Sunday, July 18, 2010

Removal of a driveway...



We finally got around to demolishing our front driveway this past week. Kyle had access to a free dump trailer, so we figured why not do it now and not have to pay for one later. It was a perfect week of weather - not too hot - so he rented the jackhammer and got under way. The upper part of the driveway surprised us with about of foot in depth of concrete. We shook our head once again at Jack Conner and wondered what he was thinking in his over building of this house. We rest assured now, if we were not before, that this house is not going anyway fast. Kyle got it all broken up and went on down the drive. The next section proved to be less deep but filled with lots of steel mesh that he had to break apart in order to get it in pieces and onto the trailer. The asphalt at the end of the drive was the easiest, but there was a lot of 3/4 crushed rock that we had to scoop up and get rid of. We have a little clearing left to do, but then we will utilize the trailer once again to bring in some dirt. I will post more pictures as the project progresses. (And just in case you were wondering - Kyle did wear ear protection, and the kids and I stayed inside with doors and windows shut so that we did not have to hurt our ears!)

1 comment:

sojourner said...

WOW! Lots of work to get rid of a driveway...makes you appreciate the road workers who do this for a living!