new driveway -- cracked already?
"Howie" wrote in message
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I had a contractor put in a new concrete driveway in last August (poured
in
35 degree Celsius temperatures). By mid-September, it had developed a
crack
already about 6 feet long (and even a small triangle about 6" big had
cracked as well.). The crack is right where I suggested an expansion
joint
should be put, but the contractor said that he wasn't going to put in one
in
that spot. We have a brutal expansive soil problem here called "Regina
Gumbo".
This spring I noticed another crack on another section of the driveway
about
the same length.
1) Do I have a legitimate "beef" with this contractor? He told me that
cracks are going to develop over time, but should they develop this soon?
2) Is there a complaint process I should go through?
3) should I seal the cracks up? If "Yes", with what?
Howie
You might try alt.home.repair as well.
Peter H
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