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title: "Resin bound drive with sett edging, Gloucester (2024) | Solid Ground Paving"
description: "Case study: a gold resin bound driveway in Gloucester finished with a dark sett edging course along the kerb and boundary wall."
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# Resin bound drive with sett edging, Gloucester

Resin bound needs a restrained edge wherever it meets open ground. Here the surface runs to a course of dark granite-look setts bedded on concrete, which holds the resin line and gives the frontage a defined boundary against the road.

## Key facts

- **Town:** Gloucester
- **Year:** 2024
- **Surface:** Gold resin bound aggregate
- **Edging:** Dark setts bedded and haunched in concrete

## Why does resin bound need an edge course?

Resin bound is a thin bonded layer, not a structural slab. Without a haunched edge the outer 100mm has nothing to push against and eventually fractures under a turning wheel. The sett course carries that load instead.

## Does the surface drain without gullies?

Yes. The resin is laid on a permeable base so rain passes through the surface into the sub-base rather than running to the kerb, which is why no channel drain appears across the entrance.

- Permeable base beneath the resin
- Falls still set away from the house
- No surface water discharging onto the highway

## How does resin cope with a sloping frontage?

Resin bound is trowelled to the existing fall, so a slope is not a problem. The mix is worked slightly stiffer on gradients so the aggregate does not creep downhill before it cures.

## Questions and answers

Q: Does resin bound go green?
A: Not readily. It is porous so water does not sit on it, and an occasional wash keeps the aggregate clean.

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## Site records

- Photograph: The finished resin bound surface running to a dark sett edge course along the boundary wall.
  - Description: Gold resin bound driveway in Gloucester edged with dark granite setts against a stone wall
  - File: https://solidgroundpaving.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/edf7f6ce-3f6e-4742-863e-fd37efb9d498/resin-driveway-setts-edging.jpg