Rural driveways around the Gympie region cop heavy summer rain and then months of dry. The ones that survive have one thing in common — water gets off them fast. Gravel is the last step, not the fix.
How we build one
- Strip the topsoil and organic material out of the formation.
- Shape the subgrade with crown or crossfall so water sheds sideways.
- Cut table drains and put in culvert pipes where water crosses.
- Import and spread gravel, then compact it in layers.
- Form the crossover at the road and tidy the entry.
Mistakes that cost you later
- Tipping gravel straight onto grass and topsoil — it disappears into the mud.
- A flat driveway with nowhere for water to go.
- No culvert at the low point, so the first storm cuts a channel through it.
- Gravel too fine for the grade — it migrates downhill.
We build driveways, entries and crossovers across Gympie, Langshaw, Glenwood, Pie Creek and surrounds, and we can hang your gates on new posts while the machine's there.