Gravel driveways are inexpensive, charming paths by which to approach to a home. What's more, laying a gravel driveway is a project determined DIYers can take on themselves.

Rogers also said that using deicing salts on newly poured concrete driveways and sidewalks can create issues, such as scaling of the surface, because the deicing agent generates a lot of heat.

A concrete driveway is made of a liquid concrete slurry poured into forms and reinforced by rebar or steel mesh. The top is ...