So for the longest time I've struggled with dragging my lawn mower and trash can down the side yard to get it to the back yard...the dirt was grated in a "V" shape for water flow but it also made it a muddy, mossy mess of goo! After calling and getting multiple bids and interviewing 4 different companies I finally settled on Pickinpaugh Concrete because they were able to get here during my spring break. It was important for me to be home when the work was being done because I wanted to see everything happen and make sure the dogs didn't get on the cement and ruin it before it cured. The men came on Friday March 21st at about 6:45am (even though they weren't supposed to get there to start
framing until 7 but whatever! They had my house and bricks wrapped in plastic within the first half hour and then they began trenching out for the french drain. Then they leveled the ground and had all the cement contours framed
out by about 9:45am and the BIG cement truck showed up around 10:30! The men used the truck to fill individual wheel barrows and wheeled the cement back down the walkway where other guys were forming the cement. They were completely done by early afternoon and they really cleaned up after themselves...I
was impressed with the work! They were able to match the half-moon swiping pattern and salt cure of the cement I already had in the driveway so that it didn't look like an afterthought. It is soooo much easier to get all my lawn equipment from the garage to the back yard now and I no longer have huge gaps
between the dirt and the fence where I was worried the dogs could wiggle under and out! So I have a 5-foot walkway and then in the last 6-8 inches I added river rock to fill in the gaps...I think it looks awesome!
So for the longest time I've struggled with dragging my lawn mower and trash can down the side yard to get it to the back yard...the dirt was grated in a "V" shape for water flow but it also made it a muddy, mossy mess of goo! After calling and getting multiple bids and interviewing 4 different companies I finally settled on Pickinpaugh Concrete because they were able to get here during my spring break. It was important for me to be home when the work was being done because I wanted to see everything happen and make sure the dogs didn't get on the cement and ruin it before it cured. The men came on Friday March 21st at about 6:45am (even though they weren't supposed to get there to start 
framing until 7 but whatever! They had my house and bricks wrapped in plastic within the first half hour and then they began trenching out for the french drain. Then they leveled the ground and had all the cement contours framed 
out by about 9:45am and the BIG cement truck showed up around 10:30! The men used the truck to fill individual wheel barrows and wheeled the cement back down the walkway where other guys were forming the cement. They were completely done by early afternoon and they really cleaned up after themselves...I 
was impressed with the work! They were able to match the half-moon swiping pattern and salt cure of the cement I already had in the driveway so that it didn't look like an afterthought. It is soooo much easier to get all my lawn equipment from the garage to the back yard now and I no longer have huge gaps 
between the dirt and the fence where I was worried the dogs could wiggle under and out! So I have a 5-foot walkway and then in the last 6-8 inches I added river rock to fill in the gaps...I think it looks awesome! 
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