Willbee Concrete arrived at our property at 10:30 this morning, ready to pour the first 9 yards of #3500 PSI concrete mix (26' x 34' x 4" deep). The second truck delivered 5 yards about an hour after we started. We had the garage divided up into 3 pouring "bays". We all took turns raking the mix and Robert and I were the designated skreeders. Brian helped Ade do most of the raking as well as "floating" of the steel mesh reinforcement. Ade removed all of the forms and then did all of the "bull floating". He and his dad also worked on all of the trowel finishing. The concrete pour work took about 2 and a half hours. The concrete sat for 2 or so hours, and then the finish work took another 2 and a half hours. Ade carved 11-3-07 into the wet concrete, using a nail, in between the 2 front center posts. The day went very smoothly and was a lot less cumbersome than anticipated (also thanks to the excellent drivers who new what they were doing). I thought that the floor looked like a giant cake being frosted. No dogs were allowed out on the property today . . . for obvious reason I suppose . . . like potential paw prints in the concrete.
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