Resin installer requests from Maidstone
Maidstone takes in the county town, Bearsted, Allington, Aylesford and Larkfield, plus Low Weald villages such as Headcorn and Coxheath and Lenham at the foot of the Downs. Send your request and we'll pass it to resin installers who cover ME14 to ME18 and ME20.
- Heavy clay around Headcorn and the Low Weald drains slowly, so where water goes after passing through a permeable drive needs checking.
- Parts of the Medway and Len valleys are prone to flooding, so mention it if your drive has been under water before.
- Bearsted, Lenham and Maidstone town centre have conservation areas, which can affect changes to front gardens.
Clay ground and soakaways around Headcorn and the Low Weald
South of Maidstone, around Headcorn, Staplehurst, Marden and Coxheath, much of the ground is heavy clay, which holds water and drains slowly. A permeable resin-bound drive still needs somewhere for the water to go once it passes through the base. On clay, installers may suggest a deeper sub-base to hold water, a drainage channel, or directing water towards a lawn or border. In very wet winters some soakaways struggle, so ask installers whether they have dealt with drainage on similar ground nearby and whether any testing is sensible. Clay also shrinks and swells with the seasons, which can move a base, so a well-compacted sub-base matters here more than on free-draining ground.
Ragstone, brick and period frontages in Bearsted and Lenham
Bearsted, Lenham and the older parts of Maidstone and Aylesford have period cottages and houses in conservation areas, some of them listed. Replacing an old gravel or brick-paved frontage with resin can change the look of the street, and in some conservation areas permitted development rights for hard surfaces may have been removed by an Article 4 direction. Listed buildings may need listed building consent for works affecting them. Check with Maidstone Borough Council before work starts. Natural-looking stone blends, such as buff or flint-coloured gravels, often sit better beside old brick and Kentish ragstone than bright or uniform colours, so ask installers for samples you can look at outside against your house.
Towns and villages covered
Postcodes: ME14, ME15, ME16, ME17, ME18, ME20