TL;DR
Geotextile fabric is a permeable woven or nonwoven textile placed between soil and aggregate to separate the layers, filter fines, and let water pass. Under paver bases, French drains, and gravel paths it keeps crushed stone from punching into mud and clogging with silt, which preserves drainage and compaction over years.
What it means
Geotextile fabric is a permeable woven or nonwoven textile placed between soil and aggregate to separate the layers, filter fines, and let water pass. Under paver bases, French drains, and gravel paths it keeps crushed stone from punching into mud and clogging with silt, which preserves drainage and compaction over years. It is not a weed barrier in planting beds, where it can strangle roots. Specs usually call out woven for separation under load and nonwoven for wrapping drain pipe and stone.
Where it sits in the glossary
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