Bitumen Products, Australia

Bitumen Alternatives

While bitumen is the most popular form of roadworks available to those who want to enhance their property with a road leading to the house, there are several bitumen alternatives available.

If you wish to build a road or driveway on your property and do not wish to use bitumen products to do so then you build roads, paths or driveways using Brick, Cobblestone, Concrete or Gravel.

Bricks and Pavers as bitumen alternatives

Brick is one option available to the home handyman if he wants to put in the time and effort to have a paved driveway. Not too many people bother with a bricked road. However, a paved courtyard is still popular as a form of enhancing your outdoor entertainment area. Bricks and pavers are set in sand with the aid of a string-line and spirit level to get an even finish with sand swept across the surface filling in gaps to help it settle.

Cobblestone as a bitumen alternative

Cobblestone roads were popular up to the turn of the last century before they gave way to macadam roads and ultimately bitumen roads. There are man cobblestone roads throughout Europe and South American countries where the European influence in architecture is prominent.

Probably the most famous street to find paved with cobblestone is along the Champs-Élysées in the French city of Paris which hosts the final leg of the Tour De France.

If you want a stunning effect for your driveway and entertainment are and cost isn’t an issue then I’d strongly recommend you invest in cobblestones if you want to enhance the value of your property. These smooth stones can be either set in sand or mortar and are very easy on the eye to look at once laid.

Concrete and Cement

Concrete is one of the most used products on the planet and a concrete driveway is something the majority of homes have. Concrete is a quick, cost effective solution to fixing the dirt roads, driveways and pathways.

Concrete roads are generally built for major highways throughout the world. Most notably in the U.S.A where more than 50,000 miles of highways and freeways have been constructed. The major advantage of concrete roads is that they are cost effective because they last longer than bitumen roads and require very little if any maintenance.

Gravel roads, driveways and pathways are the least expensive form of roadwork construction in Australia. A very cost effective way to tidy up your driveway or dirt road if you live on a farming property.