[Heartnsoul]

I'm torn whether to do pavers, paint or river rock on driveway would love to hear pros and cons and recommendations please?

[Bjeanj]

We had ours painted with a non-skid surface, which we like. Our neighbors across the street used pavers, and some broke after several years. They then had a problem of matching the replacement pavers and they weren’t able to. Had to have a design made of coordinating pavers, which turned out to be a bit difficult. I don’t know anything about river rock.

[villagetinker]

Please do a search this has been discussed many times.

[Stu from NYC]

How much maintenance do you want to do?

[Bonanza]

If you choose to go with pavers, please do it the correct way by removing the concrete and have the pavers properly set in sand as a base. Many homeowners have the pavers installed as a veneer on top of the concrete to get away cheap! If you do it that way you will be guaranteed to have the pavers pop and become dislodged over time.

[Bogie Shooter]

Why do anything?

[Heartnsoul]

How? Where is box to type in?

[Papa_lecki]

We’ve had pavers in different hosue. Look nice, but maintenance got to be a pain. Need to re apply sand every year, weeds can get in between the cracks - and someone brought up replacing, in the event of a crack.

Here, we got our cement painted, annual maintenance is power washing and resealing (I am not convinced we need to re-seal every year).

They both look great

[tophcfa]

Why anyone would want pavers is beyond me. We watch our next door neighbors constantly trying to maintain their paver driveway. There are way too many fun things to spend our precious time doing that don’t include ongoing maintenance problems. Keep it simple.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

If you choose to go with pavers, please do it the correct way by removing the concrete and have the pavers properly set in sand as a base. Many homeowners have the pavers installed as a veneer on top of the concrete to get away cheap! If you do it that way you will be guaranteed to have the pavers pop and become dislodged over time.

exactly the situation we faced when we bought a pre-owned home. Many loose (thin type) pavers, and many of them broken. We have decided to go with removal of the thin pavers, some repair to underlying concrete, and will have a treatment known as "textured", which is essentially a paint with a texturing on top to make it less slick.
It will require occasional maintenance. Every few years it will need to be sealed.
Whatever you do, don't do thin pavers.

[Lottoguy]

We have a paver driveway (900sf) and we just had it surfaced washed (not power washed). This should be done every five years. We then sealed it with Eagle Supreme ($119) sealant from Lowes. It takes two five gallon drums and we apply two coats. You must wait four hours before applying the second coat. I do it myself, because I save about $350 in labor costs. It's not hard to do. Plenty of YouTube videos out there to show you the correct way. The key is not having cheap brick pavers. Get the 2 1/2 types. The paver driveway was already here when we purchased the house.

[jebartle]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Why do anything?

Only in the Villages do we fuss over driveways.

[Bjeanj]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Why do anything?

It’s a personal preference.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Only in the Villages do we fuss over driveways.

that is simply not true.
It is perhaps closer to true to say "only in the Villages are so many people eager to voice their opinion on what other people wish to do with their driveways."

[jebartle]

Originally Posted by Laker14

that is simply not true.
It is perhaps closer to true to say "only in the Villages are so many people eager to voice their opinion on what other people wish to do with their driveways."

I say this, based on areas we have lived, never ever a driveway painted in NC, ever!