the Ranchero disaster & Brand X update

[General karthief]

And we have a concrete monolithic pad

you think by watering it like this it will grow bigger?

 

[a91what]

Im no concrete expert but.... why you waterin it like dat fo??

 

[General karthief]

So it will cure evenly, less likely to crack.
or grow bigger, not sure.
this is what I'm told, they will come back and cut three lines in it.

 

[a91what]

if you says so.....

BTW they did that at the wrong location..... thats not my back yard.... WTF JR!!!

 

[General karthief]

I gave them your address to send the bill,
thats $450 for the dirt (you think I can send the excess back for a refund?) And 16 yrds of the hard stuff (I think thats what it was)

 

[a91what]

total cost??? pm me details i am pricing stuff now

 

[General karthief]

I don't know total cost of whats been done so far, this is what I know of
450 dirt
450 drawings
140 termite spray
My budget is 30k and hoping to get in under 25k

 

[Davedacarpainter]

C

Im no concrete expert but.... why you waterin it like dat fo??

Concrete creates heat during the hardening process. Cooling it with water helps to keep it from getting brittle.

 

[Davedacarpainter]

That, or it’s really a splash pad for JR.

 

[Hoytster]

if you says so.....

BTW they did that at the wrong location..... thats not my back yard.... WTF JR!!!

Helps with cracking, surface structure, and slows the final cure which raises the PSI rating of the concrete. If I can, I almost always wet cure my concrete for 2-4 weeks after pouring. You can raise the strength of concrete 1000-2000 psi past it's rating by wet curing.

You know, just FYI.

 

[Noobz347]

Sunning rock for alligators

 

[RangerJoe]

I paid $2k for a 14x30x4" parking pad recently, 4000 psi. Feel like it was a bit steep, but out of 3 contractors I called, only 1 showed up, and he was 3 days late.

Joe

 

[General karthief]

Thats not too bad. Not sure but I think it's about $140 something a yard.

 

[JD1964]

You southern folk are lucky that you get away with shallow footers down there. Here in MD, it's 30" deep minimum. Further north, even deeper.

 

[General karthief]

Difference in soil and terrain, drainage, temperature variations, that kind of thing. Science crap you know

 

[JD1964]

You guys gotta deal with those Formosan Termites though. Voracious appetite those suckers have

 

[Noobz347]

30 inches deep in Florida is swamp water. The hole would be full of gaters at 3PM, just after it rains.

 

[General karthief]

Here's where we are at now:

starting to look like a building and not a beach!
of course got photo bombed by the dump truck!

 

[JD1964]

Looks good so far. You got steel in that header over the garage door?

 

[Davedacarpainter]

So, it’s an indoor splash pad then?

Keeps you from getting wet when it’s raining.......smart.