OP
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Hi Rick and all,
If it were concrete I would certainly order readymix...but concrete is not what I am thinking about.
I have this infamously bad driveway. Not long as we are close to the road..too close really...but maybe about 80 or 100 feet max. I was thinking of using some kind of brick, to surface it after putting down concrete first as a solid base.
But as I though about it, I kind of like the idea of crushed limestone held together by some cement, like "no fines' concrete, but using limestone in place of gravel.
I should check and see if this can be prcvided by a redi mix truck. I would guess not.
The plus of doing this is that I could patch things in the future easily...add something easily in the future if I wanted, and it would look like one seamless surface...maybe...
Just an idea at this point...
I should check and see if getting this stuff delivered by multiple yards is possible. That would really make sense.
I just like the idea of easy patching things later...and also like the gray color of the limestone...but I suppose I should also consider simple "no fines" concrete concrete using river gravel rather than limestone. Might even like that better...nice natural brown color.
From what I have read after the no-fines concrete sets up a bit, you take a garden hose and wash off the top surface, so the stones show and the cement that covers them is washed off...
Could patch that later just as easy as the crushed limestone...that may be the easy solution...and even a better one...
Thanks for the advice.
Bill
If it were concrete I would certainly order readymix...but concrete is not what I am thinking about.
I have this infamously bad driveway. Not long as we are close to the road..too close really...but maybe about 80 or 100 feet max. I was thinking of using some kind of brick, to surface it after putting down concrete first as a solid base.
But as I though about it, I kind of like the idea of crushed limestone held together by some cement, like "no fines' concrete, but using limestone in place of gravel.
I should check and see if this can be prcvided by a redi mix truck. I would guess not.
The plus of doing this is that I could patch things in the future easily...add something easily in the future if I wanted, and it would look like one seamless surface...maybe...
Just an idea at this point...
I should check and see if getting this stuff delivered by multiple yards is possible. That would really make sense.
I just like the idea of easy patching things later...and also like the gray color of the limestone...but I suppose I should also consider simple "no fines" concrete concrete using river gravel rather than limestone. Might even like that better...nice natural brown color.
From what I have read after the no-fines concrete sets up a bit, you take a garden hose and wash off the top surface, so the stones show and the cement that covers them is washed off...
Could patch that later just as easy as the crushed limestone...that may be the easy solution...and even a better one...
Thanks for the advice.
Bill