This week the driveway has been secured by adding concrete to the entry and exit points of all culvert pipes.
To the left are the two pipes that hopefully now take the water under the driveway rather than taking the base away.
From above this barrier should guide the water into the pipes.
On the roadside the big culvert pipe is now set in concrete on both ends.
This should be 100% rain proof.
The driveway has been restored and strengthened, so hopefully it will not wash out again at the next flood.
These two culvert pipes will be finished with concrete, so the water should flow under the driveway instead of flushing it.
The driveway looks nice again.
Drought has been a big issue in Texas for many year. But not so much lately; since I purchased the lot there have been two once in a 100 years rains,
that had a devastating effect. The first one washed away hundreds of houses along the nearby river and even took 6 lives in Wimberley.
A few weeks ago, a second flash flood hit the area, and this one had less dramatic consequences, but very noticeable on my lot;
The above picture shows the driveway before the flood. Notice the two culvert pipes sticking out to the left of the car.
This is a picture taken yesterday. the base covering the culvert pipes has washed away completely, leaving the exposed pipes.
Luckily the Culvert pipe down at the roadside did do it’s work; there no base was lost.
Although it was planned and requested to have concrete on both sides of both culvert points, to guide the water into the pipes and protect the base,
this sadly never happened. I did ask. Many times even. But the guy doing the driveway has gone of the radar. possible because he noticed the rain had already washed away much base… It’s not easy managing things remotely.
Today I received a picture of the finished driveway; from now on It’s possible to drive a car up to nothing.
Well, actually you can see a few stakes indicating the corners of what will be the house