[TheForge] OT: My floor is poured: the saga

[Andrew Vida]

Stupidity follows me like a bad cold.  Concrete shows up, we begin 
pumping.  In 20 minutes it is set enough to stand on.  We got the whole 
deal done, but the finish is not the best.  Not disastrous, but a little 
rough.  The finisher was so upset he refused payment. Ready mix company 
took 1/3+ off the price, probably thankful I was not talking about suing 
them.

They also mis-estimated the load, saying I'd need 20 yards when 13 did 
the job.  I had them dump the rest on the driveway, which was really 
wild because by then the concrete was hot and it poured into a huge 
mountain which I then had to rake into crude place like a wildman before 
it would no longer move, resulting in thinking I was going to have a 
major heart attack at 56, and I can tell you that I am in pretty good 
shape for my years.

So the finish sucks a little, but I saved almost $1000 thanks to their 
error.  Oh, and they dumped about 1/4 yard of concrete on my driveway, 
which was lots of fun to clean up and now the asphalt is streaked white, 
but I don't care that much about it.  I have a floor and I am happy enough.