Driveway Maintenance

Our driveway maintenance tips can help you keep your home cost efficient, safe & cozy.

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How to Build and Maintain an Asphalt Driveway

It’s long-lasting and recyclable, and it weathers extreme temperatures. You can repair small cracks and divots in asphalt, too. Here’s what you need to know to get—and maintain—a great-looking asphalt driveway.
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The Best Ice Melt for Driveways

Mason Mark McCullough gives a basic overview of a few different ways to de-ice walkways and driveways during the winter, and how those deicers impact different types of masonry.
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How to Choose and Use a Snowblower

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares tips for safely clearing snow from driveways and walkways.
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Pro Tips: Snow and Ice Removal

Buried by a blizzard? Follow our tips for digging out
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Digging Out Your Car? Don't Damage the Driveway

Handy tips for avoiding damage to your driveway when you're shoveling snow
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Driveway Repair and Replacement: Options & Costs

Learn how to repair cracks in your concrete or asphalt driveway or how to replace them entirely with other surface options.