design details

New Detail Alert – Read All About It!

New Detail Alert – Read All About It!

Bay Area Pervious Concrete was recently asked to install our decorative exposed aggregate pervious pavement in the parking areas of a high-end residential project. The driveway itself was a beautiful 2’ x 2’ Italian stone and was designed to be permeable. To achieve this, the landscape contractor used a Class II permeable base and then mortared directly on the base to set the stones. The bed of mortar was carefully placed so as not to fill the spaces between the stone, creating a passageway for surface water to pass through to the base rock.

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Base Design Tables - Handy Design Cheat Sheets

Base Design Tables - Handy Design Cheat Sheets

Want to know how much base rock you need under your pervious concrete pavement? We've done all the calculations for you! Designed with low infiltration soils, like Class C & D, in mind these design tables allow you to quickly size the infiltration bed underneath your pervious concrete. Tables feature calculations for infiltration rates as low as 0.025 inches per hour!

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