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Here is how to pour a driveway and set up a durable concrete slab: You simply need loads of patience and at least one assistant (especially if your driveway is really long) and your concrete driveway can be built in a day. Pouring a driveway or a patio is actually not very difficult at all and you don't even need any prior experience with landscaping. Many homeowners would like to know how to pour a driveway because employing professionals may incur a huge expenditure.

Take measurement

You should mark the area by installing a few tent stakes and by tying stings along with the driveway perimeter, now. Trowel and other landscaping equipments, just ask the shop-owner from whom you are buying concrete mixture. Don't worry if you have no idea about it. First you have to measure your driveway to find how much concrete mixture you need.

Excavate the area

Ideally the ground should be sloped upward towards your house. This is the best time to create a slope on whichever direction you want. You need to tamp the ground and also apply vegetation killer if needed. The next step is to clean the area thoroughly and dig it up.

Secure the mold

Nail the boards to the stakes so that they don't move when the concrete mix is poured into the mold. Now drive the wooden stakes at 1-meter interval into the ground and set up the boards that will work as the mold.

Prepare the ground

Now roll out a steel mesh on the grovel bed which will reinforce the driveway. Crushed stones and cinders, make a bed of grovel. The next step of how to pour a driveway is to prepare the ground.

Prepare the mixture

You can also buy ready made mixture to make your job easier. Crushed rocks and water, sand, prepare the concrete mixture by combining cement.

Pouring the mixture

Let the driveway dry for at least 1 week before using it. You should also dig control joints with the help of a groover. You can use a darby float and a trowel for the finishing touch. Finally pour the concrete and flatten the top immediately with the help of a 2X4.

This is the complete method of how to pour a driveway.