glenn bradley
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I’m sure you all heard my scream of anguish from here. It’s too windy to pour delayed till next week :-(
By the time you see it it will have already happened....."Lame excuse, they all just wanted to watch the rover landing.
That's the only thing I could think of, but I've watched many thousands of yards of concrete get placed and never heard of wind being used as an reason to postpone a pour. Maybe they are planning to cover it with tarps instead of a spray-on curing compound and didn't want to deal with tarps in the wind?Maybe the wind adversely affects drying rate?
I was wondering if there are Santa Ana winds blowing, and taking the humidity way down to like 5% or so. Would humidity that low effect the pour? I know it'd make the finishers have to work quickly....I've watched many thousands of yards of concrete get placed and never heard of wind being used as an reason to postpone a pour. Maybe they are planning to cover it with tarps instead of a spray-on curing compound and didn't want to deal with tarps in the wind?
That is one of the reasons we want to hardscape a lot of the back yard between the shop and the house
Yeah, good point about the Santa Ana winds. Dry, fast, and warm. It would indeed make things tougher on the finishers, and it'd also increase the possibility of surface cracking, especially if it's a wet mix or if they use very much water in the finishing process.I was wondering if there are Santa Ana winds blowing, and taking the humidity way down to like 5% or so. Would humidity that low effect the pour? I know it'd make the finishers have to work quickly.