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title: "Buff block driveway walkthrough, Gloucester (2025) | Solid Ground Paving"
description: "Case study from Gloucester: a walkthrough video of a completed buff block driveway with a charcoal double border, running from the road up to the front bay."
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url: https://solidgroundpaving.co.uk/projects/buff-block-driveway-walkthrough-gloucester.md
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date_published: 2026-08-06
date_modified: 2026-08-06
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# Buff block driveway walkthrough, Gloucester

A walkthrough video of a completed buff block driveway with a charcoal double border, running from the road up to the front bay. Recorded on site in Gloucester in 2025; the notes below describe how it was built rather than how it looks.

## Key facts

- **Town:** Gloucester
- **Year:** 2025
- **Surface:** Block paving
- **Record:** Site video, own work

## What was built here?

A buff block paved driveway with a twin charcoal border, run from the road up past the bay window with falls set away from the house. The build-up under it follows the same specification we use on every job: excavate to formation, compacted sub-base, laying course, then the surface itself with edges restrained before any traffic goes on.

## How are the edges held?

Every edge is restrained on concrete haunching before the surface is compacted. Edge restraint is the single most common failure point on domestic paving, because once a border can move the field spreads and the joints open.

- Excavation to a firm formation, not just a skim off the topsoil
- Compacted sub-base in layers rather than one deep lift
- Edges haunched and left to cure before trafficking

## Where does the water go?

Falls are set away from the building and taken to a channel, soakaway or permeable surface, never toward the house. In Gloucester's clay-influenced ground, getting the fall right matters more than the surface material you choose.

## Questions and answers

Q: Is this your own work?
A: Yes. Every photograph and video on this site is a job we completed in or around Gloucester between 2021 and 2026. We do not use stock or manufacturer media.

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Human-readable version of this page: https://solidgroundpaving.co.uk/projects/buff-block-driveway-walkthrough-gloucester


## Site records

- Video: Walked end to end on completion: buff field, twin charcoal border courses, and falls set away from the house.
  - Description: Video walkthrough of a buff block paved driveway with charcoal double border in Gloucester
  - File: https://solidgroundpaving.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/8b31462d-f370-4eb5-b591-3757744b6757/buff-block-driveway-walkthrough.mp4 (poster: https://solidgroundpaving.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/6ccc064a-2577-49e8-9e7b-1cee19c11f43/buff-block-driveway-walkthrough-poster.jpg)