According to Bob Morrison :
In a previous post Chris Lewis wrote...
My garage slab (machine polished fibermesh, 32'x24'x4") isn't fuzzy...

The fibermesh was $50. Are you going to make an equivalent difference
with upping the concrete content by $50 worth?

The slab could have been torched off to get rid of the fuzz.

It wasn't. I was working in/around the site the entire day.

[Contractor hired to extend skirt on pool, lay floor in garage, and
a bit of landscaping (timbers). Contractor prepped the forms and
base, and brought in a concrete sub contractor to install/finish
the concrete.]

An additional sack of concrete per cu. yd adds about $5 per yard. For $50
that's 10 cu yds of concrete. At 4" thick that's about 815 sq. ft of
concrete. (32x24 = 768 sq.ft).

I wish I knew what the concrete was spec'd at. I believe it was
4K PSI, and I know it was air-entrained (pretty much necessary in
this climate).

For 5" thick the quantity req'd would be 12 cu. yds. The extra sack of
cement per yd would have cost an extra $60 vs $50. I'm pretty sure the
5" slab with extra cement will perform better than the 4" with fibermesh.

The additional concrete to go to 5" (2 yards) plus the extra
sack per yard would have been a lot more than $60.

Did you use crack control joints? Compacted gravel base?

The garage (around 9 years old) had a dirt floor - it was somewhat
sunken, so very little if any of it was excavated. Probably about
4" of gravel was slung in. I don't remember whether they used
a plate compactor, but they probably did. Above that was placed
1 1/2" of sub-concrete-rated foamboard (thermal break, it's used more
as a workshop), and the concrete was wheelbarrowed in/formed.

The concrete sub (crew of three) then did a couple of passes over it
with a polisher over the next 4-5 hours. The polisher more than likely
battered down/rubbed off anything much in the way of fuzz.

It's only recently that I've noticed that there's fibermesh in it.

Very relaxing day for all concerned, we all cooled off in the pool
after the main pour and between polishing passes, and had a beer
near the end. The sub's kid (around 5) got to play with someone
his own age rather than be cooped up in the truck all day. Sub:
"nicest job we've had in years!" ;-)

Asked about control joints, the sub said that given the nature of
the site (gravel over undisturbed soil), and the fibermesh,
it was entirely unnecessary. But the contractor had a concrete
saw onsite anyway (other part of the job was extending the skirt around
a pool which needed the relief cuts more) so, the concrete sub told
him to put two cuts in the floor midway along the walls - the floor
was quartered. I don't think the cuts have cracked, and nothing
has moved, even the concrete that was formed from the slab over
the foundation lip below the two garage doors is completely intact.

Our area is somewhat infamous for very soft soil (the dreaded
"Dunrobin Sand"), and obviously the contractor did a very good
job with the base.
--
Chris Lewis,

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