I would like to reach out to some more concrete and floor preparation trade experts and ask for an independent and unbiased assessment of what could have gone wrong during a self-level concrete pour. Please see photographs for review.
The concrete is supposed to be walk-able after 4 hours, but the after 5 days, the following issues are found:
- Concrete has shrunk in many areas and floor is no longer level
- Sections of the floor are still wet with a sludge-like texture
- Lots of surface liquid pooling with a yellow tint to the color.
- Color of the pour is multi-color instead of a uniform gray.
- Soft texture and loss of density and firmness.
- Significant loose sand on the top surface that can be brushed away (see pile)
- Water circles where buckets of mixed SLC were poured on the floor
- Concrete is not smooth; has curled or peeled on the upper surface.
- Very wet for the first 3 days. Could not even walk on it which is unusual for SLC.
Please see photos. Any overall assessments, ratings, or comments would be greatly appreciated so I can better understand why this was the outcome.
If you have a lot of verifiable industry experience doing self-level applications and can come on-site in Bradford to perform an in-person closer inspection to determine what errors led to this outcome, I would also be very interested in hearing from you as well.
Thank you in advance!
You have excess moisture coming up through the concrete, if SLC mixed right, otherwise it lies with the product & mix or a combination of both
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