Driveway Alternative - Permeable Pavers

In reply to pinchvalve :

Yes my driveway, sidewalks and  even the north side retaining wall is paving brick ( from 1903 ). They do exactly what you want. 
    They are expensive though. Today they sell for $2.00 a brick.   Plus it takes a long time to lay them.  I spent one whole summer, all my spare time laying them down.  Because they are used some corners are knocked off or it's tapered etc so every one is set and leveled by hand.  
      If you want Granite pavers they are much more expensive.  
   Do not fall for those concrete bricks.  They  don't last or regular bricks.  You need twice fired paving bricks.  

I'm watching this with interest. Per local code, we need so much "permeable" land, and I think this would help reach that percentage while having a nice driveway.

Here's a thought. My mom's pool is surrounded by permeable pavers. The previous owners dogs would piss and crap on them. We are having a killer time getting the stank out of them. 
Think neighborhood pets, oil stains, drunken friends etc. LOL.  

Just a thought. 

DrBoost said:

Here's a thought. My mom's pool is surrounded by permeable pavers. The previous owners dogs would piss and crap on them. We are having a killer time getting the stank out of them. 
Think neighborhood pets, oil stains, drunken friends etc. LOL.  

Just a thought. 

 

Simple Green makes a product that will probably help. 

DrBoost said:

Here's a thought. My mom's pool is surrounded by permeable pavers. The previous owners dogs would piss and crap on them. We are having a killer time getting the stank out of them. 
Think neighborhood pets, oil stains, drunken friends etc. LOL.  

Just a thought. 

 

Very little chance the stink is in the pavers.  ( Granite or twice fired bricks)  the way they work is they sit on a bed of sand with additional sand between then to "lock " everything in place.   
     The sand is what is retaining the stink.  
   Pull the pavers up, scrape off the sand  wash the pavers, and relay them in fresh sand.  

ManhattanM (fka NY535iManual) said:

How cold/snowy are your winters? It seems like the stuff in the picture might tend to have snow accumulate in the openings, which can't really be shoveled out. Then with time and compaction this would turn into ice and cause traction problems and displace the zigzags. Watching with interest, as our asphalt driveway is crumbling daily after probably 15 winters and really needs to be redone or replaced.

We have snow that sometimes dumps a couple feet at a time.  The plow truck just drops his blade and pulls the snow off.  
   Streets in Minneapolis that are still covered with pavers the snow plow plow them like any other street.  The last streets laid with pavers are  over 120 years old.