Decoration of Driveways and Platforms in the Garden

Optimal width for garden paths is not less than 0,8 m, and for driveway it is 3 pm. The road, which brings together driveway and walkway must have a minimum width of 4.5 m. The sizes of the areas depend on their destination.

Paths and driveways should be slightly above ground level and have a small slope for natural flow of rain and melt water. In this case, slope length is 2-5%, while in width it may be only 1-2%.

When you are choosing a material to cover the grounds, walkways and driveways, you should take into account its strength, frost resistance and durability. The choice of the material, which you’ll use to cover the tracks and platforms, also depends on the style of the garden, decoration of residential homes and small architectural forms, located on the area. Today, the market represents a lot of variety of materials. In addition, many companies offer execution of individual orders, such as side-walk tiles of unusual colors with mounted lamps.

In the construction of walkways and driveways it is very important to use a system of linear drainage. This avoids the formation of puddles, and it is also a consequence of rapid destruction of the tracks. Linear drainage system may consist of different size and strength characteristics of waste water, grills and specialty items which are often very decorative.

For the high-quality device of paths and extension of term of their service currently you can use for example geotextiles, which is placed under the layer of crushed stones, so as not to allow it to move. But for the device of driveways you’d better use lawn plastic lattice. Its upper edges are supplied with teeth, due to which the car wheels have better cohesion with the surface and don’t slip. The lattices unite in the desired size of with self-snapping hooks.