Concrete Floors - Step By Step Guide

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  • @nigeats65
    @nigeats65 3 місяці тому +1

    You just cannot beat those Viz 'top tips' life skills....!

  • @tomybino1426
    @tomybino1426 4 місяці тому

    I bed bed a profile chanel in dabs of mortar, set this to level with laser and when the concrete is in, pull to perfect level. So easy and always perfect. Not a critique. Your chanel is awesome.

  • @LTFC1964
    @LTFC1964 6 місяців тому +2

    Richard is a workaholic with extremely high standards….
    Great video again of progress guys….keep it up! 👍

  • @OuryLN
    @OuryLN 5 місяців тому

    I see the inspector been supervising your work! 😼

  • @karlsacher9054
    @karlsacher9054 6 місяців тому +6

    Excellent job guys. Loved the ending. You put in a sterling effort staying late on a Friday, evening

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      Cheers, Karl! Hope you're well, mate.

  • @DaveDukes-by6bl
    @DaveDukes-by6bl 6 місяців тому +3

    Thanks

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you ever so much Dave that really is very kind of you and it’ll go in to the pot to make a big difference for the kids at Christmas 👍🏻

    • @way661
      @way661 6 місяців тому +2

      Wow very generous mate!

    • @DaveDukes-by6bl
      @DaveDukes-by6bl 6 місяців тому

      @@Mr_A_Builders its such a good cause, Im 65 now and spent the first 6 weeks when I was born at Birmingham Childrens Hospital so its a small price to pay 👍

  • @barryford7135
    @barryford7135 6 місяців тому +1

    Top work guys. Concrete is hard work even with a pump?

  • @ianb9103
    @ianb9103 6 місяців тому +1

    Caught up this morning. Another cracking video guys. Keep them coming. Hopefully you could a coupke of beers on Friday eve😉 you deserve them

  • @simoncarney9944
    @simoncarney9944 6 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic video as always. Mainly Rich this week with interjections from Adam. Rich, I loved the Mr Ben reference! 😃 Things are moving in nicely now and it’s nice to see other trades turn up when they’re supposed to. 😉 See you all next week and I hope Matt is feeling a lot better.

  • @ernestbailey9194
    @ernestbailey9194 6 місяців тому +1

    Love your videos, lovely jolly banter, while doing a brilliant professional job. First class work.

  • @dukeminster
    @dukeminster 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video as always lads, can I just ask how come you didnt use one of those questionable looking vibrators to bring the air bubbles up?

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому

      There’s no real need duke. This was only a 100mm thick slab. Thanks for the comment and watching the video 👍🏻

  • @tkthebear984
    @tkthebear984 6 місяців тому +3

    Smashing it’s always very therapeutic watching concrete being poured and levelled 🙂. You’ve done more than a hard day graft there and that extension looks mega from the drone footage. Thanks for the Sunday entertainment guys and hope Matt get better soon 😀👍

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      Well, I'm glad that YOU found it relaxing!!! Haha! Hope you're well, mate. Take care.

  • @keithr3682
    @keithr3682 6 місяців тому

    Hi guys y has the spark got no ply wood u nder the ladder s dpc. ???😢😢

  • @s.wilson5675
    @s.wilson5675 6 місяців тому +1

    Great entertainment yet again on Sunday night. Thanks guys.
    Please remind me the name of your laser level. I'm pretty sure you featured it in a video but cannot find it; a link to the video would be good if possible. Once again, thanks for the content.

  • @Mrflash222006
    @Mrflash222006 6 місяців тому +1

    concrete late on a Friday, the Sparks and plum, are down the pub by 3 being Poets day

  • @peterhaigh5764
    @peterhaigh5764 6 місяців тому +1

    Rich isa brilliant joiner and pretty much a all rounder. Great to see all you lads just mucking in that’s how it should be!

  • @jamesgibbons5552
    @jamesgibbons5552 6 місяців тому +2

    “Don’t force it in dry”. Lesson in life there 😊

  • @JimGreen-ts1ul
    @JimGreen-ts1ul 6 місяців тому +1

    Thanks!

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому

      Thank you, Jim! Again!!! You're a star, mate.

