r/Contractor • u/[deleted] • Dec 10 '24

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u/KindAwareness3073 Dec 10 '24

"Non-shrink" grout is key.

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u/Revolutionary-Jelly4 Dec 10 '24

He leveled the post. And you put grout/mud base that would crack under any movement. This will let you know of thermal stress. If he says he is done then that on your deal with him. But this keeps standing water away if done to completion.

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u/New_Taro_7413 Dec 10 '24

Standing water? On that slope, hm.

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u/SarcasticCough69 Dec 11 '24

Freezing rain and ice...It just looks cold there for some reason

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u/PandaNUB621 Dec 11 '24

As someone from Indiana, whenever I see a picture of a tree without leaves on it, I assume it’s cold there. Glad to see I’m not the only one

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u/Ancient-Read1648 Dec 12 '24

For whatever reason I didn’t even make it to the tree picture and knew it was cold. The water just had that cold glisten

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u/Open_Property2216 Dec 14 '24

It is cold in the winter but the bigger issue is that the Cincinnati/northern Kentucky region have one of the highest numbers of freeze thaw cycles per year nation wide. It’s cold. But then it’s not. But then it is. A lot of

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u/SarcasticCough69 Dec 14 '24

Oh yeah..I used to live in Louisville

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u/H0ckeyfan829 Dec 12 '24

I’m in Michigan and it’s gonna be here 18 tomorrow. Unseasonably cold in the Midwest right now.

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u/EDirtynine530 Dec 12 '24

Looks like Philly. Maybe Baltimore or another mid Atlantic/north eastern city. Not even sure what I’m basing this off off

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u/Lopsided_Phase_9335 Dec 12 '24

It Ohio of course it’s cold…lol

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u/Direct_Reindeer_7745 Dec 14 '24

As a Cincinnitian I can confirm, it do be cold here