Found 20 results for the keyword(s) ‘Driveway’

• Article

  OIL LIFT -- getting oil off of anything.

  Most driveway cleaners are powerful solvents that dilute the oil, even dissolve the asphalt, and create more pollution. Research in British Colombia has shown that more oil gets into the ocean from streets, driveways and parking lots than from oil tanker spills. So in an effort to clean the ocea...
• Article

  Cracked Driveway

  Lisa in Edmonton has a water main that runs right under her driveway. The shutoff valve even comes up in the middle of the driveway. Erosion appears to be following the pipe and has cracked her driveway. She wants to temporarily fix it for now, and later replace the driveway, but doesn't feel she...
• Article

  Avoiding common errors with paving stones & Asphalt driveways

  It is frustrating when walkway or driveway paving stones heave with frost, or drop with erosion. If properly built, this doesn't happen. Actually what I have written here about paving stones applies to asphalt driveways as well.   A GOOD COMPACT SUBSTRATE IS ESSENTIAL IN A COLD CLIMATE You nee...
• Article

  How do you fill cracks or holes in a driveway?

  Angela from cyberspace (you really have to tell me where you are from when you write in, it helps me to know things about your climate, even about your soil) wants to seal her driveway but needs to fill up the cracks first. How to do it? If we are talking about interlocking bricks, start by fill...
• Article

  Trench drains for drainage in the yard and around the house.

  Simon from Surrey, BC has an absolutely flat backyard and the kids have to wear boots just to walk across the grass.   If it is perfectly flat you will have to do some landscaping, although not too much. In fact you could pull back the grass and simply put some soil under the grass to change th...
• Article

  Raising the Driveway Slab

  Lokesh from Newmaket has a problem with his concrete driveway not being level. It actually flows water into the house. If you don't want to dig it all up and start over (which sometimes is the cheapest solution), you can actually raise the concrete slab to level it or even slope it away from the ...
• Article

  Retaining Walls and Frost

  Hi Jon,  I have a driveway retaining wall that continues to be pushed by the ground, even though it is backed by gravel and drained to "nothing under the driveway" except crushed gravel. I realize proper drainage affects this somewhat, however would prefer not to cut open my driveway, sidewalk a...
• Article

  Weather Restrictions: Concrete - site mixed or delivered.

  Connect to your favourite weather forecaster and look for the following conditions:   Category: Concrete     Product: All site mixed or delivered concrete Temperature Limitations: Use above +2 C (+35 F) Rain Limitations: No rain until surface is firm -- several hours Wind Limitations:  n/a ...
• Article

  Weather Restrictions: Crack Sealer for Asphalt Driveways

  Connect to your favourite weather forecaster and look for the following conditions:   Category: Asphalt     Product: Crack Sealer for Asphalt Driveways Temperature Limitations: Asphalt based: Use above -40 C (-40 F) and below +76 C (+170 F) -- Thermoplastic based: use above +10 C (+50 F) below...
• Article

  Weather Restrictions: Asphalt Emulsion Sealer for Asphalt Driveways

  Connect to your favourite weather forecaster and look for the following conditions:   Category: Asphalt     Product: Asphalt emulsion sealer for Asphalt Driveways Temperature Limitations: Above +10 C (+50 F) and below +38 C (+100 F) Rain Limitations: No rain for 24 hours Wind Limitations:  n...