St. John Indiana Concrete Curbs After Winter Plows

Snow sits on subdivision streets in St. John for a long stretch each winter. Plows push it into the gutter, and the blades ride that line over and over. Then the first real thaw pulls the banks back. After that, the curb face is bare, and the chips are plain to see. Concrete Curbs in St. John show that wear right where the blade meets the concrete.

So the breaks were already there under the snow. After the melt you can walk the block and mark them with chalk. A short chunk off the top edge is common. Weeks on the same plow path knock more concrete out of that face. We’ve marked both on the same street, a few houses apart, before the lawns greened up.

The chip usually sits at the top of the face. Packed snow had covered that edge while the plows were out. Salt left in the gutter leaves the concrete rough around the break. So water sits in the low spot and misses the inlet. People have called us about a trip edge by the driveway and about pooled water in the gutter.

So driveway returns take a lot of this. The curb changes height there, and a plow turning onto a side street can clip that corner. After the banks melt, the gap shows up right at the apron. We’ve marked those returns on St. John streets where several houses had the same nick.

Because the streets are lined with curb on both sides, one winter of plows can mark a whole block. Plow trucks run the through lanes. Smaller trucks handle driveways and the tighter cul-de-sacs. Both leave chips along the gutter.

Concrete Curbs in St. John After the Broken Run Comes Out

That chipping is the job we repair. So we cut past the broken concrete and land in solid curb on both ends. Then we pull the old piece and set forms to the existing height before the pour. The top edge comes out straight and level with the curb on either side.

The new run has to match the curb already in the ground. Because of that, height and gutter flow need to line up with the rest of the street. On Concrete Curbs in St. John a short isolated break can stay a patch if the face under it is still sound. Once the chips have grown together along the gutter, we tear that stretch out and pour it back.

Saw Cuts and Forms on Concrete Curbs in St. John

The day starts with a walk along the curb. We mark every chip that has lost enough face to catch a blade or a tire. We look at how deep the chip goes before the saw comes out. Because the cut has to land in solid concrete, we go a little past the visible crack.

After the saw work, the old curb comes out. Then forms go in to hold the face and the gutter. We check the slope so water still runs toward the inlet. Then the pour goes in, and we tool the joint where new concrete meets old. Our concrete curb work covers that pour back, plus patch work when the chip is shallow.

When smaller trucks clear driveways, they nick Concrete Curbs in St. John at the return. We’ve replaced that return on lots where the apron met the curb and both took the hit. When the apron is broken too, concrete replacement on that joint goes in with the curb.

A lot of curb in St. John has plenty of plow seasons on it already. We’ve been doing this work since 2006. After we finish, those runs show up in our photo gallery of concrete work. The same visit can cover a service walk that took the same winter.

We’re a family owned and operated company, and the people who set the forms also walk the curb. More on the crew is on our about us page. For Concrete Curbs in St. John we check under the chip before any patch goes on. Concrete removal comes in when the face has broken back to the gutter, and then we pour the gap. We leave the forms on until the edge can hold. Then we strip them and open the gutter back to the street.