Now I am out $7400 dollars! Which is relativity a good deal.

 

 

I'll post some up later tonight.

 

No! NOW!

 

I still need to do that myself.

 

Well I am getting married very soon and this will be our first home... I've already replaced the front door, all new windows and just recently the driveway! Enjoy. Lots more landscaping to do too!

 

Nice progress so far!

 

looks great! Just as a recommendation and tip, buy the driveway sealant and put that on so your driveway will stay cleaner for a longer time! I wish I would have done that on my driveway since after 1 year it's already gotten pretty dirty and the only option is to pressure wash it which is even more labor. Of course though, you can buy cans of Black Magic Tire Shine and spray down the whole driveway!

 

lol at tire shine spots on driveway.

 

Fawk, $7400 for some concrete. I should have been a contractor. I hate that I was scammed into this whole goto college and sit in a cube thing.

Lots real nice though, everyone around here does blacktop for driveways.

 

Very very nice. I am thinking about adding to my concrete patio out back. I wonder how hard that would be to do that myself.

 

Well, after getting many quotes, $7400 doesn't seem bad and these guys deserve the money cause it isn't easy.

Doing this by yourself is a big task, that was roughly 22 yards of concrete and about 38 tons of fresh mud. I was thinking about the blacktop (aka asphalt) but leaky oil/cars can ruin that in a jiff and it if gets too hot you can actually see it melt.

 

Anything bigger than a post hole, I call in a pro. They have to bring the truck out for that much concrete anyway, might as well have someone who knows what they are doing do the finishing work.

 

concrete is awesome. I would prefer it over asphalt. looks great.

 

If I went with the blacktop it would've cost me about $3800, what a savings huh? But I am thinking long term here. Better to pay now then later.

He also added Fiber Mesh in for me too and rebar the step area.

 

Looks great.

 

Looks good!

 

Too hot? You live in Seattle?

I'm in Northern Va and most of the driveways (and roads for that matter) here are blacktop.

 

Yup, every now and then we get those hot days and that's what happens. Heck we even have blacktops for roadways here, but those get replace every 5-10 years. So yes they wear out much faster.

 

I agree for every aspect except for winter. My inlaws have a large concrete driveway and once we have a snow it seems to stay icy for weeks. My driveway usually melts the same day. For that reason alone I will always have an asphalt driveway

 

$7400, not bad for the work done, I've been quoted up to $3500 just for my steps. It's about twice the size as the one pictured here.

 

when i need to replace my blacktop im going to look into EPhenry or something like that. the blacktop gets so friggin hot. but im really liking the concrete work and i think you got a great deal.

 

Thanks drdamian... It was a hard check to write but well worth it.

 

Looks awesome.. now you have to expand the garage

Gatr I was quoted @ $4.50 sq. ft. for my backyard just to give you a pricing for when you look. I love doing stuff by myself, but doing a concrete patio is something I would not want to do. The guys that do this stuff know what they are doing and make it look easy.

 

Lookin' good!

 

Didn't know they have concreate sealant. We've only been in our home a month and our concrete is already patchy in some spots. But I think that's partially because it maybe because it hasn't fully cured yet.

 

Wow, that is a MAJOR improvement!! Looks great!

I'm going to be pouring a 10' x 31' patio tomorrow (roughly 6.5 cu yds of concrete). Let me tell you, the prep work has definitely been back breaking (the previous owners did NOT help this). There are many times I've stopped and asked myself why I didn't hire somebody to do this .

 

Looks a lot better.

 

Are you mixing your own mud or buying a truck load?

 

very nice job such an improvement

 

I am gonna start to landscape the house as soon as my wedding day is done with. Fence building (to the left of the house) and front yard landscape on the list.

 

I'm having concrete delivered...but it's not pre-mixed. The name of the type of truck coming out has escaped me at the moment. But, anyway, the guy is going to mix the concrete on site and pump it to my back yard as it's needed. This way, if I over/under estimated, there's no problem of going "oh we're out of concrete, or oh we still have a half a yard left what do we do with it?!"

 

Looks great

 

Their drive might have a different exposure than yours maybe?

I've had both. Concrete is the way to go by far. People walking on the concrete don't track nasty residue into the house to eventually stain the floor by the entrance doors. Concrete doesn't get all wavy from frost heave or vehicles sitting on it (improperly set and poured, of course, it can crack). It has a nice sharp border for edging. Because it's flat it cleans off well with a shovel or snowblower. It doesn't need annual sealing / crack repair. And it looks better.

Other than those things, asphalt is just fine.

 

$4.50 a sq. ft huh? Hmmmm...

<------Gets ideas in his head

 

+1

 

Here are some updates. Far from done but a lot better than before. $$$


Before


After




Before


After


Fence was put in and 15 shrubs in too!

 

Would of made the drive way a bit wider for RV access to the back of the house. does not look like 8 feet plus the awning sticks out a bit.

 

The side driveway to the back is 10ft. wide. I left the extra space for future plants or whatnot. Didn't want it to look too dry.

 

Looks MUCH better