I read that concrete can take over a year to fully cure

I was looking up specs for a big warehouse floor job in Spokane and found this on a university engineering site. It said concrete reaches its design strength in 28 days, but the chemical process keeps going for a long time, even years. That got me thinking about warranties and when you can really say a job is done. Do you guys ever factor that into your bids or talk about it with clients?

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dakota_singh392mo ago

My last concrete patio took so long to cure I almost billed the client for a second birthday party. We hit the 28-day strength and I'm still out there a year later, side-eyeing it for any new cracks like it's going to betray me. Makes you wonder if the warranty starts when you finish the pour or when your grandkids take over the business. I just tell clients it'll be hard enough to park on, but the science experiment part comes free.

adams.faith3mo ago

Yeah, that "fully cure" part always gets me.

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daniel5523mo ago

Honestly, I just stopped trusting any claim that says "fully cure" for anything... it's usually a red flag. Learned that the hard way with a skin thing years ago. Now I look for words like "manage" or "control" because that's more realistic most of the time. Saves a lot of disappointment and wasted money.