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Projects Dude
Citizen
Username: Quakes
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 1:51 pm: |     |
Hello!
Aside from aesthetics, does anyone have any thoughts on regular asphalt versus driveways paved with stones/bricks? What are maintenance and installation costs like?
Also any recommendations will be great if you've had a good experience with changing your asphalt driveway to stone.
Many thanks!!! |
Wendyn
Citizen
Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 140
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 2:39 pm: | |
On a similar note...any reason we don't do more concrete drives in NJ? I have family in Texas and almost all driveways down there are concrete.
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kathy
Citizen
Username: Kathy
Post Number: 782
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 3:46 pm: | |
Also true of the Chicago suburbs--driveways tend to be concrete. Maybe they hold up better under more extreme weather conditions?? |
Projects Dude
Citizen
Username: Quakes
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 4:14 pm: | |
What I've learned (and it's not a lot unfortunately) is that asphalt is cheaper upfront to lay and is viewed by some as better looking. Also depending on actual slope of the driveway, is believed to provide better traction. Problem with asphalt is that they require a lot of repair, so over the long term you spend more fixing cracks, holes, etc.
Aesthetically, although concrete is supposed to be more durable, repair spots are more obvious.
OK, no expert but that's sorta what I read.
Supposedly, tumbled stone/concrete paved driveways last longer and obviously look a lot nicer. But costs are also higher.
Any perspectives? |
kws
Citizen
Username: Kws
Post Number: 75
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 4:54 pm: | |
Think about which is easier to shovel in the winter. |
kathy
Citizen
Username: Kathy
Post Number: 785
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 8:17 pm: | |
When Projects Dude mentioned slope of the driveway, it occurred to me that one reason that Chicagoans can have concrete driveways is that it's pretty flat there. You can't really pour a concrete driveway on a slope. |
shoshannah
Citizen
Username: Shoshannah
Post Number: 398
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 9:07 pm: | |
When my parents bought their house on LI in the 1960s, concrete was the thing. About a dozen years later when everyone was redoing their driveways, blacktop was the more "modern" and classy thing. |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 210
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, March 6, 2004 - 5:17 am: | |
Asphalt is the way to go.
1. About $2-$3 bucks a square foot.
2. Concrete about $75.00 a yard uninstalled.
3. Pavers $4-$10+ a square foot installed.
I plow 30 driveways and refuse to do those with pavers. Why? once one comes loose, 100 are loose.
No thanks..... Stick with asphalt.
Good luck.
Michael K. Mc Kell
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