Walked past a crew yesterday in St. Louis who troweled a slab before the bleed water was gone

Saw the surface starting to delaminate within 20 minutes and the foreman just shrugged it off like it wasn't gonna cost someone to grind it flat next week, has anyone else had to fix other crews' rushed work like that?

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nora_campbell666d ago

Is that bleed water still sitting on top because the mix was too wet to begin with? I've seen crews add water on site to make it easier to work with, then wonder why the surface turns to chalk a month later. The foreman shrugging tells me he's either done that so many times he doesn't care, or the boss is never gonna find out until somebody trips over a popped up edge.

oscar3906d ago

@nora_campbell66 nailed it with that bleed water comment. Seen the same thing on a few jobs where the finishers just keep adding water to keep it sloppy, then you get that layer of weak paste on top that dusts off like powdered sugar. The foreman shrugging is the biggest red flag, that guy knows exactly what's going on and just doesn't want to deal with the paperwork or the redo. That chalky surface isn't just an eyesore either, it'll start flaking and popping in freeze thaw cycles before you know it. Somebody's gonna be coming back with a grinder or a bag of repair mortar in six months, mark my words.