What to do with excess concrete

[pmiranda]

I couldn't be on site when the porch and lean-to were being poured, so of course the truck driver decided the best place to get rid of the extra yard or two of concrete was down the hill into the neighbor's creek!
I wish I could have put it to better use as a sidewalk or pads for AC units or anything other than a concrete slide to nowhere.
Any clever ideas for breaking it up and repurposing it? Maybe fill at some low points where the driveway will be later? Won't be fun to move it

 

[bczygan]

Make the concrete co remove it.

 

[toplessHO]

yep unless you provided an approved washout area they are supposed to take it back to the yard

 

[The Cobbler]

wow, here that is a huge no no, infact, they charge a washout fee here and the water is put into a tank that goes back to the concrete company.
gone are the days where you just dump it where you can.

 

[Farmall450]

Yeah making up a place isn't cool

 

[corvette43056]

You need to provide a place to wash out chute and anything else should go back to plant.

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[Kaizen]

This is a good lesson for people preparing for a pour. My concrete guy ok’d them to dump and clean. I had a two foot pile I had to jackhammer apart and dispose. Would have much ratcheted they put it in the apron area. Moral is have a place and if needed forms in place


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[kwb]

Always have a few "extra's" prepped for any extra concrete. Small pads for an AC unit or a hole for a basketball hoop, compressor, a bit of sidewalk/path, small bit of retaining wall.... you get the idea.

Projects you would like to have but if you have to mix from sacks it wouldn't be the end of the world but quick to finish if mud is onsite and ready to go.

 

[samss]

5gl buckets and some u shaped pieces of rebar makes some anchors/weights that are easy to move with a small tractor.

 

[TractorJeff]

A true yard?
That's a shameful waste of money!

 

[Rc_Guy]

You need to provide a place to wash out chute and anything else should go back to plant.

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They don’t even wash the chute out onto the ground anymore, at least here in Minnesota, they have to reclaim that water and take it back with them.

 

[ddurrett896]

A true yard?
That's a shameful waste of money!

You ever had to scramble to get another yard delivered at the end of the job? Throwing away a yard or two every few jobs vs paying a short load fee is a wash.

 

[kj_mustang]

In my part of Virginia, they require a truck washout area be supplied by the construction site. Most build a wood box and line it with plastic.

 

[58Yeoman]

I drove a mixer while I was in VN in '70/71. One day, they called for two trucks for a bridge abutment, but ended up only needing one. I started dumping the 7 yards onto the side of the road, but saw a truck coming with three guys in it, that had a load of dirt in the back. It might have been a 1T truck, I don't remember, but it had a flat bed with fold down sides. I motioned to them that they could have the 'crete if they wanted it.

They pulled off the road, dropped the sides and had that dirt off shortly. Folded the sides up, and I gave them as much as would fit w/o destroying their truck. They went off, rocking from side to side. Wonder what they used it for? Maybe someone got a nice floor in their house.

Ah...the good ole days.

 

[matt_i]

If you break it up ASAP, like as soon as its hardened for about 2 hours your job will be so much easier....hammer it before it gains strength. Too late now.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

I try to have things formed up ahead of time "just in case".
On another job I formed up molds for 2'x2' pads 3 1/2" thick. They ended up as a stepping stone walking path at my sister's house.
My brother in law thought I was crazy forming up 3 sides of a pad by the side door of his barn. We poured all of the left over and put in the final end of the form to use it. First time it rained he appreciated it.

I hired a contractor do my garage floor. He was upset that I formed similar pads outside the man doors. (He wanted to charge me for those areas as well, even though I was going to do all the work on them myself). He ordered the driver to dump the extra on my gravel driveway (fortunately I was able to wash it out, break it up before it set).

 

[pmiranda]

Asked the contractor who was on site for the pour and he said the neighbor OK'ed it.
Seems like a waste but I guess out of sight, out of mind.

 

[Graham08]

Always have a few "extra's" prepped for any extra concrete. Small pads for an AC unit or a hole for a basketball hoop, compressor, a bit of sidewalk/path, small bit of retaining wall.... you get the idea.