  • @gemma_king
    @gemma_king 6 місяців тому +2

    entertaining and educational as always guys! Great channel. Dumb question but I'm not a tradesperson and I've always wondered - how do you maintain the pipe under the concrete if there is a problem with it? Or do you not expect problems because it is buried in concrete and protected?

  • @jasonmart1081
    @jasonmart1081 6 місяців тому +1

    Another great video. You guys at the end cracked me up. You look wrecked! 🤣

  • @Peter-ho1os
    @Peter-ho1os 6 місяців тому +3

    Great video you both looked knackered at the end.

  • @djohh3057
    @djohh3057 6 місяців тому +1

    Pea Gravel - is that like a Kidney Stone ?

  • @michaelchapman4269
    @michaelchapman4269 6 місяців тому +1

    Great stuff lads 👊🏻👍🏼

  • @donoconnor4204
    @donoconnor4204 6 місяців тому

    Back breaking work… but it’s looking fantastic. The amount of shear graft to date goes without saying.
    Transformed this house into a great dwelling. Great video as always!!

  • @w.o.o.d.y
    @w.o.o.d.y 6 місяців тому +1

    Judging by Adams sun tan, he's finished the garden works at home !! Nice relaxed presentation by Rich too. All coming together nicely now guys, but still a lot of work to be done.

  • @barryford7135
    @barryford7135 6 місяців тому +1

    Hi again guys, seeing you moan about the go pro. I’ve just watched a video from David Arthur just ride bikes, on a new camera the DJI Osmo. Just thought I might be worth checking it out?

  • @michaelbell1882
    @michaelbell1882 6 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant..very entertaining .. thanks .

  • @glenlongstaff5543
    @glenlongstaff5543 6 місяців тому +1

    Great show lads especially a 8 o clock finish on a Friday hats off to the 2 of you
    Hope nasty Nigel got flooded before he moved 😅

    • @nigeats65
      @nigeats65 3 місяці тому

      & dont forget Ewen from Barn Green.

  • @BillsAllotmentDiary
    @BillsAllotmentDiary 6 місяців тому +1

    I've had it in the neck before if I have foamed by electrical wires due to the foam allegedly reacting with the plastic on the wires? What's your views on that as you foamed the pipe where wires where going down for the kitchen?

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому

      I have heard many things said about what builders should and shouldn’t be doing but I’ve never heard that one but surely cables can withstand chemicals to a certain extent because of where they are used 🤷👍🏻

  • @MarkGarth
    @MarkGarth 6 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant, as ever 😆

  • @paulf2529
    @paulf2529 6 місяців тому +2

    2:57 some capping over the light switch feed cables really wouldn't go amiss.

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +3

      Sorry Paul, but we're not going to waste time and money on a pointless task on the off chance that you won't have anything to moan about on a Sunday evening! You would have found something else, anyway.

    • @JimGreen-ts1ul
      @JimGreen-ts1ul 6 місяців тому

      So for what actual purpose do you think that needs to be there for?
      You have made the comment so can you please help to educate me?
      Thanks

    • @paulf2529
      @paulf2529 6 місяців тому +1

      @@JimGreen-ts1ul it protects the cable from damadge during plastering. Secondly it looks neat. Thirdly if down the line the cable is damaged you can sometimes use the old cable to draw a new cable through the capping without damadgeing the wall.

    • @JimGreen-ts1ul
      @JimGreen-ts1ul 6 місяців тому +2

      @@paulf2529 If it’s Dot &Dab then it won’t serve any purpose, originally designed to stop the plasterers trowel from damaging…..Once it’s plastered you won’t tell how neat it is, and to be fair the clipping is neat as well. Also if it was actually left free behind Dot & Dab and the Dab put on the wall so the cables were not covered removal of wiring if required would be even easier!!

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      Well said, Jim!

  • @SBODevelopments
    @SBODevelopments 6 місяців тому +1

    Another great video fella’s. I’m sure the concrete firm you used are the same tornado bunch I used last week!! Nothing like being shouted at for 2 hours and drained of cash to say thank you.
    Hope you all have a great week lined up in the sunshine 👍🏻

  • @7861tm
    @7861tm 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video as always. Just wanted to ask the name of the dumpy level you used near the beginning to get you floor level.
    At the same stage of laying MOT, sand..etc so could really use something like that to get my base flat.
    All the best.

