Concrete Form Fail

 

As I drove away from the house this morning, I saw that the concrete forms for the driveway strips had been started. I was pretty excited!  We've been waiting for the concrete guy's schedule and the weather man's schedules to find a day or two without rain, to finish this last step so we can start on landscaping and call this thing DONE.

 

When I got home I grabbed the phone and went outside to take pix for C, who is in Osh for the air show all week (another story entirely). He had told them to let me see the forms before pouring. Good thing! As I was walking down the hill, I realized I was following a winding path, so went inside and got the culinary string to see just how bad it is. I tied my string to the top stake, then walked it down to the bottom stake on each side...and got more and more angry as I walked back up to see the results.

 

Here's the right side strip, looking down the hill toward the street. I'm calling this "Concrete Form Fail - Right Side". My STRAIGHT string is about 6" from the wooden form.

  

...and here's the left side...you got it..."Concrete Form Fail - Left Side". Not AS bad, but still left me wondering how anyone could stand at the bottom of the hill and look up and say "I did a good job today." Or did they think the wheel base of my car will get wider right there, and narrower toward the ends of the strips. Or were they thinking at all? 



Calling this CRAPSMANSHIP "Concrete Form Fail", and hoping it'll be fixed tomorrow when I get home.