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Concrete Driveway
A concrete driveway provides a very strong, durable, low-maintenance option ideal for driveways which are likely to see a lot of heavy duty activities.
Our team of groundwork experts can help you plan the
ideal concrete driveway, understand what expansion joints may be required, where water can run off to and how best to edge and boarder your concrete driveway. Before installing the concrete finish a suitable sub base needs to be formed with gravel and an edge, typically wooden planks, laid to contain the concrete. Since concrete on its own has low tensile strength, a grid of metal rebar is typically laid in a criss-cross manner in the area before a high quality concrete is poured over the area. Depending on the nature of your driveway, expansion joints between concrete section may need to be included. The inclusion of good quality mastic in these joints should retard the growth of weeds. If you are looking to widen the entrance to your driveway you may want to increase the width of your
dropped kerb, if so we can also carry that our for your too along with
building a new front garden wall.
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Why choose a concrete driveway?
The main reason for choosing concrete or concrete slabs will be down to its strength and durability along with the low maintenance requirements. If you are likely to be using your driveway as a basis for parking a works van or truck, park a heavy caravan or trailer or carry out maintenance work then a concrete driveway is likely to be a good choice. Please be aware thought that during the concrete curing process it would be best not to park vehicles on it for the first week and ideally keep really heavy vehicles off the driveway for a few more weeks. Then a month or two after curing we'd come back to seal the concrete. Whilst not all companies seal concrete this is good practise to do this and to repeat this every 4-5 years to maintain the protection from water ingress which will help the longevity of your concrete drive.
Cost of a Concrete Driveway
As a driveway option, concrete is more expensive than asphalt, but as mentioned it's longevity does make it cost effective long term and it is less expensive than paving or stone options. However, the aspect which may not be so appealing is the aesthetics where standard grey can be viewed as quite dull, unless you decide to upgrade to a patterned concrete alternative. Again each individual driveway will have its unique set of consideration but a ball park figure for concrete of around £70 m2 provides and initial start point.
Concrete Driveway Maintenance
As mentioned a poured concrete driveway is one of the most hardwearing driveway choices you can make. As with any driveway its lifespan will be dependent on usage ad how well it it, it isn't, looked after. If damage does occur repair work should be carried out as soon as possible to prevent the damage from increasing as typically once a surface layer is broken the cracked area is prone to capture debris, seeds and weeds in the summer and if water gets into a crack and freezes the expansion of the ide is likely to make and damage far worse. If you keep on top of any issues you should expect your concrete driveway to last well past 30 years.