Hit 100 yards of broom finish in a single pour yesterday

We were doing a big warehouse floor in Kansas City, and the boss said we had to broom it all in one shot. Everyone said it was too much area for a good finish. We set up three guys on ride-on trowels with brooms attached, ran them in a line, and kept the edges wet. It came out perfect, no cold joints or marks. Anyone ever try a broom job that big without stopping?

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mason.margaret1d ago

Wow, that's a huge area to cover. I saw a video once where a crew did something similar on a big slab, but they used a different setup with walk-behind machines. Your method with the ride-ons in a line sounds like it was the right call to keep it moving. Nice work pulling that off.

nancy9291d ago

Read an article in Concrete Construction mag a few years back about a crew in Texas doing a Walmart distribution center floor. They had 8 ride-on power trowels working in a staggered line, just like you described. The writer said they finished 120,000 square feet in one shift without a single cold joint. That kind of coordination takes a foreman who knows exactly when to call the next pass. I bet your setup was similar, just with fewer machines and maybe tighter spacing.