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hi! so at first I tried dragging my hand groover tool (link below) through the dry concrete but it would catch on the little rocks within and mess up so I just dragged it very very softly across to make a straight line and then went back over it, pressing it into the line like a stamp until I was done with the whole line. www.homedepot.com/p/Anvil-6-in-x-3-in-Hand-Groover-57502/300960473

@@karyncady Thanks so much!

that sounds great! good luck with that

@@karyncady Just finished my 1st dry pour and it's looking great !!!

thank you so much! wow! that is dedication! thanks for watching and I'm glad it seemed helpful

LMFAO this isn't a successful concrete pad! This is a major fail. See the crooked edge? See how discolored it is? It's going to fall apart. This is what happens when you half ass things. What a joke. 😂😂

wow thank you so much, it means a lot <3

thanks so much <3

if your radius isnt a tight turn you can use pvc baseboard or lp siding ripped down. those will snap if you have a tight radius. if you need a crazy tight radius you can use tempered hardboard but it aint cheap.

About $500 total... includes 48 bags of concrete, 3 panels of wire mesh, 1 panel of hardboard (for curved section), and concrete stain. I got the gravel for free by picking it up from someone on Facebook marketplace near me

48 bags of 80 pound concrete. it took about a total of 2 weeks, working slowly and in small increments each day

You are Amazing!!!! You did a great job, and thx for answering all the questions too. You are so talented❤

yes I think this way is easier for one person! oh they actually didn't really break off, I think it was more sloppiness on my part when I was forming it cuz I didn't screed it all the way to the edge. and when I noticed those spots were unfilled, I just tried filling it with mortar mix instead of concrete so I wouldn't have to screed as much cuz the mortar mix was a powder. but it obviously didn't work or got washed away when I was watering it all

@@karyncady OK, thanks. I've seen some other DIYers using mortar as a top portion to make the whole thing stronger, but still do more screeding. Oh and they also oil down the boards so they don't disturb the finished product. I want to build a 10x12 shed this fall and want to use the dry pour method. I wanna extend my patio first. thanks again.

oh no way! how long did it take to go away? if you can recall

It was probably about a month. I was told it was because it had not fully cured yet. There was still some moisture trapped in there.

@@MrBdogg317 makes sense, I was too impatient I guess hahah

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Exactly! Good observation. I am in Salt Lake City, very hot summers and very cold winters. That’s why I did the gravel. I did the wire mesh in the middle mostly to reinforce it because of the thickness

Thank you so much it means a lot!

Thank you so much! I used hardboard from Home Depot and had them cut it into 3 1/2 inch wide pieces www.homedepot.com/p/Hardboard-Tempered-Panel-Common-1-8-in-4-ft-x-8-ft-Actual-0-115-in-x-47-7-in-x-95-7-in-832777/202189720

Thanks! Getting ready to do a project and we needed something flexible

Thank you very much

Oh gawl, the first day was May 6. I took a few weeks to prep the space, taking my time. I think I did like 30-60 mins each day for a while. I “poured” the concrete May 21. Watered it the next day. Waited 72 hours just to be safe before concrete staining it but then it rained back to back for like a week so I finished May 31. Total of 25 days start to finish, going small steps at a time

I wanted to take my time with it. I actually finished laying out all the concrete and then watered it the next day! Plus I heard that the prep is the same regardless if it’s wet or dry anyway, no?

​@@karyncadygod what a joke. You are something else.... lmfao. Couldn't even look halfway decent for a video. Yikes😅

I believe it was just under 48 80-pound bags of concrete for a 14’x4’x3 1/2’ rectangular slab, plus the curved section

Hahah thank you lol I did, many!