Hi,
Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around.
I've seen this on quite a few newer houses and wondered if there was a particular reason for it being there or if it's merely decorative?
Thanks,
Jon
So the rain will soak up most of its downpour
Can we have that again, in English, please.
MBQ
If you had soil against the house wall the rain would splash it up the wall and it would look unsightly. Shingle prevents this. I doubt very much it would be for drainage on a seven year old house.
mark
And at dead of night you might hear folk approaching your house.
Apparently burglars don't like it because they cannot make a quick silent getaway.
Robert
Any burglar incapable of avoiding a 6" strip of gravel is going to spend rather more time staring at 6'x6' walls than actually nicking stuff.
Too true,they don't walk up the sides of the stairs for nothing. ;-)
It's not, it's bone-idleness on behalf of the groundworkers who couldn't be arsed cutting flags / block paving to fit around all the gulleys and pipes etc.
Litter tray for all of the neighborhood cats? :)
as well as damp gravel will slow down plants like ivy from rooting too near and damaging the house like they have done to mine!
Ammunition for the local brats to throw.
With this post I most certainly agree gravel stops horrid plants like ivy from being so bold and getting a hold and making the house look just like a tree
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Some friends of mine paid a small fortune to have quartz gravel laid around their house, which is in the middle of nowhere. Apparently the noise it makes when trodden on is a burglar deterrent... and yes, it is very noisy!
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