Wickedly fast pour ! Looks great ! Lots of excellent technical tips and advice here. I'm guessing there were no instructions on scoring placement? Luke just eyeballed the line, looks very straight, no chalk allowed ,,, Whoever did the walls and foundation, very well done ! Polished was a thing here back in the 90's in work / live buildings, not done too much anymore. I found the floors showed traffic patterns a few years in.
Terrazzo used to be a thing here in our area, back in the 70’s. Every house and office building built back then had terrazzo floors. Ultimately a similar finish to polished concrete.
So from my understanding of "meatballs" occurrence. It's when the driver is adding to much water while being loaded an same with rotation of the drum speed. So it's a combination I have a Cape Cod Ready Mix driver when he shows I know there's going to be "Meaty Balls"....
Meatballs occur when the material is first up to wet here in Australia its not mixed if moister is to high all the best to you and your boys for Christmas Mike 😊😊
Mike I got one question throughout the whole pad I didn’t see any Lally column pre-pads in the floor is he got a free span the whole building……. I know you are the concrete guy,, but I just never heard of them putting lolly columns just on fourth Inches of concrete usually it’s 2 x 2 by one for supporting iPad….. contact me on that one… please if you can !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!merry Christmas happy new year Samuel bacon
Interesting the requests from the floor polisher, to produce the best finished product. Even though “juking” the concrete has largely fallen out of favor with concrete finishers, you do still occasionally see a crew that continues the process. Because the polisher asked you not to power screed the concrete, did he also ask you not to juke it either? Both processes have the effect of pushing the aggregate down deeper, so that’s why I ask. It would be nice to see a follow up on the polish job later, if possible.
The joints you are cutting are contraction joints - not "expansion" joints. It is an important distinction. Flatwork in the sun will both expand and contract. Hence, the need for expansion joint material outside, but it is never necessary to have more than contraction joints when away from the sun. Concrete shrinks as it dries during and after the curing process. These contractiom joints are just as accurately called control joints. The reason these cuts that only penetrate a fraction of the depth works is because the surface dries fastest. Scoring the surface breaks it with the same principle that glass cutters use.
Most impressed with the tips to aid in the polishing process, it all makes sense. Would be nice to see what it looked like after it's polished.
Great video Mike. We pour several slabs a year that get polished, those are some great tips to consider for the next one!
Hi Frank
Hi Mike day vi love your videos so much
Great job as usual!
Thanks, appreciate the support!
Great job guys..you guys are top notch!
Hi Mike - You mentioned you were going to leave a link to your friends concrete polishing website. Thanks.
Great Job fellas... even got Luke at the very end of the video "watering the flowers" :)
Yeah, Luke loves to keep the plants hydrated!
Nice, I don't see them heated concrete floors here in Florida, very interesting!
Wickedly fast pour ! Looks great ! Lots of excellent technical tips and advice here.
I'm guessing there were no instructions on scoring placement? Luke just eyeballed the line, looks very straight, no chalk allowed ,,,
Whoever did the walls and foundation, very well done !
Polished was a thing here back in the 90's in work / live buildings, not done too much anymore.
I found the floors showed traffic patterns a few years in.
Terrazzo used to be a thing here in our area, back in the 70’s. Every house and office building built back then had terrazzo floors. Ultimately a similar finish to polished concrete.
So from my understanding of "meatballs" occurrence. It's when the driver is adding to much water while being loaded an same with rotation of the drum speed. So it's a combination I have a Cape Cod Ready Mix driver when he shows I know there's going to be "Meaty Balls"....
Would be nice to see it after polishing.
Meatballs occur when the material is first up to wet here in Australia its not mixed if moister is to high all the best to you and your boys for Christmas Mike 😊😊
Mike I got one question throughout the whole pad I didn’t see any Lally column pre-pads in the floor is he got a free span the whole building……. I know you are the concrete guy,, but I just never heard of them putting lolly columns just on fourth Inches of concrete usually it’s 2 x 2 by one for supporting iPad….. contact me on that one… please if you can !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!merry Christmas happy new year Samuel bacon
There's always pads if loly columns are being used. If none here then floor trusses that span the width are planned.
Meatballs in readymix concrete occur when the raw cement is loaded into the mixer too quickly
You got it!
Interesting the requests from the floor polisher, to produce the best finished product. Even though “juking” the concrete has largely fallen out of favor with concrete finishers, you do still occasionally see a crew that continues the process. Because the polisher asked you not to power screed the concrete, did he also ask you not to juke it either? Both processes have the effect of pushing the aggregate down deeper, so that’s why I ask.
It would be nice to see a follow up on the polish job later, if possible.
No juking. He likes the aggregate close to the surface if he wants to expose it.
The plant operator was Italian
Why don’t you use a wider power finisher
Easier to get around pipes and other obstructions. Unless you have a rider with 2+ blades, the one shown was a fairly large power trowel.
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meatballs !
Your finisher needs to minimize his steps. Your worried about the skids when it comes to the finish. What about the steps.
Your supplier doesnt like you.
Used supply does like you
The joints you are cutting are contraction joints - not "expansion" joints.
It is an important distinction. Flatwork in the sun will both expand and contract. Hence, the need for expansion joint material outside, but it is never necessary to have more than contraction joints when away from the sun. Concrete shrinks as it dries during and after the curing process. These contractiom joints are just as accurately called control joints. The reason these cuts that only penetrate a fraction of the depth works is because the surface dries fastest. Scoring the surface breaks it with the same principle that glass cutters use.
two inches only huh^^ here in norway the new requirements for floors is 12 inches
2 inch and 12 inch what? I missed that.
It’s 6 inches
@@psidvicious styrofoam under the floor
@@88henio Oh yes, of course. Wow 12” in Norway. That’s crazy!