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A significant number of American driveways are concrete. I'm not going to look up numbers, but I would have to believe that more are concrete than asphalt/tarm
by Arainach 9mo ago
A significant number of American driveways are concrete. I'm not going to look up numbers, but I would have to believe that more are concrete than asphalt/tarmac. Unpaved driveways could outnumber both, who knows, but most people with paved driveways have concrete.
- absurddoctor 9mo agoI think that depends on the region and weather differences. In the northeast at least, asphalt seems to be a lot more common than concrete.
- ghaff 9mo agoOr eveen gravel as in my case.
- amluto 9mo agoI’ve never understood why people so frequently choose poured concrete over cheap interlocking pavers. Where I live, it’s extremely common to see someone pour a concrete driveway then promptly cut it up because they forgot something.
- Arainach 9mo agoIn contrast I've never seen someone have to cut up a driveway. There are many ways concrete is superior to pavers. One of the most important is that it is miserable and almost impossible to properly clear snow and ice from pavers.
- thejazzman 9mo agoThey sink when a car repeatedly drives over them. I watched a neighbor redo their yellow brick driveway. Well. Only briefly… Ruts were visible pretty quickly again
- ekr 9mo agoNot when installed properly, i.e. on a level, compacted base. Where I live, in the Netherlands, a great portion of streets, driveways, sidewalks, bikepaths are from klinkers, or bricks. Very rarely do you see any indentations in them (mostly when there was some roadwork and a part of them removed and then reinstalled. The whole reinstalled section sinks a bit, probably because there workers were not careful and did not compact the substrate to the same degree). Some of these klinker roads see heavy traffic and they're perfectly fine. It's also nice to see the automated machines they have for laying them.
- rob74 9mo agoIf the substrate below isn't compacted properly, bricks will sink, and concrete will crack (maybe not as fast, but eventually). So we're back at where the discussion started...
- quickthrowman 9mo agoIt’s about half the price. Paver driveways cost twice as much to install due to the increased labor. It’s not that expensive to sawcut concrete.