Hardstanding

PIMMYJ
PIMMYJ Forum Participant Posts: 1
edited September 2019 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Hi we are needing to create a hardstanding area in our garden for our caravan and we are looking for advice/recommendations for what would be best

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  • peedee
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    edited September 2019 #2

    Two strips of paving stones will probably be the easiest and cheapest.

    peedee

  • statusMoty1
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    edited September 2019 #3

    That’s what we did for our 1st ‘van then progressed to fully paved once we had saved upsurprised

  • EasyT
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    edited September 2019 #4

    Depends what the ground is like at present and if cultivated, and if so to what depth. Is it garden or lawn?

  • redface
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    edited September 2019 #5

    perhaps even lay a bed of hard-core and sand down first?

    Have experienced paving slabs break when laid straight onto the soil and caravan rolled over the top of them.

    Also bear in mind that the jockey wheel may be better served by having a solid base for it to roll over.

  • JillwithaJay
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    edited September 2019 #6

    A good layer of hardcore underneath paving slabs otherwise the weight of the van will cause them to either sink or break.  Don't recommend gravel as it's not as easy to manoeuvre the van on.

  • JVB66
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    edited September 2019 #7

    Clear area of caravan foot print lay weed supressing membrane lay two strips of paving slabs for wheels and steadies, fill middle with pea gravel

  • redface
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    edited September 2019 #8

     fill middle with pea gravel

    That's what my son in law did and then found that the jockey wheel dug in.

  • EasyT
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    edited September 2019 #9

    Slate shale works well

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