WALKS AND DRIVES 



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For those demanding a cheap construction cinders with a top 

 dressing of crushed stone and screenings can be suggested, but let's 

 take up the concrete construction first. 



An 8-ft. wide driveway will answer in most cases, in fact, less 

 width can be made to do, especially if it is a straight runway, as the 

 base of the wheels take up only 5 ft. no matter how large the car 

 may be. A 6-in. layer of cinders should form the foundation. These 

 should be wetted, tamped and followed by a layer of concrete ranging 

 from 6 in. deep in the center to about 4 or 5 in. at the sides. For a 

 good mixture you should use three bags of cement to every yard of 

 mixed stone or large gravel and coarse sand. The mixing can be 

 done by hand, but a little batch mixer is not expensive and does the 

 mixing quicker, better and with less effort. 



Every 9 or 10 ft. have an expansion joint in the drive. If the 

 owner objects to the cold, uninviting appearance of the concrete 

 (to which objection I fully subscribe), leave the surface of the drive 

 rough and when it is dried out, put on a coating of Tarvia X followed 

 by a thin layer of roofing gravel or small granite chips. This will 

 give you as fine a roadway as anybody can wish for, and what is 

 best of all, a permanent one. In localities with a sandy, well-drained 

 subsoil, 3 in. of cinders well tamped can be made to do and 4 in. of 



Fig. 41. A BRICK WALK BORDERED WITH PERENNIALS. Stiff, cold concrete never 



made a really inviting or attractive walk. How different with one of brick, especially 



when there is a chance to border it with perennials, as in this'case 



