This years winter is one of the coldest we've had around here in several years.
Harsh winters do a number on our roads here in New England and this time of year we're all dodging potholes galore! The salt that is put down to treat ice, the damage done by the snowplows when clearing snow, as well as the deep freezing as contribute.
We had a nice, 'warmer' day earlier this week, so took advantage and opened some windows in the house, the basement doors and my garage doors to bring some refresh air into the house.
When I opened the garage doors I noticed the below, which really shocks me! The threshold where the driveway abuts to the garage floor, which has always been level and a seamless transition from one to the other, is now ~1.5' higher!
This is another example of the freezing conditions, causing 'frost heaves". With the ground being frozen solid, water is unable to seep\leach into the ground and instead sits, which then freezes and 'heaves'. I've just never had this happen before, at least not to such a noticeable extent.
I'm hoping what once we thaw out, the driveway will settle back down and be fine. Even if it does, I'm worried about the potential effects it might ultimately have.
We'll see here soon enough. Fingers crossed.
