Bricks, Masonry, Asphalt and Concrete - New brick driveway for 1800's house

Hello:

I am wanting to build a new brick driveway for my old victorian home. The driveway is long and narrow...about 9' x 150'. One contracter told me that I have to have at least 3" of concrete beneath the brick driveway to support a vehicle. Besides the fact that concrete is so expensive, I am looking for the imperfect, uneven look of and old driveway and would like to know if I can make it without all that concrete expense. My fear is that if I do not use the concrete, I will have huge divets and holes in my driveway...but the old homes with brick driveways that I have seen are only sightly imperfect and uneven. Can I simply use sand like a walkway? Or maybe a mixture of sand and dry cement?

Please let me know if you know of any techniques or if you have any suggestions. Much appreciated!

Hi,

Of course you can!! Actually, most of the new materials (brick pavers, stone pavers, concrete pavers, etc) are recommended for instalation without concrete. Just with a "bed" of sand.

Perform a "Search" in this Forum ( as "pavers"), you will find lots of discussions about this subject.

Hope this helps!

The bed of sand should be placed on 4-6" of stone base for a driveway other wise it will heave.