20. A Beautiful Brick Border for Driveways
Instantly boost your home’s curb appeal and add a touch of high-end custom design by installing a beautiful brick border along your driveway. Standard asphalt or concrete driveways can look plain and utilitarian. By framing them with a rich, textured border of red clay bricks, you add warmth, architectural interest, and a clear, defined boundary that frames your front lawn and landscaping beautifully.
To ensure your driveway border can handle the weight of vehicles, it must be installed correctly. Excavate a trench along the edge of your driveway, making it wide enough to accommodate a single, double, or triple course of bricks. Lay down a solid base of compacted gravel and sand. Lay your bricks in your preferred pattern—such as a soldier course (bricks laid side-by-side standing up) or a running bond—ensuring they sit perfectly flush with the level of your driveway to prevent tire damage. Lock the outer edge of the bricks in place with a heavy-duty concrete haunch or commercial-grade edging to prevent any outward shifting, then fill the joints with polymeric sand for a clean, durable finish.
