Marble Chips for Driveways and Parking Areas

Why 20-40 mm is the safer driveway band

Below about 10 mm, chip migrates into tyre treads and off the drive; above about 40 mm it is uncomfortable to walk on and hard to rake level. 20-40 mm is the band that holds under vehicle movement while still looking like decorative stone, with 10-20 mm used where a finer look is wanted on light-traffic drives.

Depth, edging and sub-base

A driveway typically takes 40-50 mm of stone over a compacted sub-base, not more — deeper loose stone rutts. Edge restraint matters more than depth: without timber, metal or stone edging any loose surface migrates regardless of the stone shape. Contractors who ask about coverage should work on roughly 13-14 square metres per tonne at 50 mm.

Marble versus granite for drives

Marble is softer than granite, so on a heavily used commercial entrance granite chip will last longer. For residential drives and light-traffic forecourts marble performs well and gives a brightness granite cannot match. We supply both, and we will say plainly when granite is the better call for the traffic described.

Ordering by area

Send the driveway area and intended depth and we will convert it to tonnage and container quantity. A 20 ft container of 25-27 tonnes covers roughly 340-370 square metres at 50 mm, which is many residential drives — most first orders are mixed loads across sizes and colours.

Wholesale, bulk and export details

This product is supplied on the same commercial basis as the rest of our range: quantity confirmed against container payload, packing quoted separately and documentation prepared to your broker's brief.

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