Recent content by shadow338

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Thanks. It is better for the fabric to be more or less permeable for this application? Also, which 'grill' are you referring to?

Hello, I recently had the driveway done and I'm looking to put some gravel around it which will be used mainly for walking. The soil is clay (see pic) and it gets pretty muddy and messy under heavy rain. Considering that, can you provide advice on how gravel should be lay and or if something...

I just checked. the control cuts are 5/8" deep. On another section/slab of the driveway, there is a crack right across the whole control joint so I guess that means it did his job in preventing the slab cracking in the middle?

It was paid with a cheque as that is what most of the contractors accept without charging extra fees or at least that's been my experience. As far as the prep work done pre-pouring, they put gravel (maybe a inch? not sure) and compacted and this was done the very same way on all the driveway...

Here's some more pictures just taken now. The crack seems to be open a bit since my initial post.

I may not have an alternative than repairing the crack cose in this rain and sub-zero temperatures the crack is definitely opening more. The issue here is, since the driveway was done just 2.5 months ago, is the contractor now off the hook completely? I mean, at least I expect him to fix this...

There are control joints on each slab and the crack is right in the middle between the joints. I'm wondering if this can be a depth structural failure crack that is caused by the slab flexing because it is sitting on soft or poorly prepared soil. Maybe not enough gravel, maybe they didn't...

If it's a shrinkage crack that could be caused by too much water in the mixture then I would think someone is at fault. (wrong/poor ratio of water) Even the old driveway that was 38yrs old had less amount of cracks/damage in this specific section of the driveway. Since I wrote this post, the...

Hello, Seeking advise and opinion here. In the end of Oct last year (2023) I had contractor building a new driveway with 4 inch of thickness. Now, after only 2.5 months, I'm already seeing a huge crack from end to end in the first section of the driveway. (the sections on the new driveway were...

The house was built in 85. The painting overall looks good, probably painted in the last 3-4 years. The wood siding mostly likely is original.

Hello, I see on the internet guides and videos on how to wash vinyl siding, how about painted wood siding? It is Ok to power wash at low pressure or this is not recommended at all? Thank you.

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how about the ratio? it's ok to use a bucket and still get the correct ratio?

no mixer here. Gonna pour and mix on the ground. I just want to be sure I will end up with the correct mix ratio if I measure everything in buckets.