Curb and Gutter Installation

New and replacement concrete curb and gutter poured to the agency’s standard cross-section, tied correctly into catch basins and storm structures, and built to survive a plow blade and thirty Minnesota winters.

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Curb Is Drainage First

Curb and gutter looks like an edge detail and works like a drainage system. The gutter line carries water to the catch basin, and if the flow line is off by a small amount over a long run, water sits, ice forms, and the pavement next to it starts failing. Most curb that fails early was poured to the right shape at the wrong grade.

Water decides where curb fails. Everything else is detail.

Pouring Praises Custom Concrete installs and replaces concrete curb and gutter for municipal agencies, counties, and commercial properties throughout southeastern Minnesota. We pour to the cross-section on your standard plate, whether that is B6-18, a surmountable section, a valley gutter, or a ribbon curb, and we shoot the flow line so water goes where the plan says it goes.

Replacement work gets the same attention. When we take out a failed section, we look at why it failed before we pour the new one. A curb that spalled from deicing chemicals, one that heaved from a bad base, and one that a plow caught because it sat high all need different things done underneath.

Curb and apron transition at a driveway crossing.

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What Separates Curb That Lasts

Curb and gutter takes more abuse than almost any concrete on a street. Plows hit it, salt sits on it, and water runs through it every time it rains.

Pouring Praises Custom Concrete concrete crew at work in Rochester, MN

The Flow Line Gets Shot, Not Eyeballed

Grade along the gutter is the whole job. We set and verify the flow line to the plan elevations across the run, confirm it falls continuously toward the structure, and check it before concrete arrives. Standing water in a new gutter is a problem you live with for decades, and it is entirely preventable.

Built for Plows and Deicing Chemicals

This is Minnesota, so the curb has to take a plow blade in February and a season of chloride. We use appropriate mix strength and air entrainment for freeze-thaw exposure, finish and cure so the surface does not dust, and get the curb face and exposure right so a blade rides over it instead of catching it.

Storm Structures Tied In Properly

Where the gutter meets a catch basin or inlet, the transition has to be tight, at the right elevation, and shaped so water enters the structure instead of running past it. We form these transitions rather than improvising them, and we coordinate with whoever is setting or adjusting the castings so the elevations agree.

How Curb Work Runs

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Survey and Layout

We establish the line and grade from the plan or from the existing curb where we are matching in, confirm the flow line falls toward the structures, and lay out returns, transitions, and driveway openings. Any conflict between the plan grade and what is actually in the ground gets raised now.

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Removal and Base Preparation

On replacement work the failed section comes out in clean saw-cut lines back to sound concrete. Base material is corrected to the specified depth and compacted, because curb sitting on soft or washed base will move regardless of how well it was poured.

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Forming and Placement

Forms are set to the standard cross-section and checked for line and grade along the run. Concrete is placed continuously, consolidated, and shaped to the section, with transitions, returns, and driveway aprons formed to the detail rather than improvised in the field.

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Finish, Joints, and Cure

The face and gutter are finished to a consistent surface, contraction joints are tooled or cut on the specified spacing, and the curb is cured and protected. We walk the finished run with your inspector, and we check the flow line with water when there is any question about it.

Where We Work

Curb and Gutter Across SE Minnesota

We install curb and gutter throughout Olmsted, Dodge, Goodhue, Steele, Wabasha, Fillmore, Mower, and Houston counties from our base in Rochester.

Municipal street work, county projects, commercial parking lots, and private developments in Byron, Stewartville, Kasson, Dodge Center, Owatonna, Pine Island, Zumbrota, Plainview, Chatfield, Eyota, Medford, and the surrounding communities.

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Curb and Gutter Installation: Common Questions

Can you pour to our standard curb section?

Yes. Send the standard plate with the project documents and we form to that cross-section, whether it is a barrier curb, a surmountable section, valley gutter, or ribbon curb. Where a detail conflicts with field conditions we raise it during the bid period rather than adjusting on our own.

Do you slipform or hand form curb?

We hand form, which suits the work we do: replacement sections, shorter municipal runs, returns, transitions, driveway openings, and parking lot curb. Hand forming gives better control on tie-ins and irregular geometry. On a multi-mile continuous run, a slipform outfit will beat us on price and we will tell you that.

Why does curb spall and flake after a few winters?

Almost always deicing chemicals working on concrete that was either finished too wet, cured poorly, or not properly air entrained for freeze-thaw exposure. The chlorides get into the surface, water freezes in the pores, and the face comes apart. Correct mix, correct finishing, and proper curing prevent it.

Can you replace just a failed section of curb?

Yes, and it is common. We saw cut back to sound concrete at a joint, correct whatever failed underneath, and pour a matching section tied into the existing line and grade. The new section will be visible as newer concrete, but the profile and flow line will match.

Do you handle the catch basin and storm tie-ins?

We handle the concrete work at the transition and coordinate closely with whoever is setting or adjusting the structures and castings so elevations agree. On projects where the storm work is a separate contract, we sequence with that contractor so the gutter meets the structure at the right elevation.

How soon can traffic run next to new curb?

Foot traffic and normal use nearby is fine within a few days. Keeping vehicles, and especially plows, off the new curb face takes longer, and full strength takes about a month. We set the protection period based on the mix and the weather during the pour and tell you specifically.

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Curb and Gutter to Bid?

Municipal street sections, replacement runs, parking lot curb, or storm tie-in work. Send us the plan set or walk the site with us and we will get you a number that reflects the cross-section your standards require.

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Curb and Gutter Installation

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