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With proper care and maintenance, a gravel driveway can last up to 100 years. The beauty of gravel is that it can be repaired and replenished on an ongoing basis. By contrast, wear and damage to asphalt and concrete driveways are difficult to remedy and replacement is often more cost-effective than extensive repairs.
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Learn More »Gravel driveways are popular in some areas since they are low-cost and easier to install than other types of driveways. In rural areas, gravel is the material of choice for both driveways and roadways. For many homes, it is not uncommon to have gravel driveways leading to concrete garage floors. Gravel is far less expensive for long driveways than most other driveway materials, and it can last for generations with regular maintenance. Learn more below about gravel driveway pros and cons.
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Read More »Gravel driveways require regular maintenance, much more than concrete or asphalt driveways. Regular maintenance helps ensure the optimal performance of a gravel driveway and helps prevent costly replacement. Depending on the local climate and how much traffic the driveway receives, gravel surfaces may need to be regraded once a year or more. Gravel driveways readily develop potholes, dips, and grooves, even from normal usage. More vigorous activities like turning around a vehicle will gouge out the gravel even faster. The good side of these potholes and dips is that they are easy to fix. With a nearby, covered pile of gravel, most homeowners can quickly fill in potholes with just a shovel. As soon as they start, potholes and dips should be filled in to prevent them from getting larger and deeper. Larger potholes require larger tools. Regrading requires heavy equipment, such as a tractor with a bucket and grader, to grade the surface and spread and compact fresh gravel. One of the biggest drawbacks of a gravel driveway is that they are more difficult to plow or clear with a snowblower. Unlike solid materials, the surface of the gravel cannot be scraped clean without displacing the gravel. Even if you're careful, gravel becomes displaced over the course of a winter and must be replaced or moved back onto the driveway.
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Learn More »It is possible to create a rudimentary gravel driveway simply by having a dump truck unload some crushed rock where you want it. You'll need to calculate how much stone should be delivered. By hand or preferably with light motorized equipment such as a mini track loader or a stand-on skid steer, you can move the gravel into place to form the driveway. It is more involved when you put down filter fabric, base rock, and a grid system under a gravel driveway. Tip You can also build a gravel driveway using a tough plastic grid system. A gravel driveway grid is designed to hold the gravel in place and drain rainwater. Typically there is filter fabric and base rock under the grid. These types of grids are also used to build grass driveways. Building a gravel driveway can be far more DIY-friendly than building a concrete driveway, which requires creating concrete forms, setting and tying rebar, and ordering a load of concrete from a truck.
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