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    I finally had my driveway completed and drove on it last night...man what a change...



    Here is the album of the work that was done. Chad Thomason : photos : Driveway Reconstruction Pictures - powered by SmugMug



    Also, i had a webcam setup to capture the progress and captured 1 pic per minute to make a timelapse video.



    Day 1



    Day 2



    Before



    After


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    Nice! Love it every single step of the way. Great Job!
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    Driveway-Shmiveway .... look at that GARAGE!!!!!! WOW!!!!

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    wow awesome job, very cool about the vid should have done that with some of our projects at home
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    Quote Originally Posted by smprince1
    Driveway-Shmiveway .... look at that GARAGE!!!!!! WOW!!!!


    yea, i like it too :chuckle:



    I can`t get anyone to believe me that it was built in 1939....

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    That had to cost a mint.



    Right now in MI its ~$120 a yard, you gotta have close to 30 yards there if not more. Then labor.....my god.

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    Man, that`s a big driveway you have there. How you can host some meets in your area. Nice and sweet area you have there.:up
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    Nice! Looks super. I really like concrete driveways. Unfortunately in the Northeast where I live concrete is not the best option due to freezing and thawing (frost heaves, cracking etc.) so we are stuck with bituminous concrete (asphalt) unless we want to be more creative using pavers, stone or some other option.





    Looks great. Enjoy it.

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    cost wasn`t too bad...well, ok it was, but it was worth it...



    the previous driveway was a wreck. No one took care of it for 20 years. When i moved in, it was already a lost cause. Snowblowing it left rocks all over the yard and the garage floor was never clean.



    I`m a fairly anal guy and the look of the driveway drove me nuts.



    I had 40 yards overall. around a cost of $100 per yard. the rebar was killer...2 bundles at $900 a pop plus taking the old driveway out plus labor, so the cost came in around $9500.



    I still have to grade the yard in some spots and fill in other spots, but i`ll wait until its a better time of year to grow grass.

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    I wished i had a driveway like that, it looks great! enjoy it for many yrs to come:up
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    Nice



    Hope you didn`t have any crazy kids or adults scratching their John Hancocks in the concrete. I really hate that!



    We just did are driveway but it is tiny compared to yours and we did asphalt.

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    Great looking driveway Chad; nice to see it`s all finished. Did you have to let it dry for two weeks before you could drive on it? You`re going to be so happy now, the price for what you got doesn`t seem that bad. Paving a large section like that here is very pricey.

    Loved the webcam, thanks for setting that up. :2thumbs:
    Hoping the weather gets warmer again

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    I think you must come up with something else to call that, something more appropriate "driveway" simply does not do it justice!!



    Can some one say, detail fest?



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    Looks good

    Hope it does you well for many years to come

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    Looking good :xyxthumbs



    How are you planning to keep it clear in the winter?

 

 
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