Concrete is a common choice of driveway material for homeowners, and for good reason. It's durable, affordable, and relatively low maintenance. The popular choice, however, isn't always the right one.

Q: In the 1950s my dad used to use old oyster shells in our driveway instead of gravel. Are oyster shells still available? Where can they be purchased? – A.P., Newport News A: It will take a lot of ...

Q: Our concrete driveway is badly cracked and chipped. We are thinking of having a new asphalt driveway, instead of concrete. Can we have the asphalt applied directly over the existing driveway or do ...

WASHINGTON — Prepare to be shell-shocked: Ordnance experts are scrambling to defuse driveways that have the potential to explode. The U.S. Army is investigating incidents of unexploded World War I-era ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Delaware dwellers seeking more bang for their buck by using clam shells to pave driveways may get more bang than they bargained for. For the past three months, surplus ...

Mustard gas ordnance dredged from the sea was found in a driveway in the summer of 2004. Three bomb disposal experts were injured. Homeowners have been finding military ordnance in their clamshell ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...