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Material other than Limestone for driveway
Posted on 4/12/15 at 12:29 am
Posted on 4/12/15 at 12:29 am
i have a 300' long driveway that was built up with clay then had crushed cinder blocks compacted, then came behind with crushed concrete.
Trying to see if there is anything more cost effective than limestone for the top layer?
Trying to see if there is anything more cost effective than limestone for the top layer?
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Posted on 4/12/15 at 1:29 am to geauxcats10
Waste metal slag.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 2:33 am to geauxcats10
Washout is cheaper but doesn't pack as tight or hold up quite as well as limestone base.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:06 am to Agforlife
Bottom Ash/fly ash from a coal fire power plant. Fly ash is used to mix in with lite weight concrete.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:21 am to geauxcats10
OT Ballers use a combo of crushed rhino penis and unicorn horn.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:28 am to geauxcats10
Mexican limestone
Posted on 4/12/15 at 6:38 am to geauxcats10
Bottom ash
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:13 am to geauxcats10
Oyster shells
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:20 am to lsuhunt555
epa gravel road manualWhat's wrong with leaving it topped with crushed concrete? Gravel is cheaper.
It doesn't matter what you put on it if its not shaped right, and have proper drainage. The manual talks about using a seive to find the right combo of different sized gravel. But for a personal drive it won't see much use, won't matter much
It doesn't matter what you put on it if its not shaped right, and have proper drainage. The manual talks about using a seive to find the right combo of different sized gravel. But for a personal drive it won't see much use, won't matter much
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 8:23 am
Posted on 4/12/15 at 9:59 am to Rust Cohle
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bottom ash/fly ash
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waste metal slag
Where would I get some of these alternative materials around the BR/Gonzales area?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:17 am to geauxcats10
Crushed concrete.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:19 am to geauxcats10
I've seen shredded asphalt roof shingles used
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:38 pm to Old Sarge
This is the shite I'm dealing with....
And on top of all this I have discovered that my culvert at the street has been crushed either by the concrete truck or the dump truck with the crushed concrete... I'm now flooding my neighbors yard with all this rain...
And on top of all this I have discovered that my culvert at the street has been crushed either by the concrete truck or the dump truck with the crushed concrete... I'm now flooding my neighbors yard with all this rain...
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:41 pm to geauxcats10
Get you a couple of loads of cement stabilized sand and mix it into the crushed conc and pack it down, should last for a good while.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:43 pm to geauxcats10
If you use Limestone it will be dusty for a while, if not forever. 610 grade Limestone would be the appropriate size for what you want to do with it.
Three hunnert feet by twelve feet wide by six inches deep is only 66.7 cubic yards of concrete. I'd think about that option or concrete border with asphalt paving. You probably now have a good sub-base.
Three hunnert feet by twelve feet wide by six inches deep is only 66.7 cubic yards of concrete. I'd think about that option or concrete border with asphalt paving. You probably now have a good sub-base.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:01 pm to Agforlife
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Get you a couple of loads of cement stabilized sand and mix it into the crushed conc and pack it down, should last for a good while.
Just dump the loads on top of my existing driveway and grade it out?...
What happens when it rains? Won't it just create a bigger mess than what I have now?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:08 pm to geauxcats10
Quick dicking with it and pour concrete. A quick calc says you should be able to do that for about $8k.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:08 pm to geauxcats10
I would bite the bullet and start all the way up the drive and form up a little at a time. Form up twenty or fifty feet, or what ever you can afford to Pour. Pull and reuse your form boards for the next time you have the cash. Start searching Craigs list and other classified adds for wire mesh. Kind of what I did. 160 ft. of driveway on the first pour. A few years later did a second pour in the back about 200 ft. Never have to work the rock on your drive again. My two cents.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:09 pm to geauxcats10
Mulch
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:13 pm to geauxcats10
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What happens when it rains? Won't it just create a bigger mess than what I have now?
No stabilized sand turns hard as a rock, if you turn it into your gravel/crushed conc and roll it it will band all of it together into a fairly durable hard surface
We do it on access roads and around big job sites to maintain access around our jobs
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 4:14 pm
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