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Default drive way in front of garage

On Oct 1, 12:28*pm, " wrote:
On Oct 1, 8:54 am, Phil Again wrote:





On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:33:01 -0700, wrote:
On Oct 1, 5:53 am, moongeegee wrote:
I see some of houses has concrete cement and some of them are led pave
driveway.
which one is better, last longer ? How is the cost? Is concrete cement
cost more or led pave driveway?


Thanks
Jenny


concrete basically needs no maintence, is resistant to gasoline and oil
spills, and lasts longer.


asphalt is far cheaper, but not as good.


however oil leaks dont make nasty looking stains on asphalt


And more important to me, asphalt should be re-sealed every year or so.
When I had an asphalt drive way this resealing was the most nasty job
around the house. That tar / sealant will get on your shoes, cloths, and
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the new water latex based sealer is easier to use, but its still not a
fun job.

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yeah, i just did a chunk of the driveway, used the lowes 25 year fancy
sealer. i think all the sealers are latex these days, for air
pollution reasons. anyway, being water cleanup makes it a LOT less
unpleasant; i was going to do the rest of the driveway but everybody
in town had the same idea the one weekend it didn't rain, so they were
sold out.
one bucket of the stuff covers 300 sq feet is what i found.