New Driveway

[peterjcb]

We just finished pouring a 4000 PSI concrete pad in front of my new garage. We poured a good 4"+ thickness. Roughly 36'X23' pad using 13 cubic yards of concrete. We needed two trucks as the first on wasn't enough and we had to call in the additional three yards which arrived pretty quickly.
How long do I have to wait before I can drive a car over it? It's been 8 days already but it's an inconvenience not being able to use it right now as I have two cars sitting in there waiting to get out. :lol:

[Cole]

You should be ok, I just wouldn't park on it yet. We usually wait about 12-15 days, but you should be ok. Like I said, just dont park anything on it.

[peterjcb]

My concrete pad is about 36' X 23'. I've only got two lines along the 36' width and I don't have any on the depth. Should I cut some more lines in and can I use my circular saw with a concrete blade?

The finisher that I used was good but unfortunately he didn't have a lot of tools to work with. :?
He hand trowelled in the cut lines instead of using a blade on the bottom of the Bull Float. :? I don't know if the lines are really deep enough and I may have to recut them also. Here's a pic.

I plan on cleaning everything up in the spring and putting a concrete stain down so everyting is a uniform color.

[rgramjet]

Last year we poured a driveway early in the morning. My concrete sub saw that he was out of orange traffic cones. He had another job right around the corner so he asked my good natured clients to stand outside and make sure that noone pulled up in the drive.

Wouldnt you know it, about a minute after he left, a friend of theirs drives up in his brand new pickup truck and whips it into the driveway.

All the while my clients are yelling and waving at him to not pull in!!!! I guess he figured it had been so long since they had last seen each other that they were very enthusiastic about his visit! lol

My concrete guy came back 2 minutes later and saw the tire tracks. He was about to trowel them but turns out my clients liked the "character" it gave their new driveway.....it takes all kinds!

[rgramjet]

Last year we poured a driveway early in the morning. My concrete sub saw that he was out of orange traffic cones. He had another job right around the corner so he asked my good natured clients to stand outside and make sure that noone pulled up in the drive.

Wouldnt you know it, about a minute after he left, a friend of theirs drives up in his brand new pickup truck and whips it into the driveway.

All the while my clients are yelling and waving at him to not pull in!!!! I guess he figured it had been so long since they had last seen each other that they were very enthusiastic about his visit! lol

My concrete guy came back 2 minutes later and saw the tire tracks. He was about to trowel them but turns out my clients liked the "character" it gave their new driveway.....it takes all kinds!

[Cole]

lol, I wish I had clients like that.