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The decorative aggregates range from Tarmac Building Products offers a huge variety of materials that you can use in most hard landscaping situations. Here's an overview of what to use, on which project. . .

 

Creating or edging pathways and borders

- Decorative stone gravel / aggregate 6-10mm
- Cobbles and pebbles

- Slate mulch

 

Dressing the tops of pots and containers

- Decorative stone gravel / aggregate 6-10mm
- Cobbles and pebbles

 

Creating driveways and large paths

- Decorative stone gravel / aggregate 20mm

 

Making water features

- Cobbles and pebbles
- Rockery stone

 

Building rockeries

- Rockery stone

 

Adding impact to planted areas

- Rockery stone

 

Reducing weeds and slugs

- Slate mulch

 

Washing your decorative stones

To get a really clean, beautiful finish from your decorative stones, it's always a good idea to wash them at the start.

Because decorative aggregates are made from natural stone, they usually have some fine grains and natural deposits on them. Washing these away will enhance the way they look.

You can wash your stones before laying them, but we usually find it's easiest to do this once they're in place.

When you're happy with the position of your stones, just hose them down and leave them to dry naturally.

 

Working out how much you need

The amount of stone you'll need varies depending on how deep you'd like it to be. A thin layer will cover the area, but a thicker one may stay in place better and help reduce weeds. Here's our quick guide to doing the maths. . .

 

Coverage at 40mm depth

Use the chart above to calculate how many large bags of decorative aggregates you will need. For example, a 4m x 3m area requires approximately 36 large bags.  

 

Safe lifting

As with any heavy item, it's really important to take care when you're lifting bags of aggregates or large boulders. Always make sure your back is straight and your knees are bent.

 

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