excess concrete

[OIIIIIIIO]

Hi

I'm pouring my floor on Sat.

Does anyone have some suggestions as to what to do with the excess if there is much/any?

Any cheap forms out there for things like down spout splashes, concrete turtles or something like that? Other suggestions other than a big lump on my lawn?

Thanks!
Patrick

 

[tcianci]

Several smaller lums on your lawn?

 

[ConCretin]

Probably more trouble than it's worth, at least that's what I tell myself every time we dump a half yard of concrete o the ground. It adds up to hundreds of yards in a year but there just aren't a whole lot of uses for small quantities of old, hot concrete.

Figure it as close as you can and write it off to the cost of doing business.........say it enough and you actually start to believe it.

 

[bczygan]

Excavate, frame out and tamp the base for a pad for an AC condenser, an air compressor, a propane generator, a lean to shed, some sidewalk, a sitting or dining area a future shed..............is that enough? Base for garden statuary, sculpture, or birdbaths or sundial. Footing for antenna mast or flagpole(s) or fence posts or gate posts or garden wall(s). Enough yet? Floor and or walls for underground tornado shelter. Floor and walls for underground safe (Do proper drainage and waterproofing).

Don't forget to run PVC under any of these that might need it for future electrical, communication, gas, water lines etc.

Be ready to create the right sized pad based on the available material. Have some extra 2x4's and stakes to partition off that area. Be ready to place and finish quickly as material will be at the end of it's useful life.

Use for non critical uses like footings or be prepared to break it up and remove it if it doesn't finish properly.

 

[cyamaha2007]

i always pour door landings or benches or pavers

 

[kmacht]

If you have a stone parking area you can do what I did. Dump the excess concrete there and water it in. Makes the stone nice and hard for parking on.

Keith

 

[rburke65]

Small pads for the trash cans?

 

[toxicz28]

A pair of swimming shoes for your least favorite person.

 

[ConCretin]

holy cow. so much for using an extra wheel barrow full of concrete. by the time you add all the extra stuff you guys want to place, you'll end up with more waste than you would have if you'd done a good job of figuring the initial pour. just figure it close and dump the excess.

 

[SuperSocket]

Make a box and put a eye-hook in it. You can use it to chain small stuff to if you want a big security block (or permanent anchor if you have a boat)

 

[Zeke]

Seems to me that if you're gonna mess around with extra mud, you will have to add one more person to the crew as everyone will be plenty busy and not have much time to make yard turtles.

 

[jhelrey]

Pour it into one big pile. Use a shovel to cut it up when it sets up a little. Let it dry. Toss it into a ditch by a culvert and forget about it.

 

[GarageEnvy]

We've done pavers, handprint/footprint gifts for mom/grandparents, added to fence posts, an A/C pad and filled in some planters. The guy who pumped the slab for my garage added sugar before he dumped it. He claimed the sugar prevented it from curing up hard. Then they had a Bobcat come back and scoop it up. I'm not an expert on concrete so I couldn't comment on the science behind the sugar.

 

[Ocho]

I used an old planter bucket and a piece of PVC pipe to make a couple of really heavy duty umbrella stands the last time I did concrete. Also filled a basketball with concrete just to see what would happen once. It made for a cool sphere garden concrete thingy.

I watched a concrete company pouring hand seeded surfaces once. They had forms already made up for planters, bird baths, ash trays, stepping stones, splash blocks, etc.

 

[ddawg16]

Any bad neighbors you want to get rid of? Make a pair of concrete shoes....

 

[ephotrod]

Concrete Bags and then you haul them to the dump.
Josh

 

[kwb]

Just have a couple other small things that are "nice to have" with forms ready.... I am getting ready to do a patio and sidewalk this summer and will have a stoop for the shop man door, and a block wall that could use filling if there is any extra.

 

[Steves32]

Pump it back into the truck

 

[darkk]

Usually when I have concrete work done, they dump it all over the place and make a mess for me to come home to. One of these days I'm going to send these a$$hole$ a bill for clean up. I makes a mess of my lawn. Where the hell do these guys learn to pour cement anyways. Nevers fails.

 

[5lima30]

+1 for a pad next to your garage for a future compressor shed or perhaps a central vaccuum/ dust collector shed if into woodworking.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Sidewalk or pad in front of the walk in door.




The sugar, I have read about that before. Forced labor during Nazi Germany would throw sugar cubes in the concrete while pouring German fortifications.

 

[dreamingmuscle]

http://www.lowes.com/SearchCatalogD...d=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&N=0&rpp=32

They also have some simple stone molds for sidewalks and paths. But I can't seem to find them.

 

[OIIIIIIIO]

Ended up getting some tubes to make some piers to use in the fall for a pad we plan to put an iron fence in...

Ended up with literally less than a shovelful extra...dude running the show was getting a little nervous but it worked out perfectly!

 

[Kevin54]

i always pour door landings or benches or pavers

If you have a stone parking area you can do what I did. Dump the excess concrete there and water it in. Makes the stone nice and hard for parking on.

Keith

Small pads for the trash cans?

That is about the three best ideas right there

Pour it into one big pile. Use a shovel to cut it up when it sets up a little. Let it dry. Toss it into a ditch by a culvert and forget about it.

Yep, then hit it with a mower or let the county hit it with their mower. Blades aren't cheap and I hit concrete that a truck dumped across the road from me. Not a wise idea.

http://www.lowes.com/SearchCatalogD...d=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&N=0&rpp=32

They also have some simple stone molds for sidewalks and paths. But I can't seem to find them.

Lowes should have them in the concrete section right by the bags of cement and Sakrete. If not look at Home Depot or Menards.

Bottom line, if there is too much concrete, let the driver take it back with him and clean the truck out on their lot. If he doesn't have far to go, he can water it down, leave the mixer on and clean it there. Although they would rather clean it up on the spot. Best bet would be to form a pad for the man door. If you don't have enough, at least the form will still be there

 

[petee_c]

i had to order 1.25 Cubic Meters of concrete 2 weeks ago for my footings for my Maxjax lift.

I took 2 extra buckets and sunk some bent rebar (hope it's bent enough) and short piece of chain in the other and made 2 anchors for cottage use.

All the extra, the cement truck took away. I didn't have any extra forms made out. I didn't want to deal with extra, heavy concrete.

 

[cashishift]

Small pads for the trash cans?

yep.

 

[CoyoteLL]

2 Concrete square perimeters, 20' apart. Fill with dirt, put PVC pipe in. Instant fun with a Washer Toss Pit.

 

[spooler41]

In the past, I've made up a ladder like frame, with 8 or 10,12 " squares inside and filled them with left over concrete.They make nice pavers for later use. Don't forget to use some plastic sheeting under the form, it makes it easy to pick them up after they have cured.

.....................Jack

 

[Flange]

Unless you have a specific use for it then dump it.

Figure it this way, if you are that worried about wasting half a yard then consider the consequences of you being half a yard short.

Having a small excess of concrete is just part of the cost of the job.