design, Paving & Resin Bound Driveway Driveway works update. Friday saw a busy day for us on site. With the sawn granite sett picture frame installed and cured we were able to lay the 220m2 of base coat tarmac. The whole area was set out with string lines and pins the get the appropriate […]
After a good couple of days of dry and even sunny! weather we have been able to make great progress with the Granite paving. The 10mm pointing joint with the black basalt frame gives a pleasing crisp and sharp finish. The frost protection is still on the walls as we have also been able to […]
The Yellow Granite has been delivered to site and we have now started to install. The steps to the double doors were initially formed with block work and concrete then treads made with the yellow Granite stone and a render finished riser.The recessed manhole cover had to be incorporated in this area to allow future […]
Its the final day at the Newmarket project after a couple of weeks of snow and low temperatures we are finally able to implement the soft-landscaping aspect of the project. This low maintenance garden investment property garden scheme has a very practical layout, we have installed a new driveway to enable 3 car parking of […]
