| In those parts of the country where deep snow | | | | and driveway coming in beside the house is |
| is a common winter occurrence, it is desirable to | | | | widened into a turncourt area, the latter can |
| have some means of marking the edge of the | | | | serve a double duty as a drying court. See Fig. |
| driveway so that a car can break through the | | | | 170. Besides making full use of valuable space, this |
| snow in the proper place without running over and | | | | arrangement has a distinct advantage for the |
| injuring the lawn. | | | | housewife since she does not have to walk |
| One easy way to avoid marring the appearance | | | | through wet, muddy areas to get to the drying |
| of the property with huge boulders, etc., is to | | | | area. |
| drive lengths of scrap pipe 15 or 20 feet apart | | | | Corner Lot |
| and flush with the ground along the edge of the | | | | If you have a corner lot where one street has |
| driveway. Then have another set of metal rods | | | | less traffic than the other (as is usually the case), |
| or wooden dowels with their tips painted red or | | | | try to locate your house and garage so that the |
| black or with fluorescent paint, that can be set in | | | | driveway comes in from the street with the less |
| the pipe supports when the snow season nears | | | | traffic. This will often make it possible to have a |
| and will stand above the deepest snows | | | | shorter driveway, which will make the cost less. It |
| expected. When the snow disappears, the dowels | | | | may also avoid the necessity of having an |
| or rods can be pulled out of the pipes which will | | | | unattractive garage door facing the front of the |
| remain inconspicuous but ready for use the | | | | house. Of course it depends somewhat on the |
| following winter. | | | | house and your habits, whether you park the car |
| Other Uses for Driveway | | | | in front, of the house at times or always garage |
| An advantage of a hard surfaced driveway or | | | | it. You can also put some plants like bromeliad |
| turncourt is the fact that you can play games on | | | | house plant to make it more attractive. |
| it and the small fry can enjoy using their tricycles, | | | | Curved Driveway |
| scooters, and roller skates on it. The surface can | | | | On a larger property it may be possible to curve |
| be marked for shuffleboard and various court | | | | the driveway in such a way that a person |
| games. | | | | approaching the house gets two or more |
| Utilizing a Turncourt | | | | different framed views of your home. |
| Where the garage faces the rear of the house | | | | |