The driveway went in last week, as expected. Here's the day going down:
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| Cement truck arrives... |
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| They start in the back – putting down the sidewalk that runs alongside the garage |
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| By about noon they were out to the larger driveway space outside the back door |
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| As each large section went down it got smoothed out... |
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| ...all the way down to the front of the house |
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| We paved over the sidewalk as planned in the previous post |
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| After all the concrete was laid, they went back and really fine-tuned the finishing by hand, as well as cut v-joints at 10 ft pads. We went with v-joints as opposed to saw-cut joints which appear more minimal (a plus) but aren't as deep therefore may not block all stress and cracking (a bigger minus!). |
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| Before and after: You can see the difference that the hand-finishing made. It was really interesting to watch – truly an art form. |
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| These guys were really detailed – after the hand-finishing, they went back and did a picture frame edging – thinner between pads and a thicker edge frame. If you drive around, you don't see much of this kind of finish work, and I was very pleased with the level of detail of these sub-contractors – Thomas Concrete in Charlotte, NC, if anyone is shopping! |
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| Here is the finished pour in the front – although color not quite accurate. Despite the deep tinted color, we were told it would dry a good bit lighter. |
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| The finished pour in the back |
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| And 24 hours later the snow! |
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| (We were told it wouldn't hurt it.) |
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| And here was the front today fully dry – you can see it did dry a fair amount lighter – it's a lovely pewter color that matches our roof. For color comparison, our neighbors to the left in this photo just got a new driveway as well, and there's is the regular untinted color. In about a month we will seal our drive which is an extra step but ensures to lock in the color that we strove for. |
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