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5 month update. After a very wet summer to a very dry autumn and our recent heavy leaf drop, lots of traffic from college students, blowing leaves and such the driveway and millings have held up perfectly. Over the summer had quite a few heavy rain storms dumping 3-5 inches at a time. Once we...

MAN!!! Does that sound like a lot of work … but also my kinda time too! Lol. Would have definitely been there to help out, have a beer and pizza afterwards and some good laughs. Beautiful garage btw!

We went 4” over the 57 with a combination of the millings and a Geo Grid to hold it in place. Has worked out perfectly on our heavily sloped yard. Hope that helps.

Thanks everyone. Just had the first stress test after wrapping up and installing the lip along the road. Not a problem whatsoever as a t-storm passed by and poured for @ 15 min. No washouts and everything remaining in place. Feeling good with our results now.

Our only regret with the entire process was using a 4” grid. If we could go back in time would have ordered the 3” instead so you’d see none of the grid but still have the same coverage with the stabilization underneath. Going to keep as is for the rest of the year then have another 4-5 tons...

Been a non issue with us as well. The grid is rated at something like 1900 psi once backfilled, and by having it down I’d have no issues driving heavier vehicles across it now. A little weird as we trimmed it with scissors when installing it, but can tell it’s not going anywhere.

Lol. Ours too! When all said and done wife and I totaled it up and we’ve moved somewhere between 750-800 wheelbarrow loads of dirt, crusher run and millings around our property and driveway for a total of 90+ tons … by hand with 2 shovels and a wheelbarrow and the occasional assist from our demo...

Believe we now have the washouts figured out as adding the lip along the street for the length of the drive should keep the water out on the street. The only part of the grid that you see are the tops of it here and there (pictured) but honestly you can hardly see it. Our cars also hardly leave...

We had two good stress tests once everything was laid out and graded … 3+ inches of rain in a 6 hour span one night then two nights later another 3” more. First round was a descent wash out diagonally across the drive. About 2’ wide and down to the grid for @ 25’ long. We regraded then made...

Next up will be power washing and painting the brick, new decks front and rear and FINALLY getting our garage in order just in time for college football season. Plan to epoxy the floor, replace the windows, foam insulate and new wall / ceiling coverings. May also mount our 100" projector screen...

Some of the nearly finished pics. Still have @ half yard to collect up in the center to set aside and some tampering along the road trans and skirts this evening. Going to let it settle some this week and bake in the sun then hit it with a few rounds of compaction over the weekend. Should be...

Yeah, the pics don't look as though it's that steep but it is. Our drive from skirt to skirt is just shy of 31' and it drops @ 7.5 feet across the span and continues down the street the same until reaching the road below us. From the edge of the road to our garage FF drops almost 9' over the 56'...

That's a great deal ... and what we were expecting to pay. Summers-Taylor though has a lock on the millings here in the mountains and charges accordingly. Was surprised with the quality though in the end so we feel good with the purchase.

Would you be able to make a small penetration in the soffit and bring it inside and down a wall cavity? If it were me I’d try and keep the exterior of the home as cable free as possible for aesthetics.

You and I are on the same page! … Unfortunately my wife is not. 😆