We use UV-stable aliphatic resin as standard on every Bray installation. Cheaper aromatic resins amber and darken within a couple of summers — the discolouration you see on bargain resin drives. With coastal light exposure in this part of Leinster, UV stability is not an upgrade, it is the difference between a driveway and a regret.
Why Bray homes choose us for resin bound surfacing
Aggregate choice sets the character: golden quartz blends warm up grey rendered homes, silver-grey granites suit period frontages, and darker blends hide leaf-fall on tree-lined roads. We bring sample trays to every Bray quote so you choose from the real material, not a screen.
Resin bound is fully permeable, which means rain drains through the surface into the base rather than running off. That keeps you comfortably inside the exempt-development rules in Bray and eliminates puddling — provided the base underneath is itself free-draining, which is exactly what our site assessment checks.
Local knowledge: working in Bray
Bray's geology is varied and it matters for driveway construction. The seafront roads and lower town sit on relatively soft ground with a high water table in places — we always check drainage carefully before specifying a base depth, and on the lower-lying roads we often recommend a deeper build-up or a French drain to the rear of the driveway. The hillside estates off Killarney Road and Boghall Road sit on firmer ground but have steeper gradients that require careful fall design to prevent water sheeting towards the house.
How the job runs
Where your existing concrete or tarmac is sound, resin bound can be installed over it in a single day — one of the least disruptive upgrades available to a Bray home. Where the base has failed or the levels are wrong, we excavate and build a new open-textured macadam base first, typically three to four days in total.
Every Bray resin quote states the system, the resin type (UV-stable aliphatic), the depth (18mm for driveways), the aggregate blend and the base preparation. If a competing quote does not state resin type and depth, ask — those two lines are where cheap jobs cut their corners.