Posted by dstates on October 08, 2011 at 16:34:51 from (173.27.152.160):
Hello everyone. I'm in the middle of building a new house. We should be moving in around Dec. 1st. We're at the point where we could pour the driveway now or wait until spring. I'm torn because I'd like to have it done and avoid the winter on a gravel drive, but I don't want the ground to settle more and cause the driveway to sink.
It will be a concrete drive about 20 yards long from the curb to the garage. I know concrete will eventually crack and that can't be avoided, I just don't want the big bump as you pull into the driveway like my old house were the driveway setteled so much.
After some advice from a neighbor I'm "water staking" in front of my garage (started today). I've got a 4-5 ft long copper pipe with a valve on one end where I can hook up my hose. In some places it is very hard to work into the ground, but in other spots it slides right in.
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