Groundworks and finishing
Driveway edging and borders
Driveway edging is the restraint fixed around a resin surface, such as granite setts, block, steel or timber, that holds the edge in place, gives a clean line against lawns and borders, and frames the colour of the resin.
- Guide price
- £25–£60 per linear metre
- Time on site
- Usually fitted the day before the resin goes down
- Permeable
- Depends on build
How driveway edging and borders work
An unrestrained resin edge crumbles over time, especially where cars turn. A proper edging course is bedded and haunched in concrete so it cannot move.
The edging is also a design choice. Charcoal setts frame a golden blend, while slim steel edging almost disappears against a lawn.
Is it right for you?
- Your drive meets a lawn or border
- You want a contrasting frame
- Your current edges are breaking up
How we do it
- Set out lines and levels
- Excavate edge trench
- Bed and haunch edging in concrete
- Allow to set
- Lay resin up to the edging
Specification
- Granite setts, concrete block, steel or treated timber
- Bedded and haunched in concrete
- Set flush with the finished resin
Pros
- Protects the resin edge
- Clean lines
- Adds contrast
Things to know
- Adds cost per metre
- Needs a day to set
Planning and permissions
General information, not legal advice. Pick your nation:
Driveway edging and borders: common questions
Do I need edging?
Yes, wherever the resin meets soft ground. Without a restraint the edge breaks away over time.
Driveway edging and borders near you
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus and Dundee
- Argyll and Bute
- Ayrshire
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Clwyd
- Cornwall
- County Antrim
- County Armagh
- County Down
- County Durham
- County Fermanagh
- County Londonderry
- County Tyrone
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dunbartonshire
- Dyfed
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East Sussex
- Edinburgh
- Essex
- Fife
- Forth Valley
- Glasgow
- Gloucestershire
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Gwent
- Gwynedd
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Highlands and Islands
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lanarkshire
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Lothians
- Merseyside
- Mid Glamorgan
- Moray
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Perth and Kinross
- Powys
- Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
- Rutland
- Scottish Borders
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- South Glamorgan
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- West Glamorgan
- West Midlands
- West Sussex
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
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