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Advantages of Calling Handyman Concrete®

You can mix your own ... or you can pick up the phone. We invite you to avoid a strained back — and strained family relationships — by calling Handyman Concrete®.

Handyman saves you time and trouble. What’s more, we deliver a higher-quality, more consistent mix ... ready to harden (cure) at a more consistent rate ... all for the same price you’d pay if you were mixing your Concrete by hand. Compare the two scenarios below.

Handyman Gives You Concrete Advantages

If You Mix It Yourself
If You Call Handyman
Go to the store in your friend’s 1/2-ton pickup truck. One cubic yard of Concrete weighs 4,000 pounds ... that’s way too much weight for the truck to handle. Make 4 trips.
Call Handyman Concrete® and order a delivery. Great, they can pour on Saturday morning at 5 AM. Ask a few questions about working with Concrete. Get friendly, knowledgeable advice.
Carry 4,000 pounds of Concrete to your project site, bag by bag. Begin to feel out of shape. Apologize to your friend for bringing the truck back late.
Handyman shows up on time. The driver backs the truck up to your project site and pours the Concrete.

Mix 50 bags of Concrete. Count each one as you open it. Start muttering things under your breath. Ask yourself why you ever started this project.

Pour and smooth (finish) each batch individually. Notice the texture of the mix is not very consistent, nor is the way you smooth it. Ask family members who wander by why you ever started this project.

You are now pouring Bag 39. Notice that the Concrete you poured from Bags 1 through 10 are beginning to harden already. Ask strangers who wander by why you ever started this project.

 Spread the Concrete. The driver gave you some good tips on smoothing it, so the Concrete is laying well. And since it was all poured at once, it’s hardening at a consistent rate. The surface looks nice and even.
Keep checking the Concrete to see whether the consistency looks like it’s getting worse. Make dark comments to people who remark on how bad your mood is. Now all you have to do is wait for the Concrete to finish curing. You’re finished!
Call the doctor for an appointment for your strained back.
Take your family to dinner to celebrate.