GlueGuy
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<font color=blue>Constructive comments are most welcome. Okay, GlueGuy, I'll take your comments, too.</font color=blue>
Hardy har har Harv. Verrrry funny. But, as you expected, I'm taking the bait.
Filling sandbags with concrete is a very common practice up here too. It's easy to get them to form around the culvert pipe, and you don't have to call the ready-mix truck. In fact, some really el-cheapo guys around here just take the quick-crete bags and stack them. Only problem with that is that they are yellow bags, and look pretty ugly /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif until they're a couple of years old.
Maybe a bit late to go back, but it looks like you used a lot of sand in the in-fill area? One of the things we've been using with a lot of success lately is what the local quarry calls <font color=blue>"#2 recycle"</font color=blue>. Basically it is crushed concrete that's had some additional lyme added to it just before transport. Lays a good road base just like #2 road rock, but after it gets wet, it gets REAL REAL HARD. For your culvert project it would have made the entire roadway a solid block.
My other comment about packing between the pipes is to treat them like engine baffles: air tight. This is a lot harder than it sounds, otherwise we'd have a lot more successful culverts.
The GlueGuy
Hardy har har Harv. Verrrry funny. But, as you expected, I'm taking the bait.
Filling sandbags with concrete is a very common practice up here too. It's easy to get them to form around the culvert pipe, and you don't have to call the ready-mix truck. In fact, some really el-cheapo guys around here just take the quick-crete bags and stack them. Only problem with that is that they are yellow bags, and look pretty ugly /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif until they're a couple of years old.
Maybe a bit late to go back, but it looks like you used a lot of sand in the in-fill area? One of the things we've been using with a lot of success lately is what the local quarry calls <font color=blue>"#2 recycle"</font color=blue>. Basically it is crushed concrete that's had some additional lyme added to it just before transport. Lays a good road base just like #2 road rock, but after it gets wet, it gets REAL REAL HARD. For your culvert project it would have made the entire roadway a solid block.
My other comment about packing between the pipes is to treat them like engine baffles: air tight. This is a lot harder than it sounds, otherwise we'd have a lot more successful culverts.
The GlueGuy