That pour in the rain last Thursday was a total nightmare

We had a 40-yard slab for a new garage floor in Portland, and the sky opened up right as we started finishing. The rain washed out the surface cream, leaving a bunch of weak spots and pitting. My partner kept saying, 'This is turning to soup,' and we had to stop for over an hour. We ended up having to grind it all down the next day and apply a micro-topping to fix it. Has anyone found a good way to protect a pour when you get surprised by weather like that?

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the_jenny1mo ago

Man, did you try asking the clouds nicely to wait a few hours? Lol. That sounds like a total mess, sorry you had to deal with it. I've seen guys try to rig up tarps in a hurry, but in a real downpour it's like using a napkin to stop a fire hose. All that work just to grind it later is the worst kind of overtime. Maybe the real lesson is to trust a weather app even less than we already do.

the_grant1mo ago

Remember my buddy's tarp tent that just funneled water in?

jackson.wesley1mo ago

Honestly that "napkin to stop a fire hose" line from @the_jenny is funny but way off. A good tarp setup is way better than a tent in heavy rain if you know what you're doing. Your buddy probably just pitched it wrong, a steep angle sends water flying off. I've stayed bone dry in storms that flooded tent floors. Maybe the real lesson is to learn some proper knots instead of blaming the gear.