Fixin' Up our Culverts

So, time to fix up the culverts so they don't get crushed if someone misses the driveway (yep, one was already bent...fixing that involved putting the floor jack inside it and extending it until it pushed the pipe back up). Resourceful husband! The hydraulic jack did the job.  The pictures below were taken over a two-day period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First, he made three of these forms.

Got the concrete, check, got out tools, check....

A view looking down at the cement in the form

View of the second one he poured, same day. This one has been floated (note the moisture at top) but not edged yet, see how you can't see the edge of the cement - it just goes right up to the plywood.

Edging the top so the side edges will be sharp.

Starting to pull the form (remove it).

Form's off, backfill - eventually.... (form at top of photo, will be reused)

Front view of the other one.  Two more were poured today.

Mixing the concrete from sacks (in a wheelbarrow), it took 3.5 bags per form.  Lots of muscle to mix the concrete by hand and then shovel it into the form. At the end of the day I had one tired husband!  YAY Bill, job well done!