I had a much smaller amount but I power-washed it in situ and it did a good job. I only needed the top level to look nicer and it certainly did that. Probably worth just piling up a small area at a time, remove the weeds & lay the membrane, then put the gravel back and jetwash it all at the end.
I don't have gravel on a drive, but I do have noisy to walk on gravel around the house in areas where nobody ought to be walking at night.
Colin Bignell
I do.
I wish I didn't.
I had one of these for sieving 30 tonne of top soil .... great machines, and you had a choice of mesh liners. Picked mine up on eBay ... did job and sold it for more than I bought it for.
Round here they just erect a mesh screen @ 45 degrees to vertical and throw the top soil at it. Suitable container behind to cart it away is handy. As these screens are light they are easily moved to where the soil is. Not pe rfect but cheap. Mind you I'd prefer what you had.
Same issue. Finally settled on a quick dry sieve to reclaim some soil. Then raked back and forth in a wheelbarrow of water. I was in the process of making a drain and was able to pour away about 40 barrows of muddy water without blocking anything. Each 1/4 barrow of gravel used 1 barrow of water (in 2 lots), and left 1 shovel of sand. If you can't dispose of the muddy water, leave it to settle for a day and the silt will drop out. Best of luck
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Gravel is a cheap solution to create a hard surface and will always be a pr oblem. The mud has likely come up from underneath due to a poor job to star t with. Usually put down immediately before selling a house to "tidy up". You can do what you like, it will be as bad again in a couple of years. You need to be thinking of another solution.
Pea gravel is totally unsuited to driveways. Never consolidates.
That's why they use it on stately homes. It crunches when vehicles drive up, and sets off the labradors.
i am doing this now and it is time consuming and i have been using the water butt to wash the dirt off. stones in a sieve then into the water butt and slush around
Good for you. Remember to do the ironing as well.
What's wrong with using a washing machine? Obviously, not the one at home. Go to the launderette, as they have extra large machines.
I simply sieved out what earth I could and then if I cared enough used a hose on the sieve.
I realized the rain would o as good a job as the hose once it was laid And weedkiller would take care of what soil was left producing weeds.
Hire a cement mixer for a day?
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