That retired foreman's advice on pumping concrete in winter saved our pour last Tuesday
He told me to drop the water-cement ratio by 10 percent when it's below 40 degrees and add extra air entrainment, I figured he was being overly cautious, but when we pulled the forms at that job site near Akron the surface came out smooth with zero spalling, so who else has gotten a random tip from an old timer that actually worked out better than the textbook method?