The floor was ready. The conduit in place. Some of the crew arrived around 8:30. The rest of the guys would arrive a short time later. The pour was schedule for 10:00AM.
—The gravel floor had been torn up and was no longer level so the crew smoothed it back out—
—Discussing the plan—
—The plastic went down first, then the steel mesh for re-enforcement—
—The truck was able to back down close to the building but not close enough. They had to move the concrete inside using a skid steer—
—Progressing nicely—
—Leveling, then screeding—
—This sure beats dragging a 2×4 over the surface. Screeding levels the concrete as well as removes air bubbles—
—Yet another valuable use of the skid steer—
—The first truck was less than half empty when the second truck arrived 12 cu yards in all—
—Three hours after the pour began, the concrete was set up enough to start power floating. Running the machine over the curing concrete constantly made the floor’s finish very smooth—
—Almost done—
The crew was on site for about 6 hours. Some left early to set up for job scheduled for the next day. Three of the guys trowelled and floated until it was smooth as glass.
Everything was loaded up and cleaned up – the foreman said he would return later in the evening after the concrete had really set up and cut the expansion joints with a saw.
The joints are put there in case the concrete decides to crack-which it will. Hopefully the concrete cracks along the joints, keeping the floor stronger and looking good.
—The finished floor! You can see the control joints in this photo–
