# Driveway cost?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-cost/369188>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 18, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-cost/369188 "2006-08-18T03:28:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-cost/369188/1 "2006-08-18T03:28:07Z")

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This may be expecting too much of even the Straight Dope, but can anyone tell me what a reasonable per square foot charge is to replace a residential concrete driveway?

Seccond question: How much more if, instead of replacing it with concrete, I replace it with paving brick?

If it matters, this is in Chicago.

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**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-cost/369188/2 "2006-08-18T03:45:44Z")

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an unsealed asphalt driveway should be about $1.25 sq.ft., sealed can run you over $35 a sq.ft., interlocking paving stone should be about $2-7 sq.ft., but you can’t do plain concrete as cheap, maybe $4-7 sq.ft., if you want it stamped, add $2 sq.ft.

P.S. those are all Canadian prices… so subtract %10.

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-cost/369188/3 "2006-08-18T15:11:44Z")

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Thanks. I’m getting bids at the high end of your paver range.

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-cost/369188/4 "2006-08-18T15:27:19Z")

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Wow, I almost asked the same question in the last few days. I got a quote this morning for a 572 sqft. garage pad with 6 1/2 bag concrete, 4 in curbs, anchors set in, and a 3 in slope from back to front of $3,400. That’s $6 per sqft. That is with the old concrete removed, permit obtained and paid for, and the site pretty much ready to go.

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-cost/369188/5 "2006-08-18T15:31:40Z")

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> [@tvvat](#):
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> an unsealed asphalt driveway should be about $1.25 sq.ft., sealed can run you over $35 a sq.ft., interlocking paving stone should be about $2-7 sq.ft., but you can’t do plain concrete as cheap, maybe $4-7 sq.ft., if you want it stamped, add $2 sq.ft.
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> P.S. those are all Canadian prices… so subtract %10.

Is that sealed asphalt price a typo? Because I can’t see how sealing a driveway adds over thirty bucks a square foot in costs. I think I can buy five gallons of driveway sealer for under thirty bucks.