The livable house, its garden . s an exit without proceeding to the yard and turning, orelse adopting the somewhat inconvenient expedient of backingout. If the drive happens to be narrow, the grass borders and theowners temper suffer correspondingly. A ten-foot road, widenedto twelve or fourteen feet on the turns, is enough for one car toproceed comfortably. If the road be a long one this width isapt to look narrow, and should be broadened to twelve feet forappearances sake. A twelve-foot road, however, is not wideenough for two cars to pass, and if this necessity is going to arise,the drive s
The livable house, its garden . s an exit without proceeding to the yard and turning, orelse adopting the somewhat inconvenient expedient of backingout. If the drive happens to be narrow, the grass borders and theowners temper suffer correspondingly. A ten-foot road, widenedto twelve or fourteen feet on the turns, is enough for one car toproceed comfortably. If the road be a long one this width isapt to look narrow, and should be broadened to twelve feet forappearances sake. A twelve-foot road, however, is not wideenough for two cars to pass, and if this necessity is going to arise,the drive should be increased to fifteen feet. The commonest material, and probably the most satisfactory, fordrive construction on private grounds is crushed stone. Wherestone is very plentiful locallv, the foundation may be made ofcoarse stone with the finer layers on top, but in regions where stonemust be shipped in, cinders may be used as a base. A crushedstone foundation sometimes obviates the necessity of subsurface [i8] / t G a d n. [19] T h L i V a b I House
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