{"id":5540,"date":"2018-11-21T11:36:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T11:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2018-11-24T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T11:36:38","slug":"putting-in-the-driveway-carport-and-sidewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/putting-in-the-driveway-carport-and-sidewalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting in the Driveway, Carport and Sidewalk"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been watching the weather forecast to try to schedule the pour for the driveway. They formed everything a week ago.<\/p>\n

\"They
They formed for the carport, driveways and the front walk way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We left a strip between the two driveways so that it won’t look so much like we paved the whole front yard. Ends up that makes the driveway cost less, not more!<\/p>\n

\"They
They notched the wood so it would bend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is how they made the curves in the driveway and walkway. They notched the wood. It curves. The rods that look like rebar have holes in them. They screwed the wood forms to the rods.<\/p>\n

\"Rebar
Rebar where the garage cement will meet the driveway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They drilled the garage slab and put in rebar.<\/p>\n

Finally the weather cooperated. Wednesday was forecast to be warm enough without rain. Thursday, Thanksgiving, was forecast to be even warmer. Today it is supposed to be colder with freezing rain by tonight, but that shouldn’t hurt anything.<\/p>\n

\"Pouring
Pouring cement in the carport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the truck got here things went really fast. Everybody was moving the cement at once.<\/p>\n

\"Pouring
Pouring cement in the carport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The carport will be the same height as the garage.<\/p>\n

\"The
Screed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a screed. It is a Pneumatic Walk Behind Screed. It vibrates to level the cement, take off high spots and fill low spots.<\/p>\n

\"The
The Pneumatic Walk Behind Screed vibrates to level the cement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the guy with the screed moves slowly over the driveway, the gravel shakes below the surface.<\/p>\n

\"Pneumatic
Pneumatic Walk Behind Screed on the left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One truck full of cement was enough for the carport and most of it’s driveway.<\/p>\n

\"Pouring
Pouring the sidewalk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You should have seen the next cement truck jogging back and forth to get into position without hitting anything. It was about a 42 point turn, but he got between the trench the plumbers were working in and the forms for the driveway without crushing the curb on the other side of the road.<\/p>\n

Putting in the Driveway, Carport and Sidewalk Continued ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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