Today, the first pallet of these plastic grid modules that helps retains the gravel and other crushed stony material has arrived. We ordered one pallet which has 260 individual modules.
Pallet-of-260-grids
Each module measures 500mm by 500mm and its 40mm high.
A-pair-of-grids
They have lugs on two sides and key slots on the other two sides so each one can be interlocked together to form a rigid strong grid that is then filled with all sorts of different material. We are planning to use recycled crushed asphalt tarmac recycled road material to create a darker finish. We have a design of two metre wide tracks, separated by half a metre.
Grid-connecting-lugs
LokeGrids
Then at each entrances, we expand out and interlock more of these plastic modules to form a larger sturdy surface so our vehicles can turn in without scrubbing up the material and forming ruts and potholes.
we are working with our neighbour and sharing the tasks, we will do the initial removal using our mini-digger to scrape and remove the old grass and dirt plus the two old cinder and bricks tracks. Then the neighbour would take over to lay down the crushed asphalt material, compacting it in sections and shaping it so any rain water would collect towards the centre of the Loke and run down hill to the soakaway module that we will have made later on.