Choosing a reputable contractor for your new concrete needs or repairs, pays big dividends in the end. A careless company that uses poor practices can cause numerous problems from a ugly driveway to many thousands in repairs, or god forbid a rip out and replace! Even worse, sometimes issues do not appear for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week we were called out to a Madison County home that had just recently had a new basement floor placed. The slab had numerous issues and the home owner needed options on how to proceed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As our team is professionally trained through organizations like the American Concrete Institute<\/a>, we looked to the standards for the evaluation of Concrete and noted the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we see piles of rock, and concrete, and the area near the walls rough and higher than the rest of the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piles of dust were also around the floor. Dusting is exactly how it sounds, regardless of how many times the floor is swept, vacuumed or washed down the slab continues to produce significant amounts of dust.<\/p>\n\n

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