Tarmac driveways with a finished edge

Where tarmac makes sense

We recommend tarmac most often for longer rural drives around Rutland's villages, shared accesses, and larger frontages where resin or block would stretch the budget without adding much. Laid in two courses on a proper sub-base, it shrugs off tractors, oil deliveries and the school run alike.

• Binder and wearing courses machine-laid and rolled, not hand-raked patchwork
• Edged in granite setts, block borders or stone to lift the appearance
• Falls and drainage designed in: tarmac is impermeable, so where the water goes matters
• Red and resin-decorated finishes available where a plain black surface feels too stark

A note on planning

Because tarmac is impermeable, front gardens over five square metres need the run-off contained within the property, usually with a channel drain to a soakaway, or planning permission becomes a factor. We design this in and handle it as part of the job.

Prefer gravel?

For period and country properties we also install gravel driveways on a stabilising grid, which keeps the traditional crunch without the constant raking and migration of loose-laid gravel.