I have been parking my Class A's (first my Damon Intruder and now my Fleetwood Pace Arrow) on my black top driveway for about 7 years now. Even though I had lumber under the wheels you can imagine the dips the wheels caused!I have a large driveway (it's large to me) and so I am having my concrete guy do a heavy, reinforced slab where I park the coach and I am having him run a walk along the edge out to the road. My plan is to eventually do the whole drive in concrete but it will have to be done in phases.Cutting the blacktop:All done saw cutting. The space I am having done for the coach is 11' wide by 30' long.The tear-out. What a mess!Much cleaner now!View from the road:The next phase is a bit more gravel, compacting then reinforcement rebar, then pour.I will update as we progress and when it is finished!

Good idea!How long is the walk-way from parking area to street?LOVE your wrap around covered porch :BMy project is extending current porch..........love a covered porch !!!

stugpanzer, Outstanding partner! To me, there is absolutely nothing better than concrete. I really like decorative pavers and, if done correctly, they will support even the heaviest diesel coach out there but, the cost can be seriously prohibitive. So, Concrete is the name of the game. It's too bad you have to do it in phases but, I most certainly understand. May I ask, are you getting steel re-enforced or, fibermesh? We're presently awaiting some bids on colored concrete for the side yard parking where guest motor homes and our boat parks. It's presently colored decomposed granite and, is really flat and nice but, both the wife and I hate those little tiny gravel pieces being tracked into the nice garage next to that parking or, even into the new house. So, concrete is in our near future too. Scott

Old-Biscuit wrote:Good idea!How long is the walk-way from parking area to street?LOVE your wrap around covered porch :BMy project is extending current porch..........love a covered porch !!!About 39' x 4' wide. We did this because that side of the drive had been worn down from people parking on the edge and it just looked terrible! We love our wrap-around covered porch too! We have added on to our house a couple times and that was one of the bonuses that came out of one of those additions. Many houses today don't have that feature and those people are really missing something!

FIRE UP wrote:We're presently awaiting some bids on colored concrete for the side yard parking where guest motor homes and our boat parks. So, concrete is in our near future too. ScottFor very little more money, you can also get "stamped" concrete to replicate many different types of pavers. That, along with the color, can make a very attractive driveway or walkway.

FIRE UP wrote:stugpanzer, Outstanding partner! To me, there is absolutely nothing better than concrete. I really like decorative pavers and, if done correctly, they will support even the heaviest diesel coach out there but, the cost can be seriously prohibitive. So, Concrete is the name of the game. It's too bad you have to do it in phases but, I most certainly understand. May I ask, are you getting steel re-enforced or, fibermesh? We're presently awaiting some bids on colored concrete for the side yard parking where guest motor homes and our boat parks. It's presently colored decomposed granite and, is really flat and nice but, both the wife and I hate those little tiny gravel pieces being tracked into the nice garage next to that parking or, even into the new house. So, concrete is in our near future too. ScottWe are getting steel reinforced. No plans to use fibermesh. Your side yard setup sounds nice!

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rgatijnet1
Explorer III
Apr 22, 2015
FIRE UP wrote:

We're presently awaiting some bids on colored concrete for the side yard parking where guest motor homes and our boat parks.

So, concrete is in our near future too.
Scott

For very little more money, you can also get "stamped" concrete to replicate many different types of pavers. That, along with the color, can make a very attractive driveway or walkway.
stugpanzer
Explorer
Apr 22, 2015
Old-Biscuit wrote:
Good idea!

How long is the walk-way from parking area to street?

LOVE your wrap around covered porch :B
My project is extending current porch..........love a covered porch !!!

About 39' x 4' wide. We did this because that side of the drive had been worn down from people parking on the edge and it just looked terrible!

We love our wrap-around covered porch too! We have added on to our house a couple times and that was one of the bonuses that came out of one of those additions. Many houses today don't have that feature and those people are really missing something!
FIRE_UP
Explorer
Apr 22, 2015
stugpanzer,
Outstanding partner! To me, there is absolutely nothing better than concrete. I really like decorative pavers and, if done correctly, they will support even the heaviest diesel coach out there but, the cost can be seriously prohibitive. So, Concrete is the name of the game. It's too bad you have to do it in phases but, I most certainly understand. May I ask, are you getting steel re-enforced or, fibermesh?

We're presently awaiting some bids on colored concrete for the side yard parking where guest motor homes and our boat parks. It's presently colored decomposed granite and, is really flat and nice but, both the wife and I hate those little tiny gravel pieces being tracked into the nice garage next to that parking or, even into the new house.

So, concrete is in our near future too.
Scott
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Apr 22, 2015
Good idea!

How long is the walk-way from parking area to street?

LOVE your wrap around covered porch :B
My project is extending current porch..........love a covered porch !!!

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