In these times, it is a modern trend to have a big driveway on the entrance or in front of your home. Various kinds of materials are used for block paved driveway. Different kinds of styles and designs are used for the construction of the driveway. People should pay much attention to the type of driveway that they want to build for their home. Numerous kinds of materials that are used in this process for making the driveway have different prices, but one should not pay more than its real worth. For this, one should have sufficient knowledge of the types of materials, blocks and tough tiles that are available for driveways.
Different types of materials that are used for driveways:
First of all, most of the people like the resin bonded driveway. This is the newest edition of modern driveways and is considered as the new concept in this industry. The look of this kind of driveway is like a traditional pea shingle driveway but if closely observed, one can explore that small layer of angular grit held together with glue in this pattern. Some other minor materials are also used in it that are set by using the trowel for spreading it on the tarmac surface.
Technically, the home builders suggest not to use shingle driveways as they have found that after a short period of time the shingle starts to be carried down the road in the tracks of car tyres that have rolled onto the drive, the shingle ends up being carried down the road and periodically the pea shingle has to be replaced. The biggest benefit of this kind of driveway is that you can have any kind of colours or colour combination for your driveway. This is possible because the dye is mixed in the starting when the whole process is started.
Traditional gravel driveways:
In early times, these kinds of block paved driveways were only used for the people who were wealthy and rich. These were first introduced for the security purpose. The basic idea behind building this was that with the friction of tyres or of some intruders feet, the noise will be produced, so the house owner or the landlord would get alert. These shingle driveways have been used since long and still, these are very popular among people. The primary reason for liking this is they are cheap and have got a traditional look.