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title: "Resin bound cottage frontage, Gloucester (2024) | Solid Ground Paving"
description: "Case study: a wide resin bound turning area in front of stone cottages in Gloucester, framed by a dark sett border."
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# Resin bound cottage frontage, Gloucester

This frontage serves several cottages, so it needed a surface that could be laid seamlessly across an irregular shape without cut lines. Resin bound was trowelled in one continuous pour and framed with a sett border to hold every open edge.

## Key facts

- **Town:** Gloucester
- **Year:** 2024
- **Surface:** Gold resin bound aggregate
- **Area:** Shared frontage and turning area

## Why resin bound rather than block paving here?

The shape is irregular and meets stone walls on three sides. Blocks would need constant cutting along those curves; resin is poured to whatever line the walls make, so there are no thin, weak cut pieces at the perimeter.

## How long is a resin driveway out of use?

The surface is taped off for the rest of the day while it cures. Foot traffic is fine the following morning and vehicles after roughly 24 hours, depending on temperature.

- Laid in a single continuous pour
- Taped and coned until cured
- Vehicles back on after about a day

## Does the surface stay level with the road?

Yes. The entrance is brought out flush to the existing tarmac at the sett course, so there is no lip for a low car to catch on.

## Questions and answers

Q: Can resin be laid over an existing driveway?
A: Sometimes. If the existing base is sound and drains, resin can be overlaid; if it is cracked or holds water it is dug out first.

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## Site records

- Photograph: The completed frontage taped off while the resin cures, with the sett border framing the full turning area.
  - Description: Wide gold resin bound driveway in front of stone cottages in Gloucester with sett border
  - File: https://solidgroundpaving.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/24c17f9f-fbe1-49eb-bb06-0a9d8c0ca94c/resin-driveway-cottage-frontage.jpg