Sidewalk Delight

Tired of tripping on your own sidewalk? I was. And so were my kids, and everyone else who wandered down our side of the street. It was probably 60 years old, and was suffering from all sorts of problems. One of them was the "heaving" caused by the enormous, unhealthy Sycamore tree between the sidewalk and the street.

The sidewalk leading to the house was worse, cracks every few inches. Provo City has a nice program to replace the regular sidewalks which basically is just the homeowner paying the cost of the materials, the City providing the labor. Great program, and my next door neighbor decided to jump in on the deal too.

I had to hire a separate concrette man to do the other work. He also put in curbing around all the flower beds.

Believe it or not, the change was great. The sidewalks looked clean, it added to the houses curb appeal, and the "defined" flower beds were a big plus. The only negative was that the city took down the Sycamore tree, which was rotting from the base up, had been topped long ago, and by their standards, needed to go.