How to Build a Driveway Apron | This Old House 

Senior technical editor Mark Powers shows how to install a driveway apron. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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What is a driveway apron?
It’s the area where your residential driveway meets the street pavement. You can transform that plain patch of tarmac by tearing up the section above the curb and replacing it with materials that look like they were taken from the streets of Brussels itself.
But instead of laying cobblestone one by one, check out these time-saving manufactured concrete cobbles. They're produced in mats like those for mosaic backsplash tiles, and they install almost as easily. Follow along as senior technical editor Mark Powers shows you how.
Shopping List for How to Build a Driveway Apron:
Cobblestone mats with cast-in grid. Have your supplier help determine the amount you need.
Permeable epoxy grout
Leveling sand. A 1/2-cubic-foot bag covers 6 square feet at 1 inch deep.
Tools for How to Build a Driveway Apron:
tape measure
nails to stake the chalk line in asphalt
chalk line
safety glasses
hearing protection
14-inch gas-powered concrete saw with segmented diamond blade
garden hose
hammer drill with chisel bit to break up the driveway surface
pick mattock to remove broken-up chunks
work gloves for handling asphalt and cobbles
stakes
mason's line
bow rake
plate compactor to tamp base and pavers
side-cutting pliers
chalk stick
mason's chisel with hand guard
hand sledge
brick hammer
hand tamper to fix uneven spots during installation
duct tape
cement mixer
double-foam squeegee to spread grout into joints
push broom to remove excess grout
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