Resin bound and tarmac driveways, installed by a trusted local team. Smart, low-maintenance surfaces laid on a properly prepared base — with a free survey, honest advice and a clear, no-obligation quote.
Not sure where to start? Pick the surface you’re leaning towards and we’ll take you through the detail — or tell us what you’re after and we’ll recommend the best fit for your home and budget.
Smooth, seamless and fully permeable — a modern, low-maintenance finish in a wide range of colours. Our speciality.
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A hard-wearing, cost-effective classic — laid properly and finished with crisp block-paved edges.
Explore tarmac driveways →Both are good surfaces when they are laid properly on a sound base. The right one for you comes down to the look you want, how the driveway drains, and what you want to spend. Here is the honest comparison we would give you on a survey.
| Resin bound | Tarmac | |
|---|---|---|
| Finish | Smooth and seamless, with the natural stone visible in the surface. | A solid, matt black finish, usually framed with block-paved edges. |
| Colour choice | A wide range of aggregate blends — golds, silvers, charcoals, coppers and reds. | Traditionally black; coloured tarmac is available but the choice is narrower. |
| Drainage | Permeable — water drains straight through the surface, which is SuDS-friendly. | Not permeable, so the driveway has to be laid to falls with somewhere for water to go. |
| Weeds | Nothing can push up through a properly laid resin surface. | The surface itself is solid; weeds tend to appear at the edges over time. |
| Upkeep | An occasional sweep or wash down. No sealing needed. | Low, but benefits from resealing every few years to keep the colour. |
| Loose stones | None — every stone is bound into the resin. | None once it has cured. |
| Cost | The higher of the two, for the finish and the drainage performance. | The more cost-effective option, particularly over larger areas. |
| Best suited to | Homeowners who want a modern, low-maintenance finish and want to solve drainage at the same time. | Larger driveways, longer runs and budgets where covering the area well matters most. |
Not sure? That is what the free survey is for — we will look at how your driveway sits, where the water goes and what the house is built from, then tell you which we would use and why.
Every driveway excavated, edged and laid on a solid, well-compacted base — not just a surface over the old one.
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Block paving out, rebuilt from the base up and finished in a warm red-and-amber blend.
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A dark Eclipse blend at a semi-detached home, with block-paved borders.
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A warm golden blend across a large detached frontage, road to garage.
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Worn gravel stripped out and a sweeping frontage finished in pearl gold.
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Nearly every driveway that fails early fails underneath, not on top. Whichever surface you pick, the work below it is the same — and it is the part worth asking any installer about. These photos are from a resin driveway we completed in Denton.
The existing driveway comes out. Relaying old blocks over a base that has already moved only buys a couple of years.
We excavate to the depth the new build-up needs, rather than skimming over what is already there.
A fresh stone sub-base is laid and compacted in layers, and the edge course is set to hold everything in.
Only then does the surface go down — trowelled out to a clean, even finish and left to cure.
Every driveway is priced on its size, the surface you choose and the groundwork involved — so the fairest way to price yours is a free on-site survey. For a quick ballpark before we visit, try our driveway cost calculator.
We install driveways right across the region. A few of the areas we cover:
We specialise in resin bound driveways and also install tarmac driveways across Greater Manchester. Resin bound is smooth, permeable and low-maintenance; tarmac is a hard-wearing, cost-effective classic. We’ll advise which suits your home, budget and use.
It depends on the size, the surface you choose and the groundwork needed. The quickest way to get a ballpark is our driveway cost calculator, and we give every customer a clear, no-obligation written quote after a free survey.
We cover the whole of Greater Manchester and surrounding areas, including Stockport, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Trafford and the High Peak. If you’re nearby, get in touch and we’ll let you know.
Our resin bound driveways are fully porous and SuDS compliant, so rainwater drains straight through — no planning permission needed on most standard installations. We lay every driveway on a properly prepared, compacted base.
Most domestic driveways are a two to four day job, depending on the size and how much has to come out. The Denton driveway shown above — block paving lifted, dug out, new sub-base and a resin surface — took three days from start to finish.
For most homes, no — provided the surface is permeable, or water is directed to a border or soakaway rather than straight onto the road. Resin bound is permeable, which is one of the reasons it is a straightforward choice. If you are paving over a front garden and draining to the highway, that is when permission comes into it, and we will flag it on the survey.
Sometimes, but only when the existing base is genuinely sound. If it has settled, cracked or was never built up properly, overlaying it just moves the problem up a layer. We will tell you honestly which situation you are in rather than sell you the quicker job.
A resin bound surface is permeable, so rainfall drains through it into the base below. Tarmac is not, so it has to be laid to falls with a drainage channel, border or soakaway to take the water. Either way it should never be left running onto the pavement or road.
Not through a properly laid resin surface — there is nothing for them to grow through. On any driveway, seeds can settle at the edges and in joints over time, but that is surface growth and comes away easily.
We work right across Greater Manchester and the surrounding towns — Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Trafford and out towards Glossop and Cheshire. If you are not sure, just ask.
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