Install culvert ditch

We will decide the culvert design, size, materials and procedures for safe travel. Culverts which are designed poorly can become jammed with sediment and debris during heavy rain. Skip to content. Static overlay. Contact us today! Most driveway culverts will be corrugated steel or heavy-duty corrugated plastic but there are uses for reinforced concrete culverts in higher traffic driveways.

So, when the decision is made to install a culvert the next step is to hire a professional driveway culvert installation company like Llewellyn's Construction. When applying for permits, you will need to indicate where the culvert is to be placed and therefore will need to mark the location of the culvert by staking the beginning and ending location, as well as the distance from the nearest property corner or intersecting street. The length, size and materials may all be determined by your local building and construction codes.

Step 2 Call before digging. Each utility company electric, gas, water, etc. Step 3 The next step is to purchase the right size and length of culvert pipe. The size will be determined by the kind of traffic the driveway will be handling. Typical driveway culverts will have a diameter ranging from inches, again The length must be so that it extends past the low end of the driveway. This helps keep erosion from shortening the lifetime of the culvert.

Step 4 Now it's time to dig out the ditch and flatten the area where the culvert pipe will lay. Make the trench deep enough to allow for the tube plus 6 inches for base material. Slope the trench so that water flows from the high side of the driveway to the low side. Compact the gravel in place with a vibrating compactor.

Set the driveway tube in position on top of the gravel base, maintaining the slope. The pipe is heavy, so plan to have helpers available. The bottom of the tube should be level with the bottom of the drainage ditch. If necessary, add or remove gravel from either end to get the desired slope. Compact it in place with the compactor.

Continue to add equal amounts of gravel to both sides of the pipe in 6-inch increments until you reach the top of the pipe. Compact each addition.