Sunday, November 6, 2011

Build A Driveway without Concrete?

We do not have a paved driveway either. We just have dirt with stones. The problem with this is that you have to replentish the gravel once a year or more unless you want your driveway to be a big pile of mud, like ours is currently. :) Also, after a while there will be large dents where your tires go. These hold puddles if it rains, and create ice patches if it gets cold. Maybe this would not be a problem where you live, but here it often rains then freezes. Lastly, it is more complicated, but cheaper to buy your own gravel at a home depot or something than to have a truck come, but we made the mistake of buying re-used building materials (basically "stones" made from crushed up building leftovers. As it turns out, they don't bother to do much separating when they crush up buildings, as we were pulling nails and gl shards out of our driveway for months after! The great thing about the gravel option is that is is lots cheaper, and when you want to pave it, you can just put cement right on top of the gravel! Good luck, hope this helped. :)

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