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Concrete Driveway HopsNBarley 08-02-2005
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Posted by HopsNBarley on August 2, 2005, 10:03 pm



I built my own house last year (finished in Dec) and the way the city worked
out the grading on my lot, I had to raise the grade 5 feet next to the
foundation. Does anyone have any idea how long this dirt will take to
settle before I can pave my driveway? I got about 5 inches of crush stone
on it now. It went through a Canadian winter, Do you think it's ready?

Thanks,

Glenn




Posted by SQLit on August 2, 2005, 8:42 pm



>
> I built my own house last year (finished in Dec) and the way the city
worked
> out the grading on my lot, I had to raise the grade 5 feet next to the
> foundation. Does anyone have any idea how long this dirt will take to
> settle before I can pave my driveway? I got about 5 inches of crush stone
> on it now. It went through a Canadian winter, Do you think it's ready?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glenn

No I do not. I worked for the highway commission in Iowa for a time. We ran
a new 2 lane state highway in the back of a lake. The engineer put a 10 foot
over burden of dirt on the right of way for a year on the area where the
lake was. Then it was paved. Road bed sank over a inch in the first 3
years. Engineer said should have waited another year. Gravel is a pain in
the ass agreed. Water a lot and wait another year. Just my opinion.




Posted by G Henslee on August 2, 2005, 9:01 pm


HopsNBarley wrote:
> I built my own house last year (finished in Dec) and the way the city worked
> out the grading on my lot, I had to raise the grade 5 feet next to the
> foundation. Does anyone have any idea how long this dirt will take to
> settle before I can pave my driveway? I got about 5 inches of crush stone
> on it now. It went through a Canadian winter, Do you think it's ready?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glenn
>
>

Well, was the fill COMPACTED??? geesh...


Posted by HopsNBarley on August 8, 2005, 8:37 am



G Henslee wrote:
> Well, was the fill COMPACTED??? geesh...

If it was, I wouldn't be asking.

Glenn




Posted by C & M on August 3, 2005, 2:50 pm


Can you tell how much it has settled? Keep a diary of this, looking for
cessation of settlement. Most simple plan is to be safe than sorry. Do it
next year.


>
> I built my own house last year (finished in Dec) and the way the city
worked
> out the grading on my lot, I had to raise the grade 5 feet next to the
> foundation. Does anyone have any idea how long this dirt will take to
> settle before I can pave my driveway? I got about 5 inches of crush stone
> on it now. It went through a Canadian winter, Do you think it's ready?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glenn
>
>




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