Deck piers

Deck Piers support

I just wanted to give my opinion on deck piers in a patio or driveway. If you have someone like KC coring cut the holes for the piers in the driveway you can pour the concrete in the pier and then put the cut on back over the new concrete. The block will not sink just don't put any weight on the cap for 24 hours. You can line up the broom line and then fill the cut with concrete caulking and it match the old driveway prefect. Over all it looks a ton better than trying to pour and finish it to match.

Tile and grout problems

I don't know if I am just the only person that have had a problem these problems, but all the suppliers I called did not know what to do. Ok, I grouted the floor and when it dried it was spotty light and dark. I ended up calling the manufacture and they said it was efflorescence. This do to with the dry of the grout which I should have thought of, because I have had this happen on colored concrete and grout is basically colored concrete. Anyway, the manufacture said to wash the grout with Sulfamic Acid Cleaner. This worked, but you need to clean the floor really good after you do this, because when I sealed the grout I had problem with the sealer that got on the tile. Just a FYI if you have sealer problems just reseal your floor and buff it dry with a towel.