SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy can you drive on fresh pavement immediately but if your driveway gets paved you can't use it for a week while it cures?message-squaremessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy can you drive on fresh pavement immediately but if your driveway gets paved you can't use it for a week while it cures?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareMagpie@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhere I live the driveways are normally cement and the roads are asphalt. Two different materials each with different curing times.
minus-squareSnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWhere I live its up to the home owner, not the region. A concrete driveway is known as rigid asphalt. It is fairly obvious that whether freshly laid or not it is wet and cannot be driven on immediately. I asked why asphalt on the street can be driven on and not asphalt in a driveway. Obviously wet concrete cannot be driven on until it cures.
Where I live the driveways are normally cement and the roads are asphalt. Two different materials each with different curing times.
Where I live its up to the home owner, not the region. A concrete driveway is known as rigid asphalt.
It is fairly obvious that whether freshly laid or not it is wet and cannot be driven on immediately.
I asked why asphalt on the street can be driven on and not asphalt in a driveway.
Obviously wet concrete cannot be driven on until it cures.