The latest cheap building material here is chunks of old concrete. I've seen walls made of it. When we re-modeled, I took bits from a concrete patio that had been broken up, and made a new driveway simply by filling the gaps with the cheapest form of grey gravel, which is called three-quarter minus, or something equally arcane. If you go this route, it is important to wait for the gravel to be fixed in place by several good rains. I followed advice exactly, and had to be towed out; the advice was bad.
The problem with this solution is that gravel gathers or collects dirt and in that dirt, weeds will grow. The good thing about this solution is that it drains very well.
Transporting chunks of concrete might be expensive, but a couple of teenagers and and multiple trips with old truck could do the job. What you need now is to find a neighbor who does not like his cracked, old concrete driveway, or a construction site that is trying to get rid of fill. If this is the case, be sure to check for Jimmy Hoffa before you add gravel.
David Ritchie, parking his car on chips off the old block in Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
