Driveways

Driveways see the most abuse of anything on your property. Every car, every truck, every winter, every spring runoff, every delivery driver who doesn't know how to back up. A driveway either holds up for decades or falls apart in a few years — and the difference is almost never about the surface on top. It's about what's underneath.

The Three Main Types

• Gravel — The most budget-friendly option. Needs occasional topping-up but holds up well with a proper base. Great for long rural driveways and acreage access.
• Concrete — The premium residential option. Clean, durable, and gives you options like exposed aggregate. Requires a proper sub-base to avoid cracking.
• Asphalt — The middle ground. Faster to install than concrete, softer underfoot, and holds up well if the base is done right.

How We Build a Driveway

1. Dig Deeper Than You'd Think

Most failed driveways were put in without enough excavation. A driveway isn't just a surface — it's a structure. We strip topsoil, cut the sub-grade to the right depth (usually deeper than the original driveway was), and slope it so water drains off the surface instead of pooling on it.

2. Fabric, Base, Compact

Geotextile fabric goes down first — keeps weeds out and stops the base from sinking into the sub-grade. Then clean crushed gravel in lifts, compacted as we go. A driveway's life is almost entirely determined by how well this step is done.

3. Surface It

Gravel, concrete, or asphalt — whatever you chose — installed to the right thickness, edged cleanly, and sloped properly. Ready for you to drive on it.

Extending an Existing Driveway

A lot of what we do is driveway extensions — widening them, adding a parking pad, running them around the side of the house for RV access. These jobs have their own challenges: tying the new section into the old one so it looks and performs like one continuous driveway. We cut the transition cleanly and match the materials so the addition doesn't look tacked on.