Before & After of the cement slab laid on my grandparents' burial plots

[UTUSN]

When last we fairly met, I asked for Lounge expertise on the laying of a slab in an historic cemetery that is similar but smaller than the one in New Orleans featured in Easy Rider. As usual Lounge came through, with particular thanks to Kali (hubby) and PanaderO, who emphasized a 4" depth. So... it's DONE!1 I had gotten approval from the dude in charge, of course, the whole purpose of this project being to deal with the totally dwindled down number of surviving relatives who CARE (my elder sister and me), such that after us nobody would be tending the maintenance via gardener.

So here 'tis. Upper left was the way my mother and sister used to keep it many years back, with good grass. Upper right was a few weeks ago when the whole cemetery was overgrown with weeds. Bottom left was after I weeded it with a hoe, roots and all, and weedeated. And bottom right is the slab. It doesn't look fantastic, the cement still wet/gray, will whiten some with drying, but I will see about cement paint/stain for all-white. It looks a bit better than this, with a line all along the perimeter separating from the border.

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[Lars39]

1. That looks really good, UTUSN.

I bet more will soon follow once they see upkeep reduced to zip.

[UTUSN]

2. Thanks. About half of all the other plots are covered that way, done from the beginning

And many others are above the ground tombs like in New Orleans. But some of the slabs are slathered sloppily onto the retaining border/frames. When it's painted white I'm hoping it will be within the integrity of the overall style.

[Lars39]

3. Doesn't concrete get lighter as it cures, ages anyway?

Seems like I'm remembering that. Still, paint will tie it all together. Really nice job.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Yes. It does.

That looks like a fresh pour.

You can still see the aggregate stone as it dries at a different rate.

We used to get lots of calls from customers concerned their new concrete had "spots"

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. good job

[UTUSN]

6. ty

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. That looks really nice, my dear UTUSN!

There's nothing as sweet as a permanent solution.

I'm glad the Lounge came through for you and your grandparents.

[UTUSN]

7. Lounge always does!1 n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Very well done!

And a good reminder for me. I haven't been to the cemetery for quite awhile. My brother goes and keeps track of things, but he and I are the only ones who are local.