The Kelcrete Website suggests that kerb & channel construction method can have a big impact on kerb & channel useful life, and in particular that slipform kerb & channel construction guarantees a longer life kerb, than a kerb constructed with a traditional kerb & channel machine.
I live in a relatively new subdivision - perhaps 15-20 years old, and the kerb & channel is starting to look pretty shabby with chunks of concrete having broken away from the kerb in places.
On the other hand I know of much older kerb & channel in pretty good condition.
I been wondering how to explain this for a while, and the construction technique theory suggested by Kelcrete seems to make a fair bit of sense.
Has any body out there done a study into the relative merits of kerb & channel construction techniques? It seems to me it is quite important for Councils to know exactly what's going on.
Wayne Eddy
Melbourne, Australia
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