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something I forgot to mention anybody looking for maple bench material ,
make fireside benches , picnic tables ,, dream

FIND a bowling ally that's being torn down, allys are solid maple on edge almost indistructable.

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Looks real good, ND.

Damn dude...

That does suck. Sorry to hear

oh man, I feel for you. I hope that is is something easily fixed......?

well, it isn't easy, or cheap.

But we'll work through it. The company I'm working with is showing signs of responsibility, giving me every reason to believe they will "make it right".



To be continued......

I have evolved upon a path of logic and spiritual like reasoning that has furthered my "be cool" skills beyond the Dalai focking Lama level of cool headedness.

"Wow, he sure seems calm for a guy that should be really pissed right now."




Yes, yes I do seem that way.

Crack a cold one and sit back and breathe Dave, hope all comes out well and quickly as it should. hate to see you held up longer for buiding now.

Just remind yourself, it's worth the time to have the foundation done right.

I'm still waiting on a F@#!ing building permit from the city before our builder can start our foundation. Was hoping the house would be done right when the kids are off for Christmas break which will give us 3 weeks to move and unpack, now its looking like we might not be able to move until January of next year. On the upside they will be able to get it closed in before fall.

My grand plan was to have the house done before the school year started, but like any project, everything has taken longer than expected. A good business skill is getting used to delays w/o blowing a gasket.

We both know these guys buschy. I am not mad at them, and that's the truth. I honestly believe both they and I are equally frustrated with the situation.

They are good guys, they'll make it right.

What is the suspected cause of the problem?

I hate you...

But congratulations, that's like a dream for me.

Did I mention I hate you???

Top skinned over too fast, areas where the cream layer got "burned" the surface was too tight, water was still trying too bleed out but couldn't breathe through those burned spots. So, it basically blistered the cream layer loose.

Something like that.

That's basically the best theory right now and my own impression from what I've gathered.

The concrete guys are looking towards the company that supplies them with mix powder, thinking something caught them off guard with the condition or age of the powder itself that lead to a "hot mix".

These guys batch a good volume on a daily basis, they aren't what you'd call a now and then small time operation. One of the crew guys is a friend of mine, he came out to look this morning. He said he's been doing this for 20 yrs and he's only seen this happen once before.


I guess I'm just lucky as f uck huh?

Sounds logical, but I'm strictly a learner here.

What's the proposed remedy?

Thanks, that touches my feeling.

It's all tingly and stuff.

lol.




I have pictures of this surface issue for the concrete, just can't bring myself to post them.

It's not the whole slab mind you, very far from it. I don't know if the effected surface defect totals more than 1 % of the 3000 sq ft pour.

But even at 1%..... where do want your 30 sq feet of ugly in your new slab?

Nowhere.

We'll work through it.

one of the front runners currently in the solution offerings would be to address the problem areas by chipping the loose material, scarify the shallow cavities or what ever the preferred surface prep is, then use a leveling material in those specific areas, then surface prep the entire slab with something like maybe steel shot blast and have a specialty contractor apply a professional industrial coating.

Something like that, we'll see. I don't really know yet, still analyzing the issue and developing that plan.

Another proposal is to scarify/grind the whole top and apply a 2" cap (another pour) over what is already there. There is a lot more detail involved in either option, but those are the 2 basic solution options I know of right now.

Sure they hope they get it done right.

Sounds like maybe some calcium might have been in the mix.
Causes a fast set and brother does it get hot.

I'd be more up for the industrial coating vs. a 2" cap. Seems like a thin cap like that would just be asking for trouble down the road.

I'm thinking along those same lines.



It was literally "hot" while it was curing.

Dave, if they cant do anything with it or get it figured out, see what they'd do to epoxyify the whole slab for you. I know they are good guys, they may be able to help that way as well, not sure if that would do it but could make it look cool too if they do that correctly as well.

that's the front runner in our short list of options right now.