- Rated 5.0 on Google
- 10 years’ experience
- 5-year workmanship guarantee
- Fully insured
- Free site visits
- No call-out charge
Why us
Why Cumbrian homeowners choose our resin driveways
No joints, no weeds
A resin-bound surface is one continuous mat. There is nothing for a seed to root into.
Drains through itself
Water soaks straight through, so no puddles — and no planning application on a front driveway.
UV-stable, so it holds colour
We lay UV-stable resin. The cheaper non-UV resins yellow within 2 summers and cannot be fixed.
Swept, not maintained
A brush and the occasional wash. No sand to top up, nothing to re-point.
What it is
Resin Driveways, built to last in Cumbria
Resin-bound is UV-stable aggregate mixed with a clear resin and trowelled over a cured base. It is what people mean when they say a driveway looks finished: seamless, permeable and easy to keep clean. It is also the surface most often laid badly, because the base is treated as an afterthought.
- Existing surface dug out to depth and carted away
- Sub-base laid and compacted in layers, not in one drop
- Binding layer of concrete or tarmac, left to cure fully before any resin goes near it
- UV-stable resin-bound aggregate, hand-trowelled to a consistent depth
- Edging restraints bedded on concrete so the perimeter can’t creep
- Permeable finish — no planning application needed on a front driveway
- Disposal and tip charges itemised on the quote, not added at the end
Choices
The resin driveway options we offer
A few of the finishes we lay most. We bring samples to your free site visit so you can hold them against the house before you decide.
Golden quartz
Warm and light, and the blend that suits most Cumbrian stone and render. Brightens a frontage that spends the winter under cloud.
Charcoal
Dark and modern, and the most forgiving of the lot for hiding tyre marks and drips. Sharp against a white render or a grey slate roof.
Silver blend
Cool and neutral, and the easiest to live with next to grey slate, render or Cumbrian stone. Reads as gravel from the road without a single stone ending up in the lawn.
What is a resin-bound driveway?
Resin-bound is natural aggregate mixed thoroughly with a clear resin and trowelled by hand over a prepared base. Every stone is coated and locked into one continuous mat — no loose gravel underfoot, no joints, and nothing for a weed to root into.
It is worth being clear about two things that sound alike. Resin-bound is mixed and laid as a smooth surface. Resin-bonded scatters loose stone over a layer of resin: it looks similar on day one, it is not permeable, and it sheds stone as it ages. We lay bound, every time.
Why resin suits Cumbrian homes
Cumbria is wet, so drainage decides most of it. A resin-bound driveway is permeable and SuDS-compliant — water passes through the surface rather than pooling on it or running into the road. On a front garden that is also the difference between needing planning permission for more than 5 square metres of hard surface and not needing it at all.
How It Works
Our resin driveway process at a glance
You know the price in writing before anything gets dug up, and nothing is charged until you say go ahead.
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Get in touch
Fill in the form or ring Taylor. Tell us where you are and roughly what you’re after.
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We come and look
We visit, measure up and talk through the options. No obligation, and nothing to pay.
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You get your quote
An itemised written price, fixed. Take as long as you need to think about it.
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We book you in
We agree a start date and get the work done. 4 to 6 days on site for most driveways.
Living with it
Looking after your resin driveway
Brush it, and jet wash it on a wide fan setting once a year if you want it back to new. Do not use a narrow nozzle close in — that is the one way to damage resin. Moss will not root in it, but leaf litter left through a wet winter can stain, so clear it in autumn.
Our guarantee
5-year workmanship guarantee
Every driveway and patio we lay is guaranteed for 5 years against failure caused by our workmanship.
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Before & after
The same job, days apart. Drag the handle to see the difference.
Where we work
Resin Driveways across Cumbria
No call-out charge anywhere on this list, and nothing to pay for the quote.
FAQs
Common resin driveway questions
No. Loose gravel sits on top and migrates into the lawn and the road. Resin-bound has every stone coated in resin and locked into a solid mat you can sweep, push a pram over and park a van on. There is also resin-bonded, which is resin scattered with stone on top — it looks similar on day one, isn't permeable, and sheds stone as it ages. We lay bound.
Laid on a proper base, 15 to 20 years is normal. Nearly every failed resin driveway we get called out to look at failed at the base — it was laid over something that was still moving, or over a slab that hadn't finished curing. The resin itself very rarely fails on its own.
Sometimes, and it saves you the dig when we can. If the concrete or tarmac underneath is sound, level and draining properly, resin goes straight over it. If it is cracked, moving or holding water, overlaying it just buys you a better-looking version of the same problem in two years. We'll dig a test hole and tell you which one you've got before you commit to anything.
The aggregate is what you walk on, so it grips much like a tarmac road surface, and we can add extra anti-slip on a steep drive. On fading — the resin we use is UV-stable, which matters here: the cheaper non-UV resins yellow noticeably within a couple of summers and there is no fixing it once it has.
Ready to transform your driveway?
Free quotes, a 5-year workmanship guarantee, and a team that turns up when they say they will.