The New Sidewalk

While my parents were here, the concrete contractors showed up two weeks earlier than scheduled and were ready to tear out the old sidewalk. Our old sidewalk in the front was cracked and sinking and was about to become a tripping point. Plus our downspout either dumped water on the sidewalk (which froze in the winter) or down the windowwell which once continued to flow into our new guest bedroom. So we have finally had enough and hired a company to move the sidewalk.

They ripped out the old sidewalk last Wednesday.

They built the forms for the new sidewalk.

Here's what it looks like with the sidewalk bed prepared. They didn't pour that day because it started to rain.

Today the folks and the concrete truck showed up at 1 pm and poured the sidewalk. The children were fascinated by the truck and the pour.

Here's the finished product. Looks nice, doesn't it? I'm impressed with their workmanship. We should be able to use it tomorrow.

To complicate matters, today was the day that I help a friend wash her windows and polish her furniture (Friday, she helped me). So we took a break in the work and I brought her children over to watch the workmen. They were spellbound as long as the truck was pouring, but when the men got into the smoothing and marking phase, they quickly lost interest. Despite the fact that they had just been hauling logs and branches for our friend for 1 1/2 hours, they found enough energy to wrestle.

Amazingly, we only had one bloody nose.