So Many Concrete MEATBALLS In The Mix, What Is Going ON!

[@dgeoffreyfitton2836]

Most impressed with the tips to aid in the polishing process, it all makes sense. Would be nice to see what it looked like after it's polished.

[@frankflanagan109]

Great video Mike. We pour several slabs a year that get polished, those are some great tips to consider for the next one!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Hi Frank

[@frankflanagan109]

@MikeDayConcrete Hope to catch up again at DecoCrete in February!

[@MarkOstrowski-p9o]

Hi Mike day vi love your videos so much

[@richard-cf8ce]

You're only as fast as the stupidest guy on the crew❤❤

[@troywaller77]

Great Job fellas... even got Luke at the very end of the video "watering the flowers" :)

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Yeah, Luke loves to keep the plants hydrated!

[@jameshines6486]

Looks like a Virgin Islands mystery mix 👍😂

[@BlackBird-mv8wg]

Hi Mike - You mentioned you were going to leave a link to your friends concrete polishing website. Thanks.

[@mikeknoll1130]

Great job guys..you guys are top notch!

[@dannyboy2180]

Great job as usual!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thanks, appreciate the support!

[@roberteddy8962]

Those whirlybirds are back and time savers for sure !!!

[@als1023]

Wickedly fast pour ! Looks great ! Lots of excellent technical tips and advice here. I'm guessing there were no instructions on scoring placement? Luke just eyeballed the line, looks very straight, no chalk allowed ,,, Whoever did the walls and foundation, very well done ! Polished was a thing here back in the 90's in work / live buildings, not done too much anymore. I found the floors showed traffic patterns a few years in.

[@psidvicious]

Terrazzo used to be a thing here in our area, back in the 70’s. Every house and office building built back then had terrazzo floors. Ultimately a similar finish to polished concrete.

[@ConstructionDoThuan]

The concrete is so beautiful, what is the function of the pink thing on the floor?

[@solidmakersaluminum]

Nice, I don't see them heated concrete floors here in Florida, very interesting!

[@samuelbacon1596]

Mike I got one question throughout the whole pad I didn’t see any Lally column pre-pads in the floor is he got a free span the whole building……. I know you are the concrete guy,, but I just never heard of them putting lolly columns just on fourth Inches of concrete usually it’s 2 x 2 by one for supporting iPad….. contact me on that one… please if you can !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!merry Christmas happy new year Samuel bacon

[@MikeDayConcrete]

There's always pads if loly columns are being used. If none here then floor trusses that span the width are planned.

[@LeighWoolley]

Meatballs occur when the material is first up to wet here in Australia its not mixed if moister is to high all the best to you and your boys for Christmas Mike 😊😊

[@thomasschleis2545]

Would be nice to see it after polishing.

[@jusalilbettathanmost3613]

So from my understanding of "meatballs" occurrence. It's when the driver is adding to much water while being loaded an same with rotation of the drum speed. So it's a combination I have a Cape Cod Ready Mix driver when he shows I know there's going to be "Meaty Balls"....

[@mchurch3905]

Also when the barrel fins are worn down they won’t agitate the mix as well.

[@Michael-bw5uy]

Meatballs in readymix concrete occur when the raw cement is loaded into the mixer too quickly

[@MikeDayConcrete]

You got it!

[@psidvicious]

Interesting the requests from the floor polisher, to produce the best finished product. Even though “juking” the concrete has largely fallen out of favor with concrete finishers, you do still occasionally see a crew that continues the process. Because the polisher asked you not to power screed the concrete, did he also ask you not to juke it either? Both processes have the effect of pushing the aggregate down deeper, so that’s why I ask. It would be nice to see a follow up on the polish job later, if possible.

[@MikeDayConcrete]

No juking. He likes the aggregate close to the surface if he wants to expose it.

[@JD-hr8oq]

Adding the cement too fast. It’ll be meatball city!

[@Agsgutters1]

Why don’t you use a wider power finisher

[@psidvicious]

Easier to get around pipes and other obstructions. Unless you have a rider with 2+ blades, the one shown was a fairly large power trowel.

[@Navman64]

What's the point of having mesh if it's stuck on the floor... there's no chairs under the mesh and no one lifting it of the floor once concrete has been poured

[@jacksplatt7567]

The mesh is not there for strength. It is mainly there as a grid to fasten the tubing to, and keep the tubing at the bottom of the slab. Less chance for damaging the tubing when cutting joints or sawing into the slab.

[@Navman64]

@jacksplatt7567 thanks for your reply...sorry for being a bit critical not use to seeing it being laid that way..👍

[@roberteddy8962]

Those Whrilly birds

[@Trapfarmbrunch]

The plant operator was Italian

[@3209-f4h]

Tell your workers to stop eating spigetti during the week!

[@charlesviner1565]

👍

[@kellyinfanger9192]

The joints you are cutting are contraction joints - not "expansion" joints. It is an important distinction. Flatwork in the sun will both expand and contract. Hence, the need for expansion joint material outside, but it is never necessary to have more than contraction joints when away from the sun. Concrete shrinks as it dries during and after the curing process. These contractiom joints are just as accurately called control joints. The reason these cuts that only penetrate a fraction of the depth works is because the surface dries fastest. Scoring the surface breaks it with the same principle that glass cutters use.

[@chrisbrann7733]

We all knew what he meant, you know, the guys that actually do it, not engineers, that are fresh out of school that need to sound technical.

[@kellyinfanger9192]

@chrisbrann7733 Are you trying to insult me? If you only knew, you would be embarrassed. Three decades of experience, and I still find a preponderance of people who should know better and yet don't understand this important principle. I don't know if he misspoke or misunderstands. I do know it is a good thing to help educate people in correct principles.

[@chrisbrann7733]

@@kellyinfanger9192 ya, I’ve got you beat on experience, and I’m not at all embarrassed, like I said we all knew what he meant, professor.

[@chrisbrann7733]

@@kellyinfanger9192 and good grammar by the way

[@BobbyLivingsworth]

meatballs !

[@JBekus]

Your finisher needs to minimize his steps. Your worried about the skids when it comes to the finish. What about the steps.

[@88henio]

two inches only huh^^ here in norway the new requirements for floors is 12 inches

[@psidvicious]

2 inch and 12 inch what? I missed that.

[@Sendinglovetotheworld]

It’s 6 inches

[@88henio]

@@psidvicious styrofoam under the floor

[@psidvicious]

@@88henio Oh yes, of course. Wow 12” in Norway. That’s crazy!

[@ian5780]

Your supplier doesnt like you.

[@MarkOstrowski-p9o]

Used supply does like you