Timber Driveway - How & what ?

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Originally Posted by SteveAndBelle

Yeah there is, but probably not the best for our application. My parents had that in their old house and used it to widen the double driveway so a car could be stored on the side without getting in the way of the main cars in & out of the garage. The driveway was on a fair slope and of course when the grass grew through the holes it meant that you wouldn't get much traction until your tyre 'burnt' through the grass and gripped onto the concrete bits.

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So don't fill the squares with soil & grass, fill 'em with stones instead (works well in a few places up warburton way)

Just remember that Australians move house every 5-7 years.

And if your driveway isn't too the taste of the next owner, it'll be likely to be the first thing ripped up and replaced with concrete. A timber and gravel driveway looks like it is 'easy' to remove so your ecologically friendly alternative may end up as landfill well before its payback period is up.

(I've seen a house have all its compact fluorescent bulbs replaced with normal bulbs as the new owner 'didn't like the funny shape'. I give up, I'm cranking my heating to 25 and wearing shorts and a tee shirt in winter!)

Now where we would we be if the knights said that on their first crusade, or the womens libbers? You can't just give up at the first hurdle!

Set an example... Someone will walk past your house and think it looks great, and copy you, and everyone who asks, you can explain why you did it, and each time you move forward a little bit. You can even tell the next owner why you did it that way.

Don't be put off by naysayers.