OT: concrete driveway advise Options

[thomasotten]

I have a problem. My house and driveway is lower than the street level. Usually, when this is the case, they will build a slight rise or berm into the driveway near the street, to keep the street water out. Unfortunately, there is no berm, and when there are heavy rains, I get a lot of street water. I have determined that if I built a berm only 3" high, it would prevent the majority of the street water from entering. So my question is this: Can I build a berm out of concrete directly over my existing driveway? Would it stick, would it break off? Any tips on how to do this so that it lasts? It would very much resemble a speed bump, same proportions.

Thanks,

Thomas

[thomasotten]

Well, to answer some questions, I have already built a dry stream bed on the side of my house that takes this water down and away. Any water that comes onto my front yard or driveway, be it from the neighbor or the street ultimately goes down that stream bed. The neighbor behind me is bitching, because she irrationally thinks that because I dug out and lined the area with riverbed rocks that now she is going to get more water. The reason for lining with rocks, of course, is to keep the area from growing over with undergrowth that impedes rain water flow.

But anyway, the street water is just too much, and I would like to reduce it in part just to keep those river bed rocks from washing away. One idea I was thinking of was installing a driveway apron made of pavers up front near the street. That should give me the lift I need to keep the street water on the street. I have even seen on the internet where people cover their whole driveway with pavers. While I don't want to do that, I think an apron would look nice. I don't know how I would keep the pavers in place, near the street.