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Posted by Husky on September 26, 2006, 1:11 am
singlewchildren@gmail.com wrote:
> ephedralover@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>singlewchildren@gmail.com wrote:
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>
>> One Q, why are you replacing this panel?
>
>
> Well, the truth is that I didn't get into details because I didn't
> think I would get so much useful advice :-) Probably more info would
> have helped, in retrospect....
>
> The problem is a tree root that has lifted the slab. Its a two car
> drive/garage. Been watching it rise up for several years now, and it
> has finally gotten to be ridiculous, sticking up on one corner just
> about three inches. The slab next to it has sunk a bit, not much, and
> risen up at the entrance to the garage. Once I take out the root(s) I
> can cut down the bump on the far side slab and that will be fine with
> me, but the slab closer to the tree has to go :(
>
> Its not cracked, and I tossed out the idea of cutting it up, because
> one thought I had was to start taking out maybe a foot wide cross
> section at a time, and get a look at where the root(s) are, so that
> perhaps I might not have to take out the entire slab, but I approached
> it as if I would have to, just to see what I might be getting into....
>
>
> Bummer to not be able to lift the slab and excavate the roots :-)
>
> Mostly, I am wanting to learn the best way to do this in advance,
> because I will have to wait till late fall, or early spring to chop out
> whatever root(s) I find beneath the slab, after the tree goes dormant.
> Two huge trees, so I imagine the root(s) beneath will be pretty hefty
> to be pushing up such a chunk of concrete...... Its really only coming
> up in one corner, but unfortunately, its the corner the ends up in the
> middle of the driveway, made up of four slabs, so it looks real bad as
> the other three are pretty much okay. I assume that if I can take out
> the root(s) from this one, it will buy me some time before the other
> slabs get messed up too.
>
> Not quite sure when and how yet, but I am much better off now, than a
> was a week ago, not knowing much of anything as to how to proceed.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Mark
>
About fifteen years ago, before my father retired, he was doing rigging
and station maintenance for the electric company. They were removing a
station, and all the sidewalks. Being the cheap bastard that he is, he
took out the sidewalks at the station in 3' x 5' squares with a chain
saw based cut-off saw (utility owned), loaded them one at a time in his
pick-up (with the utility's backhoe), and brought them home. We unloaded
them with an antique fork lift and skids, and set them in a trench that
had been dug especially for them where he wanted pavement. Demn those
f****rs were heavy! But they are still there, still level, and, due to
the age and type of concrete (pea-gravel), look better than the rest
that was poured when he ran out of sidewalk to bring home.
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