Had a driveway pour go bad when the mix came out too wet last month

I was working on a residential job in Akron, called in a 6 yard load for a 4 inch thick driveway. When the truck showed up, the slump was way too high, like 7 or 8 inches. Water was pooling on the surface before I even got the screed out. Foreman told me to just add some dry cement and work it in, so I did. Ended up with a lot of cracking along the edge after a week. Had to tear out and repour a 10 foot section. Cost me an extra 400 bucks in materials. Has anyone else dealt with a bad batch from the plant and how did you handle it without eating the cost?

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iris_green841mo ago

Have you tried calling the plant manager directly? I had a similar mess with a wet load last year and they actually knocked 300 off the next order after I sent them photos of the cracking.

tylerw921mo ago

That 400 dollar hit stings. I've noticed the same thing with a lot of services these days, it feels like quality control got real loose after 2020 and they just expect you to eat the cost.

richard_hall1mo ago

Yeah, is it just me or did every company suddenly decide their stuff is perfect and any problems are our fault? I feel like I'm paying more for stuff that breaks faster and then I have to beg someone to even look at it. I actually cracked a joke about it to my buddy last week, said I should start a support group called "We Overpaid for Garbage in 2024." He didn't laugh but I thought it was pretty good. Really makes you wonder if companies are even testing their own products anymore or just shipping the first thing that works half the time.