Warning: That 90-degree day in July with the exposed aggregate patio.

Client in Tempe wanted a specific pea gravel mix exposed, but the pour truck was two hours late. We had to work the edges with trowels in full sun as it was already setting up. Ever had a pour go that wrong because of a supplier delay?

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moore.beth21d ago

Man, that sounds brutal. We had a similar thing happen with a stamped concrete walkway last fall. The release agent showed up tinted the wrong color, a deep brown instead of buff. Had to send the crew for coffee for an hour while the supplier raced a new batch over. You finish that patio, or did you have to tear it out?

phoenix_lewis21d agoMost Upvoted

Ever think tearing out a bad pour is just throwing good money after bad? I used to, until I saw a neighbor's patio that cured all wrong. The color was so off it looked like a mud puddle forever. @reesej27 is right that waiting hurts profit, but a permanent eyesore hurts your name way more. Sometimes the brutal fix is the only real fix.

reesej2721d ago

Wait, you sent the crew for coffee for a whole hour? That's wild they just had to sit there (and hope the supplier actually hurried). We got lucky and caught our tint issue before they poured, but a full hour of paid crew time just waiting would have killed the job's profit. Honestly, tearing it out never even crossed our minds, that sounds like a total nightmare. We just powered through with the right color once it showed up, but man, that delay must have been stressful.