Edge

It was a beautiful day to take a picture. We had finished this curb just a few days earlier. Before posting the photograph this  morning I went to my editing program to re-size  the picture. I have always thought the picture was awesome with the landscape, color and all. Take a closer look. Look at the left side of the cart path. It’s not finished. This photo serves as, what I call, a side by side photograph all in itself. Look at the way the grass finishes up so nicely on the curb side versus the uncurbed. Not only  is it neater and easier to maintain, the concrete edging masks the disintegrating edges of the asphalt . I run into this a lot when we do driveways. I guess the asphalt is installed  thin on the edges or the vegetation was not removed before laying the driveway. The 4×6 curb whether it’s colored or natural works very well in these situations. As you can see here it has a function and looks nice too boot.

We had a tough day with this one. Everything is done by hand as usual, but the hill was so steep it did not allow us to use our equipment as we normally do. Not only would the curbing machine not run because of the steepness, but we could not push the wheelbarrows up the incline either. Only one thing left to do. Five gallon buckets. Temperatures near 100 and a lot of sweat and tired men. The owner is very satisfied with the job

Hill Side Job

This hill side job was around 200 feet of slant style curbing with tan or beige color. We scored the joints every 42 inches and used a tool to smooth them off. I knew this was going to be a tough job, but turned out much tougher than anticipated. We had more to pour up near the house, but by the time we finished this area it started raining. We will finish up tomorrow.