Driveway Pavers: Base Depth, Compaction and 25-Year Cost
A driveway carries a load a patio never sees. Here are the base depths, compaction lifts and edge restraint that decide whether driveway pavers last 25 years or rut in three.
A driveway carries a load a patio never sees. Here are the base depths, compaction lifts and edge restraint that decide whether driveway pavers last 25 years or rut in three.
Pavers are the visible 60 mm of a system that is mostly buried. Every layer below them — base depth, bedding sand, edge restraint and fall — decides how long the surface lasts.