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Had a slab start to rain on me right as I was about to bull float it
We were pouring a garage pad in Mesa yesterday afternoon when a surprise monsoon cloud opened up right overhead. I yelled for the guys to grab the poly and we covered the whole thing just as the rain got heavy, then had to wait an hour for it to pass. What's your go-to move when the weather turns on a pour?
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joseph93210d ago
Man, that's the worst timing. Did the poly hold up okay or did you get any washout on the edges? We keep a couple of those pop-up canopy tents in the truck for exactly that reason, but a full garage slab is a whole different beast to cover fast.
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terryb1110d ago
Those pop-up canopies are a good idea for small work, but they're not much help for a full slab. The wind that comes with those monsoon rains would turn them into kites. We keep a big roll of 6-mil poly and a bundle of 2x4s on the ready. You can roll the plastic out fast and use the lumber to hold the edges down against the wind. It's about speed and weight when the sky opens up like that.
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