We got a break in the weather and we were able to get our basement slab poured. Andrea and I dug out the footings for our load bearing walls. We found out we over dug the footings and since every wall in the basement is load bearing, we dug out alot of sand and ended up using a lot of concrete. Yeah, 40 yards (4 trucks) of concrete went into our slab, so our house should be plenty solid!
After the slab was poured as screeted, it started raining and the concrete wouldn't set up. We went out to check on it that evening and it looked like the consistency of peanut butter. We were freaking out and called up the concrete guys and they said it was raining so it wouldn't setup. They ended on coming out at 11 pm and working through the night to give us a smooth, slick finish. We plan on staining the concrete and using it as the floor, so we wanted a very nice finish.
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