Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes a sound existing base can form part of the new specification. The important bit is knowing the difference before somebody prices the job.
A quotation should not begin with an assumption that everything underneath must be removed. Equally, a tired surface should not automatically be covered because overlaying it is quicker.
Existing Chudleigh driveways can have very different histories. Some have stable construction beneath an unattractive finish. Others have been repaired, extended, patched or resurfaced over time. Our job is to establish what the existing driveway can genuinely contribute to the new installation.
The visible surface tells us something. It rarely tells us everything.
The material and construction beneath the current finish are fundamental to whether it can form part of a suitable resin specification.
Movement, settlement, widespread cracking or failed sections can indicate that covering the surface would simply hide a problem.
Existing falls, low points, drainage routes and surrounding ground levels need to make sense as part of the proposed installation.
Additional parking, paths or altered frontages can leave different sections built in completely different ways.
Doors, garages, pavements, walls, gates and adjoining surfaces determine how much freedom there is to change the finished height.
Resurfacing is different from widening parking, changing boundaries or redesigning the entire frontage.
Neither route should be prescribed before the existing driveway has been assessed.
Where construction is appropriate, stable and compatible with the proposed system, retaining it can avoid unnecessary excavation.
Where the base is failing, unsuitable or the project requires significant changes, excavation and new groundwork may be correct.
The objective is a resin driveway built on an appropriate foundation. If sound construction can legitimately remain, that matters. If it cannot, hiding the problem beneath an attractive surface is false economy.
An extension may have moved the entrance. A garage may have changed use. A lawn may have become a second parking space. Previous owners may have widened the drive or patched damaged areas.
Those changes can leave one frontage containing several generations of groundwork. Treating it all as one uniform base is exactly the assumption a proper survey avoids.
We do not install tarmac or block paving. The Devon Resin Co specialises in resin surfacing, backed by 35 years of experience in the home improvement trade and Polybound Approved specialist knowledge.
No. It depends on material, condition, stability, levels, drainage and suitability for the proposed resin system.
Cracking can indicate movement or failure beneath the surface, so it should be assessed rather than simply hidden.
No. The Devon Resin Co specialises in resin surfacing.
Arrange a Chudleigh survey and we'll assess the existing driveway, levels, drainage, proposed layout and resin specification.