Hit 1000 square feet of stamped concrete in one day last week

I've been doing concrete for 12 years now and never once broke 900 square feet of stamping in a day. Last Thursday we had a perfect pour, the crew was dialed in, and the weather held at 72 degrees with no wind. We hit exactly 1023 square feet by the time we pulled the last mat. Has anyone else randomly crushed their personal record like that without even planning for it?

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schmidt.grace12d ago

Did you read about that Wisconsin crew that hit 1,200 feet last fall during a cool snap?

hill.troy11d ago

Respectfully, Grace, I see it a bit different. @schmidt.grace that 1,200 foot claim feels like one of those tall tales that gets passed around bars after too many beers. Most crews running open holes during a cold snap are lucky to hit half that before the pump starts sucking air or the bit freezes solid. Plus, Wisconsin groundwater is spotty, lots of hard shale and glacial till that slows you down fast. I'd need to see the pump test data and the drill log before buying into numbers like that.