Evaluate Driveway Failures Across Different Materials

you or me both. Past. You've seen me make a video talking about how about the base is the absolute most critical element to the overall success of your project. And this still holds true, but for pavers, it goes a little bit further than that. If you happen to have an asphalt or a concrete driveway, we're going to cover some of the similarities and failures that you will notice from pavers to asphalt to concrete. We're going to do that right now. All right, guys. Today we're going to talk about how not to build the PA driveway and why they fail. Now, on this street, I've built two driveways. One of them is 10 years old. The other one is almost 20 years old. And we're going to look at those two driveways and we're also going to look at other driveways on this exact street and compare and contrast why some succeed and why some fail. This driveway is built 10 years ago. We resurfaced it last summer. And this driveway in comparison was built less than five years ago and is less than one block away. It's all about that base, guys. You can see that there's no problems with this the structural zone of this driveway at all. Here's the driveway that's just up the street from mine. You can see that the entire front of this drive, this driveway was actually built by the contractor that built all of the city streets. And the part of the problem is the base. It's what they use underneath it is inadequate. You can see the amount of heaving that he's got going on. 8 in heave right there. Contractor that built the streets failed. Now, let's go look up the road. The thing to know about the PA driveway and the concrete driveway I installed is the base was prepared the same. Everything you do under the driveway is as important as what you do on top of it. 15 maybe 20 years ago. Not a problem, not a chip, not a move in it. This is the same street. The base and how you prep it determines how well your driveway will hold up.