Gravelrings
Gravel grid system
After two years of repeatedly redistributing gravel that was migrating downhill on his long and sloping driveway, a Norfolk homeowner was looking for a better solution. With Gravelrings now installed, the drive looks much neater, and the gravel is staying exactly where it was placed with no need to spend hours every week raking it back up the drive.
“We are very pleased with the performance of Gravelrings gravel grids. They were incredibly easy to install and we’re very impressed with how they have handled all our machinery traffic throughout the year. It has meant that we can continue to access the course even in the winter months.”
Homeowner George Martin chose Gravelrings for the driveway of his home in the Cotswolds, a stunning renovation of a 17th century barn. However, not having used the system before, his contractor was sceptical about the time and effort that the installation would require.
Groundworks contractor Easgaidh faced the task of creating gravel pathways to link a series of hillside cabins with a luxurious lobby building and car park on the Isle of Skye.
Beauxfort completed a large-scale landscaping project at Hunter’s Quay, Dunoon, Scotland for luxury holiday park company Argyle Holidays. The award-winning holiday village is nestled in a stunning natural setting against a backdrop of mountains and woodland, with panoramic views across the Holy Loch.
John Ridgeway Construction undertook a project to develop an old barn into two modern housing developments. This involved chestnut wooden cladding engulfing the exterior and magnificent glass windows to create bright, airy rooms.
Gravel was the surface finishing of choice as the natural appearance of the stone complements harsher exteriors and blends seamlessly with concrete schemes. Having decided that a gravel concrete driveway was the most suitable course of action, Lewis knew he had to lay a driveway grid system beneath.
Jeremy Salt, Owner of Henley Salt Landscape & Architecture, was tasked with a project to transform a driveway to one that could withstand heavy rainfall without flooding the driveway and leaving settled surface water for days after.
North York Moors National Park is known for its abundance of green, leafy forestry and strong connection to the natural world. Tucked away in this countryside gem is High Dalby House and Cottages, a luxury B&B retreat. Resident hosts Ian and Linda Robinson offer a tranquil oasis where their guests can switch off from modern life and relax.
Heather’s home featured an existing gravel driveway that matched her period 1870s home. However, she felt that the pink gravel finish (a popular choice in Scotland) was not in keeping with the aesthetic of her property and looked outdated. Even worse, the driveway had been laid without a gravel grid underneath, which contributed to a plethora of problems.
As a keen DIY enthusiast, home owner Tom Green built his own garage extension with wood accents to complement the rolling green landscape surrounding his home.
When creating a dream gravel driveway, the importance of gravel demand can often be overlooked. Gravel demand is the amount of gravel required in the installation of a gravel driveway and one of the biggest costs in the pricing of a gravel driveway project.
Set within the historic county of Bedfordshire, Flitwick is a small, rural town situated near beautiful nature reserves and the stunning Flit River, and home to Harry Peters.
When Ivan Holding decided to make significant improvements to Beggars’ Roost, the 1970s home in Horsham he’d owned for a decade, he took the opportunity to make substantial changes to the property’s driveway too.
A long-established firm of architects, whose aim is to provide practical, distinctive and achievable solutions for landscape design and restoration, installed the Grassrings and Gravelrings systems on their own company driveway, linking the two systems together, despite a product age gap of more than 16 years.
When home owner Jim Greaves found that the sloping driveway at his Welsh hillside home was causing gravel to drift downhill towards the house, he set about finding a solution to the problem and discovered that Gravelrings was the answer.
After adding a stylish paved patio and outdoor eating area to his home in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, Paul McMullan felt the outside of his property still looked untidy and this was in no small part down to the old, now unkempt and thinning, gravel driveway, which hadn’t been laid with a proper base.
In 2018, director Michael Alderton decided to employ his firm’s expertise to design and build his own home - a new build detached property on a large footprint of land opposite a conservation area.