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Old 12-08-2022, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by La lamy View Post
I'm planning on redoing my driveway and trying to choose a color. I see so many light coloured ones around TV that show dirt a lot. I'm thinking of going more for a dark grey, like asphalt, to hide the usual dark dirt that accumulates on the driveway. Has anyone else chosen a darker color? If not, do you wish you had? Pictures welcomed.
Do NOT do it. Dark colors absorb the sun's heat more. You WILL regret it. That is why the colors that you see locally are all light colors. In the summer or even fall and spring, a dark color driveway would be deadly for bare feet and even uncomfortable for feet in shoes. Maybe you leave Florida for the summer, but what if you wanted to rent the house? Also, what if you needed to sell it?
........Strangely, many people do NOT know this relationship between color and solar heat. Black color clothes have been popular for years. Women like that it hides some weight, but they pay for it if they are walking around on a bright, hot summer day. Anyone that touches a black automobile outside surface hit by the summer sun will feel the burn.