On Mon, 9 May 2011 14:01:35 +0100, Rick Hughes wrote:

This is a new selfbuild ... the groundworkers were supposed to wait for
a dry day, pour the raft, and powerfloat finish ....... they poured in
in rain, and finish was then not as good as it should have been.
My fault for using a 'professional firm'

Was the dry day/power float etc in the spec? If it was you should
have got 'em to remove and dispose of the incorrectly laid raft and
re-lay properly at their expense.

The only way "professional firms" will learn is by hitting their
wallet.

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Cheers
Dave.