The Driveway and the Accident

 Our driveway got poured. The house looks more like a house with it's driveway.

Then there was the accident....the day after I took the above pictures our final grade was put in. A hydraulic line on one of the bob cats burst and sprayed hydraulic fluid all over our driveway, sidewalk, stone work and siding. They were really apologetic about it and tried to clean it up with a de-greaser and power washer a couple of times but it didn't come out. We were told that they'd come and re-poor the driveway no problem but then a much happier solutions was offered. Since the fluid was just on the surface of the driveway it was suggested that we go with an exposed aggregate look instead. Basically they'd come and sand blast off the top layer of the driveway giving us the exposed aggregate look. Exposed aggregate is an upgrade and one we really like so we were more than happy to take this option providing it actually got rid of the hydraulic fluid. So a few weeks later our driveway was sandblasted and problem solved. A happy accident in the end. For the record the stone work and siding were all replaced right away as well. Back to new! I have pictures of the sandblasting and the exposed aggregate look which I'll post later. Below are the pics of the spill.