Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:30 pm
Mt tarmac drive is looking very sad, with several washed-out patches. The first 30 feet from the road falls about 3 feet in height, so it's about a 1-in-10 slope at the inside of a curve. The rest (another 70 feet) is a gentle slope to the garage, and there's a large turning area. I don't want plain black tarmac again, it's too utilitarian, and block paving is too expensive for me. I would consider red tarmac, and am also thinking of shingle bedded onto (and presumably packed down) a new layer of tar. (I believe there's an older concrete drive under the current tarmac, and it's all pretty solid except for the 5-6 potholes -- no cracks or subsidence.) A landscaper says I can get away with shingle on that slope, but another says no. Any further opinions on that, or other suggestions on surfaces that won''t cost an arm-and-a-leg but will look better than "black mac"?