The finished drive from the gate, wider, the gravel sweeping towards the garage

Foxrock

Gravel Driveway & Limestone Cobbles

The project

A new gravel driveway in Foxrock in place of old block paving, with Egyptian limestone cobbles at the entrance and porcelain paving at the house.

A new gravel driveway in Foxrock, with Egyptian limestone cobbles and porcelain paving. The old block paving came up and the frontage of this bungalow was rebuilt as a gravel drive: an Egyptian limestone cobble apron at the entrance, the same cobbles as an edge curving round the planted bed, and large-format porcelain along the front of the house where people walk and the pots sit. See more of our gravel driveways and porcelain paving across South Dublin.

Gravel over a proper base has nothing to crack or lift, rain goes straight through it, and a rake brings it back level in minutes. The limestone cobbles hold the stone where the cars turn in and where the bed meets the drive, and the porcelain gives a clean, flat surface at the door that does not carry gravel indoors.

It is the same pairing as our gravel drive with a porcelain path in Rathfarnham, and the limestone is the stone of our Egyptian limestone patio in Clonskeagh.

The price turns on how much old surface comes out, the size of the frontage, the cobble work and how much porcelain goes down. We measure on a visit and put a free written quotation in your hand, with our 10-year written guarantee on the work. If you are in Foxrock or nearby, ask us to call out or send a photo on WhatsApp.

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Before & after

The transformation.

The old block paving had done its time: joints open, the colour gone patchy. Drag the slider to see the change.

The finished drive from the gate, wider, the gravel sweeping towards the garage - after

Before: the old block paving from the gate, the house and the hedge - before

Before After

The process

How we did it.

Block paving up, porcelain and cobbles first

The old block paving was lifted and carted away. The porcelain along the house went down first, set to a straight line, then the limestone cobble apron and the edge round the bed, so every line was fixed before any gravel arrived.

Mid-work: the porcelain paving going down along the house, the edge set to a line

Mid-work: the Egyptian limestone cobble apron going down at the entrance

Grid down, gravel in

A grid went down across the drive to hold the gravel in place and keep the surface flat under the cars, then the gravel was spread over it and raked level to the cobble edges.

Mid-work: the gravel grid laid across the drive, a worker kneeling at the apron

Mid-work: gravel being spread over the grid, the bed edged in cobbles

The result

The finished job.

Porcelain paving along the front of the house in Foxrock, the gravel drive meeting it at a limestone cobble edge

The porcelain path along the house wall, plant pots at the window, gravel beyond the cobble edge

Golden gravel up to the porcelain paving and the hedge at the side of the house

The Egyptian limestone cobble edge curving round the planted bed, gravel to one side

The porcelain paving at the house wall with its limestone cobble border

The gravel driveway in Foxrock from the gate: the limestone cobble apron, then gravel up to the bungalow

The gravel drive meeting the cobble border and the porcelain path, pots under the window

The finished drive from the gate: the cobble apron, the gravel and the planting by the hedge

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Call James and the team for a free site visit and written quotation, anywhere in South Dublin.

Call 087 369 7911 Call 01 286 9094