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New heated driveway, low spot in concrete

WillC
WillC Member Posts: 29
in Radiant Heating

Hi there,

I am a home owner who hired the most expensive contractor with the best rating in my city. The project was for him to prep for the driveway/pour/finish and for me to install insulation/PEX tubing for a heated driveway. Roughly 1200sqft

Today, while they were watering the saw cuts dust away, I started seen water pooling on a low spot towards the middle of the driveway. It is between 1/8 and 1/4 deep.

The heated system won’t be running all the time and unless I let it run for much longer, the water will stay there and refreeze again.

Will that low spot be an issue and could damage the driveway with the heat/freezing cycles? Should this be fixed? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Contractor looked at the pictures and says it not a lot of water…he still needs to come have a look at it in person.

Thanks

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 11,122

    Oops

    someone didn't do a good job screeding that first time.

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 25,703

    yes it takes additional energy to evaporate that pool of water. And yes any puddle not drained or evaporated will freeze

    A 1/4” low spot across a 10’ wide pour?

    Unfortunately there is not an easy fix with tube in the slab

    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream

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