South Haven Indiana Concrete Curbs – Plow Damage

A thin patch on a chipped curb looks fine until the next plow pass. Then the blade catches the high spot and tears the patch off in one piece. After that, water fills the hole. A wider flake comes off the face once it freezes hard. Concrete Curbs in South Haven sit right at that apron edge. So a bad repair there spreads into the driveway slab. We have pulled up edges where the patch never bonded and the old concrete under it was already loose.

So people call us after another winter of that cycle. The curb face is gone in a strip. The driveway corner is rough. And the plow keeps finding the same low spot. Because the break holds meltwater, each freeze opens it a little more. We see that pattern on aprons someone patched with a thin coat of bag mix over loose concrete.

Concrete Curbs in South Haven Built for the Plow Turn

A curb at the apron is a low wall the plow has to clear on the turn. We form that edge with a straight face. So the top stays even with the grade the blade expects. When the turn is tight, the blade angle changes and the shoe rides the curb. So we keep the face full, with a tight joint where it meets the slab. A rolled top leaves a lip, and the blade catches that lip on the turn.

South Haven, Indiana gets lake-effect snow, so driveways here get plowed all winter. The blade comes through again and again. Then a freeze after a thaw widens any nick the blade left. We have seen the first chip at the inside of the turn. That is where the truck swings and the blade dips. After that, we find fresh scrapes in the same chip on later visits.

Salt rides in on the blade and in the slush the truck pushes to the edge. Then we find a white crust in the chip and a scaled face beside it. When that nick stays wet all winter, the next pass takes a bigger bite. We have seen a small chip early in the season grow into a wide flake.

We match the height of the curb that is still sound on either side. A new section that sits higher than the old face is the next thing the blade strikes. Because of that, we check the top against the grade before the concrete sets. We also shape the curved end so the truck can swing without dropping the blade into the face.

Plow Chips on Concrete Curbs in South Haven

When we get to a curb in that shape, we tap along the face. We saw back to concrete that still sounds solid. Then we pull the loose face and set forms. After that, we pour a new section that ties into the apron. Concrete Curbs in South Haven take that cut-back on calls we get once the plow season ends. The visit can also cover concrete removal if the plow has chewed into the slab corner.

For a wider break, concrete replacement on the apron edge is the cleaner path. We have torn out a short run of curb and the adjacent slab in one pour. Then the joint lands past the spot where the blade dips. Our concrete curb replacement covers residential concrete on these drives. You can see finished edges in our photo gallery.

Cabe’s Concrete is a family owned and operated company. We have poured across our northwest Indiana service area since 2006. Our crew forms curbs and garage floors on the same visit when the layout calls for it. Because we write the quote out line by line, the curb footage sits apart from slab work. Concrete Curbs in South Haven stay short on these drives. Plow trucks hit that short run when they clear the drive.

On the house driveways we pour in South Haven, that damage sits in a few feet at the turn. So we check the face with a straightedge after we strip forms, before we leave. We set Concrete Curbs in South Haven level with the grass and the slab. A ridge at the grass line gives the next plow a place to climb. We also fix service walks off that apron when the blade catches the walk.