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Darter_50516 37M
9459 posts
5/26/2022 10:56 pm
"C" for Photo Friday....


Generally speaking a cement overcoat is not a good thing to wear while swimming in the East River....


Most Portland cement comes in about a 90 lb bag. With various "mixes" in smaller sacks. The old boys say Cement is the dry powder.



While concrete is the dry powder mixed with sand, aggregates, and water. Today so many get it interchanged and screwed up. Recently with the aid of my trusty assistant; Ronnie, I replaced the step to the Beemer Pad.



I had several cement blocks that were 4" thick so as to make an immovable frame. Flanked by some 2' X 8" X 16" blocks on edge and a wooden form on the back side. Ronnie and I mixed up a batch of concrete, poured it into place, screeded it off, then troweled to a semi-rough finish. Made a much nicer step than the bricks that were there.

ADDENDUM...........



Who can forget in Star Trek " A Piece of the Action" when Mr Scott informed Krako "he'd be wearing concrete galoshes !"

Darter_50516 37M
7334 posts
5/26/2022 11:06 pm

 I remember as a kid they drained the one of the locks & dams on the Mississippi river and a chunk of concrete that had been in a large wash tub with two "footprints" extending down in came to light in a dredger. . LOL! The article always stuck in the back of my mind. Mess with the Mob and pay the price.


Darter_50516 37M
7334 posts
5/26/2022 11:22 pm

 The concrete has since cured and I have swept the light grey powdery spoil from the block surfaces for a nice finished product.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
2356 posts
5/27/2022 7:44 am

 The concrete step is looking good. It is fun to work with concrete but the labor involved with the heavy product is intense. I need to do a little concrete repair myself, and am not looking forward to the heavy work required. I need a Yungr helper for Hungr.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
2356 posts
5/27/2022 7:46 am

 I am headed to the city in a few minutes to pay some bills manually. It is pension payday. While there, I will have a few pennies leftover to buy a jar of milk and a sack of slices.


Darter_50516 37M
7334 posts
5/27/2022 1:05 pm
    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    The concrete step is looking good. It is fun to work with concrete but the labor involved with the heavy product is intense. I need to do a little concrete repair myself, and am not looking forward to the heavy work required. I need a Yungr helper for Hungr.
We've wanted it done for a long time. The old step was never intended to be there forever. Just glad to have it done before Max & Alex get here.


Darter_50516 37M
7334 posts
5/27/2022 1:07 pm
    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I am headed to the city in a few minutes to pay some bills manually. It is pension payday. While there, I will have a few pennies leftover to buy a jar of milk and a sack of slices.
I had some major financials due this weekend beyond just the payroll. It is a never ending cycle.


Steamboy2472 64M
360 posts
5/27/2022 10:27 pm

 Oops you forgot to rename it in your blog it's got to be the Benz pad now LMAO


Darter_50516 37M
7334 posts
5/28/2022 9:18 pm
    Quoting Steamboy2472:
    Oops you forgot to rename it in your blog it's got to be the Benz pad now LMAO
After all these years it still gets called Beemer Pad... change is a slow and arduous task. PS.. Thank you for your service.




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