Upgrade my dirt driveway
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I have the only dirt driveway in town. it's only about 750sqft...holds one or two cars. Cement was too expensive, and we're in earthquake country (Nor Cal) and concrete always cracks. looked into stamped asphalt - $14,000!!! interlocking pavers - Also $$$$$.
What are some other options to keep my driveway from washing away in the winter??
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Perhaps you could put down gravel and use that cement mix that you just spray with water, that may be a good alternative and probably would be fairly easy to repair without calling in a pro.
If you build a gravel drive way correctly it will not wash away. There are plenty of U-tube videos on how to do this. Just spreading gravel on top of dirt will not do it.
Good ole asphalt driveway. I have a gravel driveway, it was like this when I moved in, but it was the gray sharp edge stuff.... hard to walk on. So I got 7 yards of pea gravel and we redid it, and so much easier to walk on and look lots better. Think it cost me $70 my drive is 80' with a turnaround at the end. Only bad part is spraying for weeds 2x a year.
You could gravel it. You will need about a ton for every 30 ft or so. Crusher Run is the best for driveways. It will keep your dirt from turning to mud. Put it at least 4 inches deep on the driveway. We did our driveway by hauling in a home built trailer. We added 1 or 2 tons more every 5 yrs.
we solved the problem of uncooperative grass by having it paved in attractive colored bricks front and back. makes lovely curved walkways to the rear and no more mowing.