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      It’s a Huepar 360 laser level 👍🏻

  • @paulf2529
    @paulf2529 6 місяців тому +2

    I really ought to buy one of those soil pipe chamfering tools, i still use a grinder but not the safest method. I like to use fairy liquid rather than pipe lube or silicone spray.

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      They really are a great investment. I was told many years ago that fairy liquid affects the integrity of the rubber pipe seals. I don’t know if that’s true or not. 🤷

    • @paulf2529
      @paulf2529 6 місяців тому

      ​@@Mr_A_Builders you could well be right regards the fairy, or they just want us to buy lubricating gell at £7 a tub on top of a Kings ransom for the fittings!

  • @leeedwards9994
    @leeedwards9994 6 місяців тому +1

    hiya mr a ... always good to see progress hope you all had a good week not watched yet just got here .......

  • @lworbey
    @lworbey 6 місяців тому

    That guy with the concrete hose and spade poked several holes in the DPM, clueless! Especially at around 40:10 you can see her leaves a massive slash in the DPM the full width of the shovel 😱

  • @daveparsons6956
    @daveparsons6956 6 місяців тому +2

    First!!!! Great video as always guys!!!

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you, Dave. Hope you're well, mate.

  • @Brown969
    @Brown969 6 місяців тому +1

    Concrete on a Friday afternoon. Hats off 👏
    Was that island ducting meant to be kept accessible on both ends?

  • @jonathansmith31
    @jonathansmith31 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video as ever. Quick question : On some other channels, they put the PIR under the main pour of concrete, any particular reason you do it the other way around?

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      We are told it is what inspectors want now 🤷
      It’s also better cos we can clip the UFH pipe work straight on top of it before screed 👍🏻

  • @markotoole323
    @markotoole323 6 місяців тому +1

    Good stuff Lads...nothing like a hard days Graft!

  • @48billy0
    @48billy0 6 місяців тому +1

    Sorry if I missed the obvious from previous videos, but what area is this basement build?

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому

      Hello Billy, hope you're well mate. You haven't missed it, we haven't mentioned it...but there have been clues...

  • @bigboy1170
    @bigboy1170 6 місяців тому +2

    Good work guys but please have a word with the guy resting the pump hose on the shovel. You can clearly see its likely to compromise the DPM at some point.

  • @paulspickernell6875
    @paulspickernell6875 6 місяців тому

    Brilliant and funny as always, thanks guys

  • @alansenior5663
    @alansenior5663 6 місяців тому +1

    Amazing work yet again. 👌👍

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      Cheers, Alan! Hope you've had a great week, mate.

  • @peterhaigh5764
    @peterhaigh5764 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice job lads

  • @micklarkin1434
    @micklarkin1434 6 місяців тому

    well done Adam and guys for yet again another very informative and entertaining video cracking video till next week 🎉🎉🎉

  • @Richard-gk3kq
    @Richard-gk3kq 6 місяців тому

    Great informative video as usual.

  • @tazmaniachill
    @tazmaniachill 6 місяців тому +2

    Bet I’m 2 beers and 10 chicken wings with jack daniels sauce in front tho 😅. Happy Sunday Adam and the troops. 🍺

  • @rayhall4578
    @rayhall4578 6 місяців тому +1

    pmsl Mr Benn, shopkeeper arrived

  • @peterhaigh5764
    @peterhaigh5764 6 місяців тому

    Nice outro 😀

  • @cjcaldwell7677
    @cjcaldwell7677 6 місяців тому +1

    Us spakies are taught early on that you can always cut a bit off but not cut a bit on so tha sparks thar are only allowing a wee bit extra just in case the measurements you gave them are aff at all! We ken how flexible you your measurements can be 😊

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      I’m sure our sparkie does things now just to give us content to use against him for the episode 😂👍🏻

    • @kevanswift7797
      @kevanswift7797 6 місяців тому +1

      Best looking at it then looking for it 😁

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому

      Absolutely. 😁👍🏻

  • @lazylad8544
    @lazylad8544 6 місяців тому +1

    Well done guys. Nice to get things off your chest. 😉.

