Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Wet curing slab (Ponding) 22Jan 19, 2016 7:14 am Quote: Stewie D wrote: However it continues to amaze me how many times I see on this forum and others where professional concretors have totally cocked it up and come up with some half ar$ed excuse why it happened. Stewie that is the "mystery" i was referring to. Aaah I see... Only 60mm thick Tezzab. Jiminy, I don't like the sound of that. I was shocked when I saw diagrams of Waffle Pod slabs where they are only 80mm thick. Call me old fashioned and being used to only raft slabs but I think the margin for error is getting smaller and smaller with these newer designed slabs. Stewie Re: Wet curing slab (Ponding) 23Jan 19, 2016 11:36 am 60mm won't likely let you drive a car on it.. but I've not read of any slab top failures. Consider though that the dome is acting as a bar chair, so the support for the mesh probably, and I am no engineer, begins in the crete below, might have something to do with it. Time will tell. For me, it really suited my needs, as it saved 2 concrete trucks, in a remote situation, so way less cartage for concrete and or waffle pods, and zero wastage to cart away, plus the DIY laying that save 2 hours of converters' labour rates. Back on topic... If I'd spent more time beforehand, I think that ponding is the better way to cure. All sorted guys. Just needed to buy a blade with the correct bush. Dunno how to delete this post, can't find any help file. Cheers. 1 3664 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16147 4 6201 |