We've been in the process of getting estimates for blacktopping the driveway.
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| Back half of the driveway |
The weeds/grass growing in the gravel is driving me crazy. Plus, it'll be nice to have a surface for the kids to easily ride their bikes & scooters on... and they'll be too big to find riding back & forth on the driveway exciting if we wait much longer!
BUT, that means we had to quickly get moving on a couple of items:
-Mike wanted to add two more drains to divert the downspout water away from the house & well house.
-We want to run electric to our garage.
Both of these items required digging ditches (extra deep for the electrical one) across the driveway and putting PVC pipe across. Better to do this now, than after we've blacktopped!
Here's the gutter/drain work Mike did >>>
The little piece jutting to the right is capped, but will eventually connect to the kitchen gutters.
He also needed to remove a big bush that was right at the corner of the house. (I didn't get the chance to take a "before" photo)
He transplanted the bush up to the back driveway (where we have our bus stop bench).
Since we aren't doing the electrical yet, we put a rope inside the tubing and capped it.
Lastly, was the drainage near the well house.... Water has been pooling right under the gate when it rains, so Mike is installing a drain and running it across to empty in the field.
The drain closest to the house is finished.
The electrical tube to the garage is finished.
The drain by the gate needs one more PVC part, and Mike is going to shorten the swinging gates a little.
The rest of the photos are in this post!
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