- Prepare the base If you want your resin bound driveway to last a long time, you need to ensure that you prepare the base properly. Remove any block paving, grass or soil and dig down until you hit solid ground. Lay a sub-base of asphalt for good permeability. If you’re laying over the top of your current driveway, make sure that all cracks are increased into a ‘v’ shape with a saw and ensure the surface is dry and weed-free.
- Mix the resin You must follow the instructions on the materials you have to the letter if you want the curing process to work. Usually batches come in ‘Part A’ and ‘Part B’. Keep the resin container secure and on a protective surface to avoid splashing, then mix Part A for 10-20 seconds at a slow speed with a helical bladed mixer. Add Part B and mix thoroughly at a slow speed for about 2 minutes until it’s blended together.
- Mix the dried aggregates and sand with the resin Place a quarter of the aggregates into a mixer, then add the pre-mixed resin and start a stopwatch. You should then add the rest of the aggregates before slowly adding the sand. When you’re happy with that mix, stop the stopwatch. That time is the time that you need to spend mixing any other resin and aggregates to avoid colour variation.
- Lay the mix on the surface Transfer the mix to the work area then plan a laying route. When the mix is laid out, use a very clean trowel to spread the mix. Clean it regularly during the process to avoid dragging aggregates out of place. Once the aggregates stop moving in a fluid movement and become solid, stop trowelling. Then you can polish the surface to give it an attractive shine.
Haddington
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the major management, social and geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish local government reforms took the type of the area of Haddingtonshire for the period from 1889-1921. It exists about 17 miles (27 km) east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the sixth or seventh century AD when the area was integrated into the kingdom of Bernicia. The community, like the rest of the Lothian region, was ceded by King Edgar of England and became part of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington received burghal standing, among the earliest to do so, throughout the regime of David I (1124-- 1153), giving it trading rights which urged its growth right into a market community. Today Haddington is a small town with a population of less than 10,000 individuals; although during the High Middle Ages, it was the fourth-biggest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh and Edinburgh. In the middle of the community is the Town House, constructed in 1748 according to a strategy by William Adam. When first built, it inheld a council chamber, prison and sheriff court, to which assembly rooms were included 1788, and also a new appear 1835. Nearby is the Corn Exchange (1854) and also the Court (1833 ). Other neighboring remarkable sites consist of the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close and the birth place of author and also federal government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, noted by a commemorative plaque.
