Driveway - Part1

We had our 1-year home warranty meeting on Friday before Thanksgiving.  Our list of requested repairs was relatively small and just about all were approved.

On Tuesday a crew did all our drywall repairs (like nail pops and tape lifting at seams).

This morning we had just about everything else fixed:

• Cracked grout and caulk
• Sloppy glue on our front door
• Leaking spigot
• Rattling downspout

And our major repair got started this afternoon.  When the sewer was being connected to our house, a super deep trench was dug.  It was filled back in and then our driveway was poured over the trench.  Unfortunately the ground had not settled enough when the driveway was poured because 2 of our panels had wide cracks across them and one panel was sinking.

One of the cracks ...

The front panel had sunk almost an inch compared to the adjacent panel.

The plan was to remove 3 panels and pour new concrete today.  The concrete didn't get poured yet (they finished too close to dark) but the panels were removed.  Unfortunately the new panels probably won't match in color to the old ones (even when we seal them in the spring) but hopefully it won't be too bad.  They had to be replaced.

The guys used a jackhammer, sledgehammers, and large crowbars.  It appears that they were able to spare our irrigation system.

(I took these photos from the master bathroom and the window doesn't open so there are horrible reflections, but you can get the gist of what's going on.)

The guys seemed to have done a great job of being careful and not damaging any concrete that was staying or our landscaping.  Yeah!