Asphalt storage pad
I'm extending my driveway (12' wide) by 17 feet so I can park my 33' Forest River 5th wheel on it for a few days before and after our trips. We have an offsite storage facility for long-term storage. ...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
Pour 4" of 6 sack concrete with 6x6 wire mesh over 6" washed pea gravel. Pea gravel requires NO compaction, it goes down at 100 Percent.
Poured my RV pad like that 15 years ago and it still looks great.
Cummins, please explain why the use of pea gravel? I ask because when DW did Day Care we placed 6" of pea gravel under the play equipment as it DIDN'T pack, if you walked through it you would sink into it.
By itself it won't compact, why is it used so much as a base under concrete? I assume this is an expert subject for you.
