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A concrete driveway gives a really solid, long lasting, low-maintenance option perfect for driveways which are most likely to see a lot of strong activities. Our team of groundwork experts can help you prepare the suitable concrete driveway, identify what expansion joints may be called for, where water can escape to as well as providing a good looking edge to create a boarder your concrete driveway. Prior to setting in the concrete mixture an appropriate ground base needs to be created with crushed rock along with a means of containing the viscous concrete mixture which is commonly achieved with wood planks. Because concrete on its own has reduced tensile toughness, a grid of steel rebar is usually laid in a weave fashion in the area prior to any premium quality concrete being poured over the area. Depending on the size and position of your driveway, joints between large concrete blocks may required to allow for expansion of the concrete in high temperatures - yes those few hot summer days can cause expansion damage to a concrete driveway. The addition of good quality mastic in these expansion gaps should hamper the development of weeds in them.

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Why choose a concrete driveway?

The primary factor for choosing a concrete driveway will be down to its toughness and sturdiness along with its reduced maintenance requirements. If you are most likely to be utilising your driveway as a basis for commercial vehicle parking such as a fully loaded van or truck, or park a heavy trailer to then perform maintenance work of loading then a concrete driveway is likely to be an excellent selection. Please realise though that throughout the concrete setting process you will certainly need to avoid parking heavy truck on it for the first week and preferably keep such transport off the driveway for a couple more weeks if possible. Then after about a month or so after curing we would recommend applying a seal the concrete. Whilst not all companies recommend applying a seal to a concrete drive this is sensible practise and one to re-do this every 4-5 years. This will keep the concrete protected from water ingress which will help your concrete drive last for many years.

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Cost of a Concrete Driveway

As a driveway alternative, concrete can be a little more costly than tarmac, however as stated it's long life does make it inexpensive on the long term and it is cheaper than paving or stone choices. Nonetheless, the facet which may not be so enticing is the visual appeal, or lack of for concrete, where standard grey can be deemed quite plain, unless you subsequently opt to upgrade to patterned concrete, which at the same time may not be as suitable for the reasons you chose standard concrete in the first place. Each individual driveway will certainly have its own collection of factors to consider, however a ball park for concrete of around ₤ 70 m2 gives an indicative figure.

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Concrete Driveway Maintenance

As stated a poured concrete driveway is one of the most durable driveway choices you can make. Just like any driveway its life-span will certainly hinge on what happens on it and how well it is or isn't, taken care of. If damages do happen a repair should be performed as soon as possible to avoid the damages from growing further as normally as soon as a section of surface layer is damaged the cracked area is susceptible to catch dirt,dust and seeds which act as a base for weeds to grown in the summer season. In the winter if water enters a fracture and then ices up the crack will increase in size. If you keep top of any maintenance issues you can then expect your concrete driveway to last around three decades.

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Frequently Asked Concrete Driveway Questions

  • Do you recommend concrete driveways?

    We try to steer away from making any one particular recommendation as each different type of driveway may have particular merits for you. Often budget is one of the most important criteria and sometimes you may have initially thought you wanted one particular driveway type but realised that it may not provide all the other practical benefits you wanted. We will try to get a good understanding of how you intend to use your driveway and what you really want to achieve and then provide balanced points to help you make a decision that is best for your particular circumstances and budget.

  • Are concrete driveways permeable?

    A permeable driveway is one will which allow water to 'permeate' through it i.e. soak through and down rather than run across the surface.

    From an environmental and practical perspective, most councils don't want to see large amounts of water running down roads and towards drains, which can clog and cause localised flooding. As a result, councils will favour the installation of more permeable driveways such as block paving, cobbled and resin-bound.

    For tarmac and both standard concrete and patterned concrete, the requirement to install drains or 'soaks' to prevent this water from getting to public locations may end up adding to your installation costs. 

  • Are concrete driveways low maintenance

    The maintenance a driveway will require will depend on how much you personally take pride in the visual appearance of your drive and the local of your driveway relative to other factors which can either speed up or slow down the rate at which your driveway needs reviving. 

    If your drive is in an open environment with few trees around and not next to a lawn or flower beds it will be less likely to be subjected to bird droppings, wet and rotting leaves and seeds falling on it which can take root or allow moss and algae to form. When new most driveways are low maintenance but after a year or two of being exposed to the elements you will notice a build-up of dirt and algae. A more regular maintenance routine can prevent major clean up but tarmac, resin and patterned concrete will be the easiest to keep clean. As long as block paving or cobbled driveways have a regular clean with an appropriate cleaner you can avoid pressure washer cleaning which can often accelerate the degradation of a driveway by dislodging jointing compounds and thereby creating environments for most and seeds to take hold.


  • Can concrete be poured over an existing driveway?

    This will depend on the state and quality of your base and how slabs have been fixed to the base. Generally, if you are looking to remove an existing patio the removal process will take an amount of the sub-base with it. At Driveways Rotherham we will inspect the state of the sub-base and more often than not a topping up and re-setting of the base will enable a new patio to be laid. This approach will end up saving you some money however if during the removal of your existing patio we discover that a poor or in some cases, no sub base has been laid this will require the same approach as installing a brand new patio where the ground needs to be dug to a required level, a proper base is installed before finally laying your paving.

  • What are the main differences between a concrete driveway and block paving?

    A concrete driveway is solid and non-permeable so weeds and algae will find it difficult to take hold whereas block paving will need more regular cleaning with weed killer applied to prevent weeds and moss from forming in between brick. This isn't a big task is done regularly taking the approach of prevention rather than cure.

    Block paving can be laid exactly as you want so you can create a unique design and mix bricks of different colours and should damage occur replacing bricks is much simpler than trying to patch prepare a resin driveway.

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