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Default Curing concrete

On Aug 8, 1:47*pm, "jimmy" wrote:
I did my driveway by hand in sections 10x8...after pouring cement and
finishing I then layed blankets on the cement, covered with plastic and kept
wet for 2 weeks.
That was 30 years ago and no problems. I had 18 inches of bottom ash from a
local power plant as a base also..along with reinforcement wire should last
my lifetime.


With 18" of compacted base you don't need any reinforcement unless
you're parking a tank on it. That's a great use for the ash. Did you
have to pick it up? Was it free for the taking?

R