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Posted by Jim on August 12, 2006, 3:19 pm
Colbyt wrote:
>
>>Learned a new lesson about car care yesterday, the hard way. My car has
>>accelerated corrosion of the chassis which the mechanics say is a result
>>of my parking the car for extended periods over grassy areas.
>>
>>I've got about a half acre lot. Driveway is single car wide. Although
>>I could extend it I can't widen it very easily.
>>
>>Instead I'm considering building some sort of parking pad in the
>>backyard where I was parking the car. Likely concrete, concrete pavers,
>>or perhaps asphalt.
>>
>>Any recommendations or suggestions? Low cost, low maintenance, and
>>durability all a plus.
>>
>>
>
>
> I will throw this one out for your consideration. Minimal cost and a DIY
> project all the way.
>
> One of the neater things I saw a picture of in a very dated "concrete
> projects" book was a casual parking pad built out of concrete blocks and
> filled with earth so that you had green space but a durable surface. In the
> example shown they pretty much had the blocks butted together end to end and
> side to side with the opening up. For what I am going to suggest you might
> be able to decrease the block quantity by spacing them apart a bit more
> except around the perimeter.
>
> For your purposes I would modify that concept like this. Excavate to 6" or
> so, making sure to allow for drainage as you site lies, lay down a heavy
> layer of plastic, sit the blocks on a finely crushed rock base which has
> been spread over the plastic, fill the blocks and all gaps with "road grade"
> crushed rock. You will have some weed growth after a few years but an annual
> application of a herbicide will control it.
>
> Let me know what you think and how it works out if you do it.
>
>
I used something vaguely similar on a yard shed I erected a few years
back. The Home Depot type where they want to also sell a wooden floor
kit. Others prefer a concrete pad but in my area that qualifies the
shed as a permanent, aka taxable, structure,
Instead I excavated the depth of concrete blocks. Using the blocks has
been quite handy in the winter time because as the snow thrower thaws
any water easily can drain away.
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