Posted by Janet Tweedy on August 18, 2011, 9:35 am
Someone has asked my advice about parking a car on what at the moment is
grass.
I have no idea really what to suggest or what might be feasible.
At the moment her son parks his mini on her small patch of grass .
leaving about 8 foot of soil between the car and the window. i suggested
we make the grass into perhaps chippings and then a barrier between that
and the window so she can have some shrubs.
He has to park off the road as their road is quite narrow and lots of
people park there.
Is it at all possible bearing in mind the grass/lawn is now quite hard
and worn, to perhaps kill or skim off the grass and then put weed
supressant blanket down and then heavy duty chippinmgs?
Hoping for some pointers here. Don't think she could afford full blown
landscapers to do it for her etc. and of course you can't pave front
gardens.
The other side of her front path, we are going to make a sort of
grasses and Mediterranean stuff as the grass there is also pretty awful
and it's only about 4 foot wide.
--
Janet Tweedy
Posted by Martin Brown on August 18, 2011, 9:59 am
On 18/08/2011 14:35, Janet Tweedy wrote:
> Someone has asked my advice about parking a car on what at the moment is
> grass.
How badly is the grass suffering?
Plenty of people park on grass with two tracks of hard standing for the
car tyres or that hexagonal plastic mesh let into the ground to spread
the weight of the car in wet winter weather.
Provided the car is not parked there all day every day and the grass
gets to see some light I doubt if there is too much of a problem.
> I have no idea really what to suggest or what might be feasible.
> At the moment her son parks his mini on her small patch of grass .
> leaving about 8 foot of soil between the car and the window. i suggested
> we make the grass into perhaps chippings and then a barrier between that
> and the window so she can have some shrubs.
> He has to park off the road as their road is quite narrow and lots of
> people park there.
> Is it at all possible bearing in mind the grass/lawn is now quite hard
> and worn, to perhaps kill or skim off the grass and then put weed
> supressant blanket down and then heavy duty chippinmgs?
> Hoping for some pointers here. Don't think she could afford full blown
> landscapers to do it for her etc. and of course you can't pave front
> gardens.
I thought it was just that you had to get planning permission now (not
that I am encouraging concrete or asphalt jungle mentality).
> The other side of her front path, we are going to make a sort of grasses
> and Mediterranean stuff as the grass there is also pretty awful and it's
> only about 4 foot wide.
Or a fern garden if it is mostly in shade that is what I have done with
one of my tricky narrow areas of shade.
Regards,
Martin Brown
Posted by Janet Tweedy on August 18, 2011, 10:20 am
>How badly is the grass suffering?
>Plenty of people park on grass with two tracks of hard standing for the
>car tyres or that hexagonal plastic mesh let into the ground to spread
>the weight of the car in wet winter weather.
>Provided the car is not parked there all day every day and the grass
>gets to see some light I doubt if there is too much of a problem.
Well it doesn't look that good and it means she has to get her lawnmower
from the back to the front through her house as there's no access to the
back (she's in a sort of terrace)
It would mean so much less hassle if we could ge6 rid of the grass and
just let her have a border and no lawn to upkeep.
Her son works on his car as well some weekends and does park it in the
week sometimes if he gets a lift to work with his mates.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Posted by Jake on August 18, 2011, 10:36 am
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:20:51 +0100, Janet Tweedy
>>How badly is the grass suffering?
>>
>>Plenty of people park on grass with two tracks of hard standing for the
>>car tyres or that hexagonal plastic mesh let into the ground to spread
>>the weight of the car in wet winter weather.
>>
>>Provided the car is not parked there all day every day and the grass
>>gets to see some light I doubt if there is too much of a problem.
>Well it doesn't look that good and it means she has to get her lawnmower
>from the back to the front through her house as there's no access to the
>back (she's in a sort of terrace)
>It would mean so much less hassle if we could ge6 rid of the grass and
>just let her have a border and no lawn to upkeep.
>Her son works on his car as well some weekends and does park it in the
>week sometimes if he gets a lift to work with his mates.
Things may not be as straightforward as you might think.
A lot depends on your local authority. If there is a pavement (or just
a kerb) between the front garden and the roadway then the LA may
insist on her obtaining permission to install a dropped kerb (this may
come from the highway authority). Then planning permission may be
required to replace the grass with anything (FWIW, the LA here will
refuse consent for a dropped kerb plus chippings because they get
thrown up onto the road and will insist on either block paving or
tarmac plus additional drainage to prevent rain runoff onto the
roadway or permeable blocks/paving). And you guessed it, the LA is
both the highway authority and the planning authority but they may
require two separate applications for consent!
In any event, just laying chippings over a membrane will leave a long
term problem as the chippings need to be "supported" or they will
simply press into the ground over time.
Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.
www.rivendell.org.uk
Posted by Dave Hill on August 18, 2011, 10:43 am
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:20:51 +0100, Janet Tweedy
> >>How badly is the grass suffering?
> >>Plenty of people park on grass with two tracks of hard standing for the
> >>car tyres or that hexagonal plastic mesh let into the ground to spread
> >>the weight of the car in wet winter weather.
> >>Provided the car is not parked there all day every day and the grass
> >>gets to see some light I doubt if there is too much of a problem.
> >Well it doesn't look that good and it means she has to get her lawnmower
> >from the back to the front through her house as there's no access to the
> >back (she's in a sort of terrace)
> >It would mean so much less hassle if we could ge6 rid of the grass and
> >just let her have a border and no lawn to upkeep.
> >Her son works on his car as well some weekends and does park it in the
> >week sometimes if he gets a lift to work with his mates.
> Things may not be as straightforward as you might think.
> A lot depends on your local authority. If there is a pavement (or just
> a kerb) between the front garden and the roadway then the LA may
> insist on her obtaining permission to install a dropped kerb (this may
> come from the highway authority). Then planning permission may be
> required to replace the grass with anything (FWIW, the LA here will
> refuse consent for a dropped kerb plus chippings because they get
> thrown up onto the road and will insist on either block paving or
> tarmac plus additional drainage to prevent rain runoff onto the
> roadway or permeable blocks/paving). And you guessed it, the LA is
> both the highway authority and the planning authority but they may
> require two separate applications for consent!
> In any event, just laying chippings over a membrane will leave a long
> term problem as the chippings need to be "supported" or they will
> simply press into the ground over time.
> Cheers
> Jake
> ==============================================
> Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
> in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.
> www.rivendell.org.uk- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
You could look at these 2 products
Tenax GP-Flex Non-Slip Grass Protection Mesh
Netlon Turfguard
There are others similar that come in squares but I think the roll is
better.
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