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<blockquote data-quote="Teal Terminator" data-source="post: 14446342" data-attributes="member: 26375"><p>OK, I added one additional photo up top (the last one). I think those are the only photos my mom took before they came back out and did any additional sanding to try and make it better. Their biggest complaints are that it just looks messy and non-uniform in color/texture and that the surface of the concrete is not flat/smooth... has hills and valleys. I'm not sure that last pic illustrates the hills/valleys as well but it does show the non-uniformity of the concrete and/or sealer.</p><p></p><p>thebestof, turns out I was wrong... my dad had talked about putting beams in the concrete but they ended up not doing that. I didn't get any additional details but I suspect it is because the GC or an engineer thought the issues you brought up might arise.</p><p></p><p>And my mom said they did put a sealer on top of the concrete the day the poured it.</p><p></p><p>My dad is looking into epoxy's now, to at least make the finish more uniform, but I think he's going to find that will be very pricey on a building of this size. And I don't think the GC or the concrete folks are going to eat that kind of cost to make the customer happy. Apparently they didn't understand he wanted it to look similar to a Lowes or Home Depot type of floor. I'm not sure what that means they did or didn't do differently or maybe it's just an excuse at this point b/c something obviously didn't turn out quite right. Looks to me like it just needs to be sanded down to where it is a flat surface (although I imagine now that is a lot easier said than done, compared to when it freshly poured) and then either, smoothed, sealed and/or just left as a "rough" surface if that's what my dad would prefer.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the input.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teal Terminator, post: 14446342, member: 26375"] OK, I added one additional photo up top (the last one). I think those are the only photos my mom took before they came back out and did any additional sanding to try and make it better. Their biggest complaints are that it just looks messy and non-uniform in color/texture and that the surface of the concrete is not flat/smooth... has hills and valleys. I'm not sure that last pic illustrates the hills/valleys as well but it does show the non-uniformity of the concrete and/or sealer. thebestof, turns out I was wrong... my dad had talked about putting beams in the concrete but they ended up not doing that. I didn't get any additional details but I suspect it is because the GC or an engineer thought the issues you brought up might arise. And my mom said they did put a sealer on top of the concrete the day the poured it. My dad is looking into epoxy's now, to at least make the finish more uniform, but I think he's going to find that will be very pricey on a building of this size. And I don't think the GC or the concrete folks are going to eat that kind of cost to make the customer happy. Apparently they didn't understand he wanted it to look similar to a Lowes or Home Depot type of floor. I'm not sure what that means they did or didn't do differently or maybe it's just an excuse at this point b/c something obviously didn't turn out quite right. Looks to me like it just needs to be sanded down to where it is a flat surface (although I imagine now that is a lot easier said than done, compared to when it freshly poured) and then either, smoothed, sealed and/or just left as a "rough" surface if that's what my dad would prefer. Thanks again for the input. [/QUOTE]
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