Last night I was taking out the trash and noticed something alarming. Not too major, but enough to concern me. As I'm wheeling the trash cans out of the garage, I noticed the concrete apron of the driveway entering the garage has lifted up a good 2"-3"! Gotta love frost heave. When we moved to this house back in August of 2007, I noticed it and it wasn't bad at all. And last year during the summer, my son would ride his bike in and out of the garage with no problems. The concrete was lifted then, but only about a 1/2" or so and was like that since we've lived here. Now he'll need a ramp to jump out. I have a feeling that wonderful 70's construction is failing outside now. I've fixed just about everything inside by now.
I would imagine the gravel base was not deep enough or the soil wasn't compacted correctly, or at all. Heck, the gravel is probably only a couple inches deep, so no water can drain. So, it looks like this will be my next project for the spring and/or summer. Maybe we can swing pavers instead of concrete. That would be much nicer looking, but expensive, even with me doing all the labor. Maybe I can get my sister-in-law to help since she laid pavers around her pool practically by herself. Time to price materials, I guess.
So, until the next post, God Bless, keep the rubber side down, and get to wrenchin'!
John, "Pop"
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