Lane laying advice pls!

[Victorian job]

Hello! This is my first post and I am very wet round the ears so please bear with me! Hoping for a bit of advice on a job that we are trying to do over the next few days. Okay so we have 70 m of Lane, the lane is 3 1/2 m wide, sandwiched between a long high courtyard wall and a field. We drive up and down it on a daily basis but not with anything heavy, mostly just cars. However every time the weather turns it turns into a mud bath. Originally the plan was to scrape off about 100 MM of soil, put a membrane down Terram? Then lay 100 MM of MOT (not sure what grade?), followed by a slightly better gravel finish. However after researching I am concerned that the gravel will slide all over the shop unless we put trays down. The trouble is the trays cost a kings ransom. We then thought of just laying trays in the tracks and keeping the middle grassed.. not sure how feasible this would be?? We currently have a man with a digger who has suggested to us to lay membrane and road plainings instead. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? The end result we are looking for is a decent surface that will stay in good condition. Don’t really mind if the lane is fully covered or if there is a feasible way of ‘solidifying’ the tracks only.

Other notes, there is a slight camber towards the wall, so we will need to scrape enough to alter the camber towards the field.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Lincsman]

I would go with the digger mans idea, good plainings well rolled make a good track that can easily be patched up if it potholes in the future.

Make sure enough is dug out to get to a good surface, you only get one chance at that.

 

[upnortheast]

Good cross fall then make sure the water has some where to run away from the road. Thats what causes the problem

 

[tomlad]

plainings should b fine
vib ride on roller . roll lots , as said above .
if u could got it done in this heat , all the better.
some talk about accidental r diesel , waste oil spills on plaining roads but I could not possibly comment .

 

[Kidds]

Planings or crusher run (MOT) whichever you can get cheapest.
Vibrating roll afterwards will be worth your time and money.

 

[Victorian job]

Thanks so far..

..not a good day... Digger man hit a gas pipe since this mornings question, digging trench for new water pipe. waiting for Cadent now.. does anyone’s have a clue what I’m likely to be billed for this?? Anyway, I digress..

more questions, if using planings, what thickness?
Does it go straight into membrane?
Are we talking about sit on steam roller thingy?

Is the main issue having somewhere for water to runoff to I.e. sloping to the field or depth in the surface to allow some ‘soak away?’
Cheers!

 

[tomlad]

Roller yes
Id go 6 "
Fall some were , left or right , , u don't want water sitting, puddles a no . That with tyre traffic makes the potholes.

 

[tomlad]

 

[teslacoils]

Thanks so far..

..not a good day... Digger man hit a gas pipe since this mornings question, digging trench for new water pipe. waiting for Cadent now.. does anyone’s have a clue what I’m likely to be billed for this??

Was it a small domestic pipe supplying one property? Did you not use the online tool to check for utility pipes?

 

[br jones]

How deep was yhe pipe and was there any tape ?because you said you were scraping 100mm ,

 

[David.]

Trouble with planings will be getting them, bet you will need 250 tons of them if you are going to do it in planings, they ought to be piled beforehand so that your man is not parked at £40/hr waiting for loads to come.
I'd dig topsoil out and then membrane, before putting 3" stone down and tracking it in and rolling. I'd then top it off with a layer of planings when you can get enough together, over the Summer and roll it again.
Leave the roadway above the surrounding ground to aid drainage.

 

[bravheart]

Careful.
Round here think you need E A permission/license for road planings, think they view it as waste.

 

[foxbox]

It's too late now but we've used GrassGuard on a similar length driveway to a holiday cottage; it's not the cheapest option by any means (appreciate you're working to a budget here) but it's a great way of creating a permeable road without rutting etc. if that is a major issue.