Crown Point Indiana Concrete Curbs – How Snowplows Chip

Snowplow blades chip the face and the top edge of a curb when they ride the gutter. That chip is what you’re looking at once the snow is gone. So the broken corner along your street comes from the blade, and it grows with each pass. Concrete Curbs in Crown Point show that pattern near the square and farther out.

When city trucks run the curb line, the steel catches high spots and the outer corner. Because the blade swings wide at a driveway, private plows catch the apron too. Then water sits in the chip. After a freeze, that chip is wider than it was the day before. Salt on the pavement can scale the concrete around the break.

We’ve walked Crown Point streets in early spring and seen the same scar down a block. The blade tracks the gutter, so the chips line up on the street side. When the plow rode that edge all winter, those nicks joined into a broken run. People have called us after the grass edge dropped and the curb stopped holding the lawn.

A plow scar is usually a popped corner or a gouge along the face. Sometimes the top is gone for a short stretch. So we check the gutter side first, because that’s where the blade rides. When the break runs past a joint, the next piece often has a crack at the same height. After another winter, we have found that cracked piece broken out.

Replacing Plow Scars on Concrete Curbs in Crown Point

So replacing those broken sections is everyday work on Concrete Curbs in Crown Point. We cut out what will not hold and pour a new section to the same line. The new face meets the old curb on either side. After the forms come off, the gutter runs as one line along the street.

We look at how deep the break goes before we pick patch work or concrete removal. We’ve patched faces where the break was only skin deep. A section with the nose gone comes out, and we pour it back to the old line. We pick from what we see on site.

Concrete Curbs in Crown Point Replacement Steps

Concrete Curbs in Crown Point that need a full section get this sequence. We mark the broken run and saw-cut back to sound concrete. Then we break out the bad piece and haul it off. After that we set forms to the old height and the old face. So the new section meets the curb on either side. We finish the gutter so the next blade has a straight line to follow.

The visit often covers more than the curb face. When the apron is cracked at the gutter, we do a tear out and replace on that joint. That keeps the plow from catching a step. A settled service walk at the curb can come out on the same trip. Residential concrete at the front of the house is simpler while the truck is already there. For the wider list of what we pour, see our concrete curb work.

We’ve matched new curb to old curb on side streets and on busier blocks closer to the square. Because a high spot becomes the next plow hit, the profile has to match. Finished edges like that are in our Photo Gallery. People have asked about Concrete Curbs in Crown Point when a whole block shows the same street-side chip.

Cabe’s Concrete is a family owned and operated company, and we have been pouring since 2006. That history is on About Us. Our crew handles street-edge work, from a short patch to a longer tear-out. We source the mix ourselves so we know what goes in the forms. Forms come off when the edge will hold its shape. So the gutter stays open to the street, the way the old curb sat.