Projects you would like to have but if you have to mix from sacks it wouldn't be the end of the world but quick to finish if mud is onsite and ready to go.

Yes, this. I learned this trick from the guy I worked from in high school. He had forms set up and we were able to extend the apron at his shop by quite a bit with leftover concrete when we were having something else poured.

 

[Robbie B]

My dad’s best friend when I was growing up owned a garage with a sizable junkyard around it. Right across from his shop was a concrete plant. Anytime they had anything extra they brought it and dumped in in his yard and he gave them a discount on work on their equipment. About half of his, I’d guess 10 acres, was covered in concrete.

 

[mike93lx]

Make the concrete co remove it.

The right answer.

That is complete ********

 

[TommyK]

The right answer.

That is complete ********

+2

They make mafia blocks out of leftover concrete at the plants around here. NO reason to make a mess on someone's property.

 

[brownbagg]

when i built my house, I dug a large pit under the driveway, that was the wash down pit, the last five yard on job paved over that pit

 

[toplessHO]

I have an area that would normally wash out ,and clean the trucks out there
works out fine for me. Neighbor called and said he had concrete left over.
I threw a form together for a pad that the garbage cans now sit on.

 

[C_F]

They don’t even wash the chute out onto the ground anymore, at least here in Minnesota, they have to reclaim that water and take it back with them.

How do they do that?

In my part of Virginia, they require a truck washout area be supplied by the construction site. Most build a wood box and line it with plastic.

Nevermind, I guess that's how.

+2

They make mafia blocks out of leftover concrete at the plants around here. NO reason to make a mess on someone's property.

 

[383]

In my part of Virginia, they require a truck washout area be supplied by the construction site. Most build a wood box and line it with plastic.

Yep. We usually dig a 6'x8'x2' and line it with plastic when we dig footers. Have also used straw bales to form a basin.

Dumping extra concrete is different than washing out the truck, no reason they couldn't haul it back to the plant.

If your concrete finisher told them to dump it, he should remove it.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Make the concrete co remove it.

After you call the EPA...

Tommy

 

[CJM8515]

I try to have things formed up ahead of time "just in case".
On another job I formed up molds for 2'x2' pads 3 1/2" thick. They ended up as a stepping stone walking path at my sister's house.
My brother in law thought I was crazy forming up 3 sides of a pad by the side door of his barn. We poured all of the left over and put in the final end of the form to use it. First time it rained he appreciated it.

I hired a contractor do my garage floor. He was upset that I formed similar pads outside the man doors. (He wanted to charge me for those areas as well, even though I was going to do all the work on them myself). He ordered the driver to dump the extra on my gravel driveway (fortunately I was able to wash it out, break it up before it set).

Id have started to shovel that concrete into the bed of his truck if he had them pour the waste on my driveway gravel or not.

 

[dcg9381]

They do that **** as a standard practice around here.
I don't know what you can do with left over hardened pool of concrete. Hit it with a jackhammer and get it hauled off.
I coordinate with the neighbors on their pours and mine -someone always has a need for leftover wet concrete.

 

[Bigblockyeti]

They don’t even wash the chute out onto the ground anymore, at least here in Minnesota, they have to reclaim that water and take it back with them.

I'm pouring 6 yards for my shed pad and it's varying in some areas 1/2" - 3/4" deeper so I'm ordering an extra 1/2 yard to make sure I won't run short. They'll take back what I don't use to the yard but I have to have a place for the driver to wash the chute. Since I have to buggy it back 220' from the road, the dispatcher said the buggy would be adequate for washing out what they needed to. I'll then dump that in a trashed kiddy pool and let it evaporate off for how ever long it takes and bust up the left to haul off with the trash a little every week.

 

[nadogail]

I like the idea of providing a place for the excess, molds for pavers, parking curbs, even K Rails.

 

[pmiranda]

Yeah, after they poured the main slab (with a pumper) there was just a little bit of sludge from washout and the job site is a big dirty mess right now so I didn't worry about it. Then the porch and lean-to slabs ended up with a bunch extra. Just something to chalk up to experience for next time.