04-19-2006, 04:52 AM
Aloha Noel,
How long will the driveway be? What area will it be in? What uses do you want from the driveway? Just driving on it or will you be working on cars on it or skateboarding on it? What sort of look did you want to have when it was done? Will you be installing it yourself or have other folks do it? What sort of maintenance level do you want? These could all be something to factor into your choice of driveway material.
Many driveways in puna are long so many of them are cinder or gravel. Those materials are relatively inexpensive and easy to install. They do require maintenance and will need attention from time to time. If they are frequently used and have a base of gravel to start with, they will stay in pretty good shape. If they aren't driven over or weedwhacked, then you can get trees eventually growing in them. A short driveway is commonly done in concrete. Both concrete and asphalt require a substrate of packed gravel. Concrete is usually installed with forms as well as wire mesh.
You can start your driveway out as a gravel drive and install a concrete or asphalt (hot patch or cold patch) on it later.
If your driveway attaches to a County road, then you are supposed to get a permit for the part that attaches to the County road. If you are on a private road, then a driveway permit probably shouldn't be required depending on length, cost and amount of grading and grubbing required to built it.
A hui hou,
Cathy
How long will the driveway be? What area will it be in? What uses do you want from the driveway? Just driving on it or will you be working on cars on it or skateboarding on it? What sort of look did you want to have when it was done? Will you be installing it yourself or have other folks do it? What sort of maintenance level do you want? These could all be something to factor into your choice of driveway material.
Many driveways in puna are long so many of them are cinder or gravel. Those materials are relatively inexpensive and easy to install. They do require maintenance and will need attention from time to time. If they are frequently used and have a base of gravel to start with, they will stay in pretty good shape. If they aren't driven over or weedwhacked, then you can get trees eventually growing in them. A short driveway is commonly done in concrete. Both concrete and asphalt require a substrate of packed gravel. Concrete is usually installed with forms as well as wire mesh.
You can start your driveway out as a gravel drive and install a concrete or asphalt (hot patch or cold patch) on it later.
If your driveway attaches to a County road, then you are supposed to get a permit for the part that attaches to the County road. If you are on a private road, then a driveway permit probably shouldn't be required depending on length, cost and amount of grading and grubbing required to built it.
A hui hou,
Cathy
Kurt Wilson