How to Install a Stone Driveway

 

There are two ways to make a stone driveway:

Mudset or Sandset

Four inch or thicker cobble stone is the only stone suitable for a sandset driveway. If you choose any other stone it will need to be mudset. You may even choose to mudset cobble.

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MUDSET

4" Re-inforced Concrete Slab

10"- 12"

3"-4" Gravel Base

SANDSET

 

10"

 

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4" Cobble    4" Cobble

11/2" - 2"  Course Sand

4" - 5" Gravel Base

Edging Curbing

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OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

  • Edges of a concrete slab should be thicker, up to 8”.

  • Sandset cobble should have edging, stone curbing, or concrete curbing to contain stone.

  • Sandset cobble may require future maintenance.

Please consult your Stone Mason