Andy1845c
Well-Known Member
I could really use an ear and or professional opinions thismorning...
I am building a new house. The road that the driveway connects to is curb and gutter, even though its out of city limits. There is abot of watershed on it.
I applied for an access permit and it took the county engineer 3 months to get to it, putting me behind schedule because I needed this approved to get a building permit. The whole time I was plesent and understanding and never demanded anything.
I asked if the curb part that sticks up from the road could simply be cut with a concrete saw to match other driveway approches on the road and then simply have a cement apron poured behind it. At first he was open to the idea, then said nobody would do that and that it was easier to just re-pour everything. I didn't protest, but let him do it how he wanted.
Then he decided to hire a local contractor to do the work, and said he would have the county laborers remove the old curb because it would be cheaper to do it that way. I told him they could leave the old curb on my land and I would just use it in my driveway base. He said they wouldn't do that because something about cement fill and watershed? Is there such a thing? I didn't argue about that either. I was just trying to make their job easier and I needed fill for a muddy spot anyway.
They came out with a concrete saw and cut the curb on both ends, and also cut about 3 inches of the asphalt pavment in front of the curb.
I called the county road engineer back to find out why cutting the road was needed. He said that it "made it easier" to remove the old curb and it wasn't a big deal, they would just come fill it back in. It took them 3 weeks to come back to fill it in, and put me farther behind as I was worried the road would collapse if I drove trucks across the gap.
I got my bill yesterday and they want me to pay almost $800 to "patch bituminous in front of driveway". I was not happy. So I called thismorning and of course hes out of the office until the middle of next week.
They had about the biggest tractor backhoe you can get to remove the curb. Is there any reason somebody here can give me as to why the road had to be damaged like that? Why couldn't the cement have been sawed where it met the asphalt pavement and then into sections and then pulled out with the backhoe?
Couldn't the cement then have just been poured upto the road? Seeing you would have a smooth serface where the cut was made?
I am waiting for a call back from the contractor that did the work. I want to ask him all this too. I can't imagine if they had hired him to do the removal he would have wrecked the road because that would have just ment another trip out for him to patch blacktop.
I am just hoping some of the guys here can chime in on how they do curb repair.
Thanks.
I am building a new house. The road that the driveway connects to is curb and gutter, even though its out of city limits. There is abot of watershed on it.
I applied for an access permit and it took the county engineer 3 months to get to it, putting me behind schedule because I needed this approved to get a building permit. The whole time I was plesent and understanding and never demanded anything.
I asked if the curb part that sticks up from the road could simply be cut with a concrete saw to match other driveway approches on the road and then simply have a cement apron poured behind it. At first he was open to the idea, then said nobody would do that and that it was easier to just re-pour everything. I didn't protest, but let him do it how he wanted.
Then he decided to hire a local contractor to do the work, and said he would have the county laborers remove the old curb because it would be cheaper to do it that way. I told him they could leave the old curb on my land and I would just use it in my driveway base. He said they wouldn't do that because something about cement fill and watershed? Is there such a thing? I didn't argue about that either. I was just trying to make their job easier and I needed fill for a muddy spot anyway.
They came out with a concrete saw and cut the curb on both ends, and also cut about 3 inches of the asphalt pavment in front of the curb.
I called the county road engineer back to find out why cutting the road was needed. He said that it "made it easier" to remove the old curb and it wasn't a big deal, they would just come fill it back in. It took them 3 weeks to come back to fill it in, and put me farther behind as I was worried the road would collapse if I drove trucks across the gap.
I got my bill yesterday and they want me to pay almost $800 to "patch bituminous in front of driveway". I was not happy. So I called thismorning and of course hes out of the office until the middle of next week.
They had about the biggest tractor backhoe you can get to remove the curb. Is there any reason somebody here can give me as to why the road had to be damaged like that? Why couldn't the cement have been sawed where it met the asphalt pavement and then into sections and then pulled out with the backhoe?
Couldn't the cement then have just been poured upto the road? Seeing you would have a smooth serface where the cut was made?
I am waiting for a call back from the contractor that did the work. I want to ask him all this too. I can't imagine if they had hired him to do the removal he would have wrecked the road because that would have just ment another trip out for him to patch blacktop.
I am just hoping some of the guys here can chime in on how they do curb repair.
Thanks.
