Top, Right: This 10,000-square-foot driveway in Ladue, Mo.,
was constructed with County Materials' Serenity-colored
Tranquility pavers, edged with a sailor course of Grand
Milestone Timeless. Landesign of Moscow Mills, Mo., chose the
colors and patterns of the concrete pavers to coordinate with
the existing brick and block of the house.
Right: An old asphalt driveway was first demolished. Landesign
decided to follow the existing grade contours from the street
so that there was minimum impact on the lawn areas. This
resulted in a minimum pitch of two degrees and a maximum
pitch of five degrees. The new base was constructed with 8" of
compacted limestone followed by 1" of a sand-leveling course.
The landscape company chose concrete pavers to reduce the
need for maintenance and to hold up to recreational use. After
compacting the pavers into the sand, the joints were filled with
polymeric sand.
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