A resin drive is a hard-wearing surface, not a maintenance-free one, and how much it asks of you depends on the property. We offer aftercare as a service: deep cleaning, treatment and resealing, either as a one off or on a regular basis. Cleaned, treated and checked over by people who lay resin for a living, it keeps its colour, keeps draining and keeps looking like the day it went down, whether we laid it or somebody else did.
Resin driveway maintenance is the periodic cleaning, treatment, inspection and small-scale repair that keeps a resin surface draining freely, gripping properly and holding its colour. It is not a rescue job. It is the routine care that stops one being needed.
Resin is durable, which is exactly why people assume it looks after itself. What actually happens outdoors in Cornwall is that airborne dirt, leaf litter and organic matter settle into the surface, and in a mild, damp climate moss, algae and lichen take hold in it. The stone dulls, the surface starts to hold water instead of taking it through, and the drive stops looking new long before it stops being sound.
A resin drive is a good surface having a hard time when it is neglected, and it responds well to being looked after. That is the whole argument for this page.
Lifting out the dirt, silt and organic matter that has worked down into the resin, using a method matched to the surface rather than the strongest thing available. Resin is cleaned, not blasted, because the wrong pressure at the wrong angle takes stone out.
Cornish drives grow things. Treating the growth properly kills what is in the surface rather than just taking the green off the top, which is why a treated drive stays clear far longer than a washed one.
Edges, joints and the line where the drive meets a border are where growth starts and where it does the most damage. They are dealt with as part of the work, not left to be somebody else's problem.
Looking for the things that turn into real repairs: hairline cracking, areas losing stone, soft spots that suggest the base underneath is moving, edges starting to break away. You get told what we found and what it means, including when the answer is that nothing needs doing.
Loose or lost stone, small damaged areas, oil and fuel marks, and edge repairs, put right while they are still small.
Channel drains, gullies and the falls that feed them get cleared and checked, because a drive that cannot get rid of water is a drive that stays wet, and a surface that stays wet is the one that grows moss first.
Resin driveways and porcelain patios are the work these two are proudest of, and the drives we lay are the ones we then know inside out. Maintenance work sits alongside that, on our own installations and on plenty we have never seen before. Every photograph on this site is our own work, and we bring more of it to the visit.
These are HW resin installations, shown here because the surface we maintain is the surface we lay. Knowing how the stone went down, what binds it and how it drains is exactly what a maintenance visit trades on.
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Based on 4 Google reviews
Commenting as the owner of this property I can honestly say that Aaron was a pleasure to work with. Efficient, reliable, extremely hardworking, on schedule, amazing quality and just an all round lovely guy! Thank you Aaron! You can see the almost (steps leading up to the tub yet to be added as a finishing touch) finished project on the Boutique Retreats website: Kilter House, Coverack
Read more on GoogleWould definitely recommend. Our driveway was a mismatch of 3 different sections of gravel, some old concrete and a step. In two days he has completely overhauled it and it looks amazing. Very fast worker, polite and professional and reasonably priced as well. You won’t be disappointed by Michael’s team at all!
Read more on FacebookAaron laid us a wonderful patio for our back garden. From the start he was highly professional and courteous. He sat with us to discuss the best, most cost efficient options to get us exactly what we imagined. Aaron was very reliable and his after care has been exceptional ensuring he delivers the highest quality for his clients. Highly recommended!
Read more on GoogleMike and his son did a fantastic job on our sandstone patio. They provided a competitive quote and had expert knowledge. The job itself was completed to a very high standard. We are very happy with it. I highly recommend. Thank you again for the fantastic work.
Read more on FacebookReally happy with the work from Aaron Hunt Groundworks. Aaron and his team were super easy to deal with—friendly, reliable, and clearly know what they’re doing. They turned up on time, got stuck in, and made sure everything was done properly with a great finish. They kept the place tidy and checked in with us throughout the job to make sure we were happy. No fuss, no stress—just solid, professional work. Would definitely recommend them to anyone needing groundwork done. Top team!
