I've got the good luck of having bricks that originally paved a nearby street, that is I've got four or five hundred square feet of them (8 1/2 by 3 1/2 inch side up, 4 inches deep). The previous owner of my home used them to cover the floor of the garage and an area in front of the garage.
I've got the bad luck of having 105 feet of unpaved driveway as I look ahead to shoveling snow for several months, my first months in Canandaigua, New York.
These are big beautiful bricks and I'll seek a permit from the city to incorporate them in a driveway design. I'm in an historic district, thus approval of anything exterior is required.
My idea for the first part of the driveway is to have it sufficiently wide to allow a car to park and another car to pass on to the garage. As it is we are blocked in by each visitor or by each other.
I imagine working the bricks into a simple pattern with concrete forming the greatest part of the surface. Perhaps I'll have concrete on either side of the brick. This concrete and brick mix may be only used until brick runs out then I may switch to asphalt for the remainder of the driveway.
Two questions:
What is an appropriate driveway width for the double wide length and for the remaining single wide length?
What should I provide for a base for the bricks?
thank you,
I've got the bad luck of having 105 feet of unpaved driveway as I look ahead to shoveling snow for several months, my first months in Canandaigua, New York.
These are big beautiful bricks and I'll seek a permit from the city to incorporate them in a driveway design. I'm in an historic district, thus approval of anything exterior is required.
My idea for the first part of the driveway is to have it sufficiently wide to allow a car to park and another car to pass on to the garage. As it is we are blocked in by each visitor or by each other.
I imagine working the bricks into a simple pattern with concrete forming the greatest part of the surface. Perhaps I'll have concrete on either side of the brick. This concrete and brick mix may be only used until brick runs out then I may switch to asphalt for the remainder of the driveway.
Two questions:
What is an appropriate driveway width for the double wide length and for the remaining single wide length?
What should I provide for a base for the bricks?
thank you,