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Final Peparations: Basement Pour

Weezbo
Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
and make sure that you see some of his previous flat work.

one thing about cement work , it is good to get extra help and then send every one home after they clean up the tools. usually i pay a guy extra depending on what level of the work they were doing... the last guy on the pour who has held down his corner, maybe i will give them some chance to catch a corner with the motor trowel...i like flat work :)

If the guy works alone then you have a really skilled charater. these guys are not a dime a dozen either. and likely wouldnt suggest wheel barrow any more than one of us would carry the boiler down on his back .

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  • Heatmeister_2
    Heatmeister_2 Member Posts: 88
    Final Peparations: Basement Pour

    My basement floor is out. I have been posting several questions regarding the correct install measures. However, I do have several more questions:

    1) What kind of tape should be used for connecting the pink styro together.

    2) My concrete contractor is recommending wheeling the concrete ( 1200 square feet) in with wheel barrows over the styro and pex? He said to lay done plywood over the pex then run over the plywood??? Seems like a lot of stress on the foam with lots of unneeded traffic. Seems like I might be asking for problems going this route.

    Is this technique normal or should I insist on getting it pumped in even though there is an additional charge for the pumping equipment?
  • Kevin O. Pulver
    Kevin O. Pulver Member Posts: 380
    Meister

    I think Weezbo is right, but I don't think it would hurt anything to run the wheelbarrows over plywood. Not nearly as nice as the pump truck though. And yes, you want to see the guy's flatwork. Nasty flatwork will make you disgusted every time you think about it. It could that your guy is super at what he does, but just hasn't got in the habit of using a pumper. Maybe he's trying to save a buck and be more competitive. Tell him to spend a little of YOUR money, save his back, and time for all. Kevin
  • Heatmeister_2
    Heatmeister_2 Member Posts: 88
    Thanks

    That is what I figured, but then again, since each phase of this project is new to me, I have nothing to compare. I have not seen his flat work. He does have a lot of experience and comes recommnded. He said that they use a lasar for everything and it will be close perfect, "at least within a 1/4inch" he says.

    Pump truck it is!
  • hr
    hr Member Posts: 6,106
    I'd spring for the pump also

    I get nervous seeing plywood skidding around on top of pex and it's fasteners.

    Seems their energy could be better applied to the finish rather then wheeling concrete around.

    Small pours could be handled with a grout pump or small trailered pump. Not a large boom truck :)

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  • Heatmeister_2
    Heatmeister_2 Member Posts: 88
    My thoughts exactly

    Should be pouring next week after the plumber puts in all new waste and water lines.
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