With two teenagers driving, our driveway is like a used car lot.

I want to extend the driveway to add parking. My guess is 2 cars worth, however big that is. I currently have an asphalt driveway.

Any ideas on the cost or an inexpensive alternative.

PS, I'm someone who will undertake a totally ridiculous DIY effort in an effort to save $25.

TIA

JCD

I would remove the grass, put some type of barrier down to keep weeds from coming up through it and get a dumptruck or so of "crush and run".

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Jim

Thanks, but the wife will never go for gravel............

Good idea though,,,,keep them coming.

JCd

Gravel is not worth it at all we did this in Nebraska and in a few months we had to pull it all up and put grasss back down. Do you have a picture of your driveway now?

There's an idea......

Putting green when the kids are gone.......

Keep them coming.

JCD

There is a difference between gravel and "crush and run". You get alot better compaction with crush and run.

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Jim

Jim, is "Crush and Run" the same as DG (Decomposed Granite)?

DG makes a great driveway, the more you drive on it, and the more rain you get, the more it compacts, it's better than asphalt.

Maybe cost about $300.00 to cover 200 sq ft about 4" thick.

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Tim
300CE
280SE 4.5
Sandals (size 11)

Sounds like it to me. It is the stuff that goes down underneath the concrete on a properly designed foundation. Here is where you can order it.

http://www.tidewatermulch.com/cush.htm

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Jim

You know that crush and run looks pretty cool. I wonder if you could bed it down for a season and then treat it with driveway sealer so it comes "close" to matching the drive.

JCD

Park a diesel on it for awhile and you won't have to worry about it . It is good stuff and will suit your needs to a "t" in my opinion.

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Jim

LOL.

Good one.

Thanks for all the advice and have a great thanksgiving.

JCD

I went thru that a couple years ago.. First we made access to the rear part of our lot.. We live on a corner.. Put in a 20 foot wide gate and made a gravel drive across the back part of the lot.. Wife did not like the walk from the back to the house thru the grass and leaves when wet.. and Did not like the gravel because it was not even and flat.. made it hard for her to walk on..

We then took half of the front yard and put down black top.. We made an area to the side where we can put 3 cars turned in off the drive parked side by side along a short wall to keep them off the grass.. That gave us parking for 3 more cars and left the drive way open for the two in the garage.. Our garage is one car wide and two long.. and we usaly have two cars and two motorcycles in it.. One with sidecar..

The Black top did hold up a couple years but was not holding up well so we poured cement.. It works out great.. We live on a hill.. and I love the setup because I can pull our Goldwing w/champion escort sidecar in to the side and let it roll back down the hill into the garage so its headed out.. Do the same with my 2 up motorcycle.. I can move one car out and get to the one in front.. So the whole thing with the parking as pull in to the side of the drive leaves the drive open and the cars and bikes out of the way of the garage driveway.. and uses less area than other things we tryed to work out..

My wife loves that friends can park in front and not have their cars on the street..

Go with cement.. It will last and save you the time and money of redoing it in a couple years.. Just come up with a good plan before you do it the first time..

Ken