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Is it safe to drive my CR-V on my driveway after a nearby excavation?

On my street the space between homes is tight. You have about ten to 12 feet -- six-seven of driveway for one house, and four feet of grass border for the other -- between one home and the next.

My neighbors on my driveway side had a basement leak which required waterproofing of the foundation. This meant a four-foot wide six-foot deep trench all along the border of the top part of my driveway.

They seemed to do a decent job, excavating a refilling the ditch, and we have had plenty of rain since the work was done, which should have helped the ground settle.

This excavation was done in July-August, and I want to be able to drive my car up beside the house during the snowy months. A number of services run under either my driveway or my neighbor's grass border, including natural gas, water, and the shared sewer line.

Will it be safe for me to park my car -- a Honda CRV, on the part of the driveway along side the site of the excavation? Is there any risk of the ground shifting from this?

These are old home, the ground -- when not amended -- is clay, and so everything should be pretty solid under my driveway, but I want to be pretty sure it is safe.

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  • 7 years ago
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    yes, you will be fine, plain and simple

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