Read more on GoogleWe had been waiting for along time for this small bit of garden to be finished…the original person we had booked just didn’t work out in the end. We booked Sunset Surfacing We are so pleased with the work and can’t wait for the summer to arrive. They were clean, tidy and professional…thank you
Read more on FacebookExtremely happy with my new patio. It wasn’t the most straight forward to lay but Aaron managed to get the finish I wanted and was completely flexible and accommodating to make it happen for our time lines. Would highly recommend.
Read more on GoogleIt keeps looking like a new driveResin is bought for how it looks. Cleaning and treating it is what protects the thing you actually paid for.
It keeps drainingA permeable resin surface only stays permeable while the voids in it are clear, and that is a drainage function on your property, not a cosmetic one.
It stays safe underfootMoss, algae and standing water are what makes a hard surface slippery in a wet Cornish winter, and treating them is the fix.
Small problems stay smallA lost patch of stone or a lifting edge caught early is a short repair. Left alone through a couple of winters, water gets underneath and it becomes a much bigger piece of work.
You get an honest answer about the baseWe dig and build the bases these surfaces sit on, so if what you are seeing is a base problem rather than a surface one, we will tell you that instead of cleaning over the top of it.
Call or send the form with the postcode, roughly how long ago the drive went down if you know, and a photo or two. Photographs of the worst area and of an edge tell us most of what we need.
Mike or Aaron walks the drive with you, checks how it is draining, looks at the edges and the areas losing stone, and works out whether what you are seeing is surface or base.
What we would clean, what we would treat, what we would repair, and anything we think is worth watching rather than doing now.
The surface is cleaned and treated, the growth is dealt with at the edges, and any small repairs are carried out.
You see the finished surface, and you know what we found and what it will want next.
A resin drive is usually laid as a permeable surface, and that permeability is designed in rather than permanent. The Planning Portal sets out the position for front gardens in England: planning permission is not required for a new or replacement driveway of any size where the surface is permeable, or where the surface water is directed to a lawn or border within the property, and permission is required where an impermeable surface of more than five square metres drains onto the road. In other words, the free draining surface is doing a real job for the property, and keeping it draining is a maintenance decision rather than a cosmetic one.
We lay resin, so we know what we are cleaning. Resin driveways are the work these two directors are proudest of, and that is a different starting point from a general cleaning round.
We built the base or we can read it. Groundworkers can tell a surface problem from a base problem.
HW Contractors is run by two owner-directors who are both on the tools. Mike Wherry has 30 years in the trade behind him and spent much of the last five years working on driveways and patios around Helston. Aaron Hunt has 10 years, and holds CPCS 360 Excavator Above 10 Tonnes, a CSCS card, the Street Works Operative qualification and a dumper ticket, alongside Mike's CPCS 360 Excavator Below 10 Tonnes, CSCS card, Street Works Supervisor qualification and dumper ticket. That is 40 years of combined experience, and a team of three.
The satisfying part of resin is the transformation, and a tired drive is that same transformation on a smaller scale. Plenty of the drives we look at need nothing doing to them except a proper clean.Mike Wherry, co-owner of HW Contractors
We work from Porthleven, and our patch runs from the Lizard up to Newquay. Helston and Porthleven are the doorstep, and we look after resin drives across Truro, St Ives, Mullion and the Lizard, Penzance, Camborne, Redruth, Falmouth and Newquay.
Coastal and exposed properties tend to want looking at sooner than sheltered inland ones, so if you are near the water it is worth a conversation earlier rather than later.
We do not publish rates, because a drive that needs a clean and a drive that needs repairs are two different pieces of work. What you get is a free site visit with no obligation, and a written quote setting out:
Whatever is agreed is set out in writing before any work starts. If the drive turns out to need less than you expected, we will tell you that on the visit rather than quote you for work it does not need.
Resin bound and resin bonded drives laid over a base we dig and build ourselves, with a 10-year product guarantee, transferable to a new owner if the property is sold.
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The patio behind the house, laid on the same properly built and drained base.
Patios and pavingSend us the postcode and a photo of the drive, and one of us will come and tell you honestly whether it needs a clean, a repair or nothing at all. The visit is free and there is no obligation.
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Porthleven, Cornwall
Phone: 07886 070245
Email: info@hwcontractors.co.uk
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Last updated: 22 September 2026