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Joseph Meehan wrote:
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My driveway is wearing and I want to replace it with interlocking
brick. Can I avoid tearing up the pavement and use this as the base
(re-tamp again) for the sand then brick? Tearing up of pavement would
be a hard task for an old timer like myself. Disposing of the old
pavement would be equally as hard on a fixed income. This will be a
DIY project.

Thank you

Well you did not tell us what your current drive is made if. I have
seen gravel, concrete, asphalt, etc.

My question is have you considered that you would be adding the at least
a couple inches of sand plus the height of the brick. Do you want your
drive that much higher? I would also want to make sure you have good
drainage through the drive. From here I can't tell. :-)

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Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

The surface is asphalt and the current driveway slopes down at an angle
so the extra height would not be a problem. During rain there appears
to be good drainage as there is no standing water.

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