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Old 04-10-2006, 10:28 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by donnamatrix
Hi. We live in the Suissevale development in Moultonboro. Our driveway is currently "gravel", which in NH really means "dirt with some rocks in it." We don't want to pave our driveway with asphalt, and don't want to pave it with loose, crushed bluestone either. We have heard about, and seen something that is often called ledge pack or hard pack. This seems to be small crushed bluestone that is driven into the ground, and after it "settles" becomes a hard study surface that is more attractive than asphalt.

Does anyone have this at their home or know of a paving or construction company that does this type of work??

Appreciate any feedback.
I don't know if the material you are describing is also known as "stone dust", which is supposed to pack down into a hard surface. We once had a driveway composed of stone dust and it was very undesireable for two reasons. First, it never did pack down into a hard surface and in the spring when the ground was soft we always had ruts form in the driveway that had to be smoothed out. Second, the stone dust material tracked terribly into the house, sticking to shoes when it was dry as well as wet. As a result of our dissatisfaction with the stone dust driveway, we had it covered with crushed stone which worked much better.

By the way, our next door neighbor also had a stone dust driveway and was so unhappy with it he had it paved over.
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