Exciting package day!
Got everything I ordered except the borate test strips. I'll send them a note tonight....
New Build in West Houston Area - PB
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Exciting package day!
Got everything I ordered except the borate test strips. I'll send them a note tonight....
Oh fun! You got lots of goodies! Now you can test your tap water to see what's what. Skip the CYA test.
Great photos! I like the outline of the deck - can't wait to see it poured.
Great photos! I like the outline of the deck - can't wait to see it poured.
Love getting those kinds of presents!!!!
Love those pics. That one from overhead caught my husband's eye........."Just how big is that??" LOL
Kim
Love those pics. That one from overhead caught my husband's eye........."Just how big is that??" LOL
Kim
Swim lanes look so cool! Congrats on the test kit and supplies! Everything is really looking good from here! Congrats and thank you for continued documentation! It's awesome!
Loving the progress!
One thing to check with the PB and you definitely don't have to take me as a credible source but that rebar seems from the picture to be sitting on the ground, even covered in a little dirt in some places. I think you want to use stand-offs to get the rebar off the ground such that it'll be in the middle of the concrete pad.
One thing to check with the PB and you definitely don't have to take me as a credible source but that rebar seems from the picture to be sitting on the ground, even covered in a little dirt in some places. I think you want to use stand-offs to get the rebar off the ground such that it'll be in the middle of the concrete pad.
Oh yeah - they are wheelbarrow-ing the concrete in so they leave it on the ground until they are to that section - then lift it onto stand-offs. No worries...
Flatwork pour pictures. Almost finished. Needed 2 more yards but the batch plant shut down at 3 and we couldn't get the last truck... wrap-up on Monday
Wow...so the truck stayed on the street or in the driveway? Any cracks? How many wheelbarrows did you have going back and forth? Did they screed the concrete with a board/level and just rough smooth with trowels/squeegees on sticks? Or maybe brush finished? This is really fascinating and so far looks awesome!
- Apr 23, 2017
- 2,400
- Pool Size
- 22000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I want to get off work at 3:00 LOL
That looks great so far! Have they cut the joints yet?
Kim
That looks great so far! Have they cut the joints yet?
Kim
Having the deck finished makes such a huge difference!! It's going to add AWESOME to already AWESOME! I didn't see any stand-offs in those pictures. Just reassure me and tell me they did as they promised... (Suz - always the skeptic!)
Yeah - truck stayed in the street. 6 guys ran wheel barrows and 4 guys worked the concrete. Pretty impressive rhythm. They filled the barrows to the brim - so by my napkin calculation, that's roughly 700 lbs a load. Strong dudes...
They screeded first with a piece of box vinyl siding trim, then floated it with a chain float - then came back and worked it with hand trowels and shin floats and finished it with a push broom.
Yup - the rake man lifted the rebar after the guys poured that section and put bricks under the rebar as they went along. All good!
That's absolutely awesome! Teamwork! You sure did hire some hard workers! Thanks for the pics!
30 more yards of dirt and rubble hauled off today. We can park in the driveway again!
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30 more yards of dirt and rubble hauled off today. We can park in the driveway again!
The "before" picture of the driveway pile.
