Concrete and clay pavers on a base built for trucks
From
$18 a sq ft
How long
Three to five days for most two-car drives
Most of what we lay is paver drives: a drive that won’t crack, that shrugs off frost, and where one stained or broken paver can be lifted and replaced. Each one starts with what you can’t see. We dig the old drive and the soft soil out, about eleven inches down for a drive, and compact the ground before any stone goes in.
Then the base: eight inches of crushed stone, spread and compacted two inches at a time, set to string lines so the water runs away from the house and off the drive. An inch of bedding sand is screeded flat on top, and the pavers go down from one straight line in the pattern you picked, cut to the edges and locked in by a border course and an edge restraint. You get a written price before we dig.
Because cars turn on a drive, and herringbone locks the pavers together in both directions, so they don’t creep under the tyres the way a running bond can.
Will weeds grow in the joints?+
Far fewer with polymeric sand, which sets firm once it is wetted. A few seeds still land on top; a quick sweep or a re-sand every few years keeps the joints full.
Questions about drives, patios, prices and the towns we cover
Hi! Ask me what Kessler lays, what a paver or asphalt drive usually costs per square foot, how soon a crew can start or which towns we cover. For an exact price, a free estimate is the way: call (215) 555-0162.
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