Browse Forums General Discussion Re: House slab 2Jun 11, 2020 12:11 pm It's all good. Infact ponding of water on a new slab is a good thing as it helps with the curing. The worst thing for concrete is hot dry weather that allows the slab to dry out to quick. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: House slab 3Jun 11, 2020 12:33 pm chippy It's all good. Infact ponding of water on a new slab is a good thing as it helps with the curing. The worst thing for concrete is hot dry weather that allows the slab to dry out to quick. Oh that's great to hear. I've sent an email off to the builder to ask also and I haven't heard back from them and I haven't been told who my site supervisor is yet so I couldn't even ask him either. Thanks for putting my mind at ease Re: House slab 4Jun 11, 2020 12:58 pm In the old days, concrete was actually supposed to be watered or hydrated. Current formulas has negated that need to hydrate it during curing. The only worry you should have is hard rain as it could ruin the finish. But you mentioned it was laid yesterday - it should be hard enough to take the landing of rain droplets (a person could step on concrete within a few hours). Re: House slab 5Nov 17, 2020 2:45 pm chippy It's all good. Infact ponding of water on a new slab is a good thing as it helps with the curing. The worst thing for concrete is hot dry weather that allows the slab to dry out to quick. We are planning our slab for January! Awesome news. Countrybuilds Victoria Hi all, Trying to workout the minimum stepdown required between slab for my house and the outdoor alfresco area. Garage is 100mm lower than rest of the house and plan was… 0 3657 13 4651 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 11061 |