Curb And Gutter Terms

Curb and gutter edging for a street used to control water run off.

Curb and gutter terms.

The glossary is organized as an alpha listing to assist you to quickly find the term you are looking for. Curb is a short wall installed to hold the pavement from the sides and act as a barrier between yard and street. Cubic meter a typical unit of measure for the volume of concrete. Curb and gutter the border area of a street or other paved surface that includes a curb an extruded or hand formed berm and a gutter the area designed to remove and transport water away from the main paved area.

To help site visitors industrial distributors and contractors understand or clarify many terms used in the concrete and paving industry dee concrete accessories has included this one of a kind glossary. It is abutted with a gutter which is a flat concrete slab that drains out water away from the yard. Sometimes simply referred to as a yard of concrete. Sometimes simply referred to as a meter of concrete.