Recent content by edowens71

Thanks for taking the time to comment, everyone - I appreciate it. Sounds like it's pretty unanimous that I shouldn't be too worried about structural issues, and if the cosmetics bother me, just parge it and move on. This is really helping ease my mind...I'm starting to back myself down off the...

Good question. They poured on Thursday as I was leaving town for a work trip...got back earlier today, and the result is what you see. Based on discussion with my wife, nothing has happened in the interim other than stripping the forms. In other words, they poured on Thursday, didn't vibrate the...

Hi there - new user here...name is Ed, from Salt Lake City (actually, I'm "from" Georgia, but I moved to SLC 5 years ago). When I moved here, I bought an old remodeled 1949'ish house in a great neighborhood, with a 1949'ish detached garage that the previous homeowner basically just put lipstick...

Now that I'm part of this forum, and building a new garage, I'll keep you posted on how things develop, in case anyone's interested! Hopefully, eventually I'll be able to post in the threads like "How I'm using my Garage" :LOL:

Thanks, @The Cobbler and @LXCam ... but I guess I'm feeling like @The Cobbler's footer line... "Hard to say if it's worth it but sometimes we fix things because we want to, not because it's the most rational thing." Exactly! :cool:

Thanks for the responses, kwb and BillK - I appreciate it! I hear you...but at the same time, I think I've gotten to a point where I'm sick of just "living with" mistakes like this, as a matter of principle. @kwb , that's what I suspected based on my amateur Googling...that they neither...

Hello all, New user here requesting some feedback/opinions about a concern I have with a new garage slab pour. I'm the homeowner (in Salt Lake City), and I have a general contractor managing the build of my new 20'x22' detached garage. The concrete subcontractors poured the slab a few days ago...