  • @paulallen3905
    @paulallen3905 6 місяців тому +1

    Great stuff chaps.. keep it up

  • @jruk1981
    @jruk1981 6 місяців тому +3

    I was thinking Doc Brown from BTTF :-)

  • @brokenbritain9441
    @brokenbritain9441 6 місяців тому +1

    Laying that concrete at your age is hardcore😮 but I see UA-camrs are having problems with gopro cameras🤔

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому

      At my age? how very dare you 😂

  • @peterwalton1502
    @peterwalton1502 6 місяців тому +1

    Excellent 👏👏👏

  • @therealdojj
    @therealdojj 6 місяців тому

    We saved loads of time and money by getting 7 lads in for an hour to do our footings, 1.4m deep, 18m total length
    Hard work though but so so quick

  • @mrfrank8234
    @mrfrank8234 6 місяців тому +1

    like watching you guys 👍

  • @cjcaldwell7677
    @cjcaldwell7677 6 місяців тому +2

    Any bodies under thar? 😊

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +1

      I couldn’t possibly divulge that information. 😜

  • @samsungcrossland2036
    @samsungcrossland2036 6 місяців тому

    Beans on toast 😋

  • @chrismajor69
    @chrismajor69 6 місяців тому +1

    I like the Mr Benn reference lol , you must be as old as me 😂

  • @peterandrewwilson976
    @peterandrewwilson976 6 місяців тому

    Whackering: a very theraputic activity.

  • @bilpat5123
    @bilpat5123 6 місяців тому

  • @perryjefferies5790
    @perryjefferies5790 6 місяців тому +1

    concrete evidence you know what youre doin... follow that sparky round for a fortnite and youd have enough cable to rewire yer ouse !!! ave a good week fellas

  • @livingladolcevita7318
    @livingladolcevita7318 6 місяців тому +1

    😀😀👍👍

  • @bradcrompton9055
    @bradcrompton9055 6 місяців тому

    Friday therapy on site 😂

  • @peterhaigh5764
    @peterhaigh5764 6 місяців тому

    Ewan!😂😂😂😂

  • @jasonclayton1405
    @jasonclayton1405 6 місяців тому +9

    Adam looks a bit like that home alone burglar , Marvin I think

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому +3

      Haha! I think I'd prefer to look like Joe Pesci!

    • @m0aze611
      @m0aze611 6 місяців тому +1

      Brad could never look like the Home Alone actor

    • @captainnutnut6077
      @captainnutnut6077 6 місяців тому

      Marv played by Daniel Stern. 😂

    • @johnaphone
      @johnaphone 6 місяців тому +1

      I'm seeing julian assange 😂

  • @DaddyBear3000
    @DaddyBear3000 6 місяців тому

    Every tradey has a Nigel or four, people you would happily slap if the opportunity arose.
    Nice work as always chaps. Cold beer in back garden after that one. Have you got a hot tub yet? You look like you’re about the age those start to seem like a good idea 🤣🤣

  • @BLAZERSEAMS
    @BLAZERSEAMS 6 місяців тому +2

    Good grief Adam - you look totally buggered at the end there. No 'fence but you should hit the sack earlier - no more late nights for a while...

    • @Mr_A_Builders
      @Mr_A_Builders  6 місяців тому

      Sod that! Early nights are for losers!!!

    • @BLAZERSEAMS
      @BLAZERSEAMS 6 місяців тому

      @@Mr_A_Builders Fair enough. You clearly recover faster than I did at your age - I assume you are in your late sixties (just my little joke).

  • @steadfastandyx4947
    @steadfastandyx4947 6 місяців тому +1

    When I was a young man learning I was told that when the concrete arrives men turn into boys. You don't. Well done gentlemen.

  • @m0nk3yl0v3r
    @m0nk3yl0v3r 6 місяців тому

    Mad the concrete guys dont help srpead it

  • @OuryLN
    @OuryLN 5 місяців тому

    Looks like he’s pissing concrete!

    • @OuryLN
      @OuryLN 5 місяців тому

      Man! That’s a big hose!

    • @OuryLN
      @OuryLN 5 місяців тому

      We can tell if the work is done by looking at Adam’s hair!

  • @BLAZERSEAMS
    @BLAZERSEAMS 6 місяців тому

    To see you guys slow walking behind a wacker plate makes me think you're Just Stop Oil protesters ... but I just know you're not bothered by all that nonsense.....