Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 3Mar 13, 2011 5:30 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 8Mar 16, 2011 6:35 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 11Mar 17, 2011 9:45 am Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 13Mar 17, 2011 12:50 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 14Mar 17, 2011 12:58 pm Thanks, onc ... So, I can easily see if some water-adding action is happening?? Also, would you agree that it is easier for the grano to work with a higher strength concrete, 32 and above? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 15Mar 17, 2011 1:31 pm Some will complain, some will be happy. For me it is about the needs(engineering of the job) neither are easy, The grey lady is a strange beast, treat her well and you are in front, poorly treated the she will control you and that is where the problem arises. The more cement the faster hydration occurs and becomes 'plastic... bleed water then cure' in a hurry. Closing the surface becomes problematic and why chips, blowout, crazing and cracks happen. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 16Mar 17, 2011 5:16 pm So much fear and distrust associated with the placement of concrete, We need a thread with positive concrete stories complete with pics of the awesome and unusual applications it can be used for. Make it happen Onc. Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 17Mar 17, 2011 10:01 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 18Mar 18, 2011 7:44 am Aiah So much fear and distrust associated with the placement of concrete, We need a thread with positive concrete stories complete with pics of the awesome and unusual applications it can be used for. ... I always wonder how come most of the threads I read go like "Our installer / concretor / trader took care of everything ... he took care that xxxxxx, so the finished job was beautiful ..." and so on. We had no such experiences (yet). Therefore all the fear and anxiousness. Another really bad thing for the owner - the more you know about the steps or materials, etc., it simply doesn't help in the end. Just gets you more frustrated when you see how and what they do. We're talking about things that are so simple and common sense, not worth discussing, as they are a given in specific trades. Still, opposite happens. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Best method of curing an exposed aggregate driveway? 19Mar 18, 2011 10:46 am Uhuh, and is why I don't question the mechanic, but sometimes he doesn't get it right. I have to suck it up and move on... Lots of pro's don't offer any kind of warrantee, except you will pay their bill or legal action will follow. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Last year I had a gas leak at my house. 3 days later, I have about 1 sqm of my exposed aggregate paving broken up. I am not sure how to go about getting it repaired… 0 10404 After some ideas on making our patio kid friendly . Currently we have exposed aggregate. The patio faces west and is always in sun even though it has a shade directly… 0 3570 2 607 |