One bummer about our paver driveway is that the pavers show tire tread marks and the pavers soak up any kind of oily material which forms a stain. Here you can see the driveway with the tread marks. So we decided to have the driveway cleaned and sealed. I tried cleaning the driveway myself atRead more about Sealing the driveway[…]
Two weeks ago the driveway mouth was poured, and what a difference. Here it is being formed … … and poured … … and here is the final product. We wanted to put our kids hand prints in it, but the inspector said no. However, he did say we could put a stamp of someRead more about Driveway done, at long last[…]
The completion of our driveway, and one of the curbs we installed for that, created another puddle area, which became apparent over last weekends storm. In that particular area, we did put a french drain in all along that curb which drains into the permeable paver driveway on the other side of it. But theRead more about Every rain storm is an opportunity[…]
Almost two weeks ago we were at the point of having the first two layers of gravel down. The pea gravel was delivered and spread out, and the entire driveway vibro-plated to compact the last layer (and everything else a bit more) down. We lost three days last week due to a big storm, butRead more about Driveway progress[…]
The three layers of gravel were finished on Tuesday; the driveway is ready for pavers. Here are some good shots of the three different types of rock / gravel we laid down. First, 8 inches of larger rock, from 1.5-3 inches. Then 4 inches of medium sized rock, 3/4″. Then 2 inches of small gravel,Read more about All dressed up and nowhere to go[…]
It almost seems like a mythical thing, the driveway. Something rumored but never seen. We’ve been living without a driveway, or ability to park off street, since we moved in back in August. In fact, we haven’t had a garage to park our cars in since early 2013, almost six years. Now, we are gettingRead more about The driveway[…]
It’s been almost a month since my last burst of posts, and it’s been quite a month. Frustratingly little progress in terms of what we can call complete, but lots of work going on there an there, just more slowly than we want. The estimates of our move in date keep getting pushed back. Originally,Read more about April – what a month it’s been[…]
Our old house was on the eastern side of our lot, and the driveway entrance on the western side. With the new house, and the local solar access ordinance, we could not build a two-story structure on the eastern (really north-eastern) side as it would block some of the sun from our neighbors lot, whichRead more about Curb, gutter, and sidewalk[…]