Affordable Concrete Floors - Shop Expansion Part 2
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2018
- Watch me pour a concrete floor in my shop with my friends Dustin Ferch, Jeff Lorenzen and Brian Reynolds. This is part 2 of 3 part Series. Part 1 Here • Expanding The Shop: Pa...
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Great video!
The bit about allowable tolerances reminded me of something my father once said:
"The machinist works to the thousandth.
The carpenter works to the millimeter.
In construction, you're lucky if the house ends up on the right lot."
;-)
LOL!!
Scott, sometimes I watch your vids and wonder if I haven't stumbled upon "Essential Philosopher". You manage to do this stealth thing where a bit on pouring a shop floor turns into a series of life lessons - I'm listening to you and thinking, really thinking about what you are saying while there's this soothing work going on in the background. I know you're busy as anything, but I thing that with you, Cy, and some of the other folks you know who have experience and a shared approach to work and the dignity thereof, there's a fine and useful book in the making. Just one more thing for your to-do list.
I second this. His kind of character and intellectual level is what I would like to achieve in life. Thank you Essential Craftsman for these invaluable pieces of wisdom you share with us in every video!
I feel like Scott is a new modernized version of the New Yankee Workshop concept of show. He is like a combination of New Yankee Workshop, This Old House, Ask This Old House, and Hometime all in one without a corporate influence. Just experience, grit, and know how. All the things any person needs to see a task through. Love this channel and everything and one on it. A book or books to go along with the projects would be wonderful. Like manuscripts almost of the video series. Maybe that sort of thing is happening over at the Patreon page. I have not checked that out as of yet. Forge on Scott and continue you to bring us the joys of your processes and wisdom of your experience. Thank you for all you do.
I would buy the book. :)
@@joshleduc1771 He's better than any of the above.....
I worked with a plumber, who was a great guy, who did such incredible high quality work that no one could hire him for the long term. He had one quality level, perfect. We used to say that the sheet rockers cried when they covered his pipes.
I make it a point to watch each and every video of yours, even if that particular video doesn’t pertain to me at that point in time. The reason is because you, sir, have some of the best advice around, and you deliver it nearly unexpectedly. As a man “in the trades” as a fresh general contractor, the one that hit home today for me was “as you stay longer and longer in the trades, the temptation is going to be to get sloppier and to rationalize tougher work for the sake of the bottom line. That’s a mistake that has stigmatized too much of the construction industry”.
I backed up and listened to it three times because I feel that is a remarkably important statement. One that if you continue to have on the forefront of your mindset, it will lay a foundation for success and profitability. People don’t want sloppy or rough work. And if you avoid it, people will take notice. Referrals will skyrocket because of it.
Thank you sir, for yet more words from the wise. I would have given anything to have you a mentor in my younger days. I’d probably be a little further along than I am.
Excellent observation and very true, if you do the best job possible you'll never lack for work and have to constantly turn away work because of your excellent reputation.
Scott, I am a retired High School Science Teacher in rural Georgia. The Shop/AG teachers I worked with could motivate kids to do things no other teacher could imagine. I think you would have been the most fantastic shop teacher and WOW what kids you could have influenced. On the other hand, you are highly successful at instructing and motivating us adults. I mean this from the heart. Thanks, Rocky
One always felt that 'master-mariner' , 'master-craftsman' or master-carpenter etc. refers, correctly or not, to the responsibility each inherently develops to pass on their detailed knowledge, and enjoyment, of their chosen discipline to the next generations. Sadly, the apprenticeship system of employment seem effectively now to be outlawed by enforced minimum wage levels and other regulation, but it sure has a lot to offer toward quality lives.
Hey, I am a Agricultural/Shop teacher in Alabama and I totally agree with you! I come to his UA-cam channel to stay motivated & learn. I am most impressed with his ability to teach what he knows because there are several people who know how to do something but really can’t explain the theory/science or the why behind it. He explains it, gives reasons and motivates one to do it. I am in the process of adding black smithing to my curriculum mainly due to these videos and the fact that it’s a dying art. I wish I had the vocabulary that he has it seems like he always has the perfect word to use for his teaching, I have learned some new words from this channel as well.
@FOAML8X beside even if you spend months or years as an appentice, no one will recognize hand on knowledge without a degree, even if you are more connected to the reality of the work. So you get lots of people who are experts 'in theory'.
Your videos, advice and sound pontification are like a warm fire on a cold night........it just hits the spot! Thanks Scott.
Allowable tolerances...I was building a camp house foundation with my brother in law and father in law, both of which are machinists. It was a 20 x 40 structure and I was measuring the diagonals to check for square. The diagonals were within 1/8 inch and I said "Good enough". They both looked at me like I was crazy and started asking me if we needed to adjust further. I had to explain to them that we didn't need to be accurate to the .001 inch.
I am a former machinist and have to restrain the same tendency when I build things. I remind myself that I do not have the tools to control the job as when I operated machine tools.
Well the diagonals within an 1/8 is within 1/16 overall so that’s pretty dang good.
This also goes in the area of welding. With wood you in general have a little more room for slack than with steel. I remember the first time I was doing carpentry as an industrial mechanic/welder. I measured up the wood, writing down the measurement in mm. The guys were like, "are you serious? You can go by cm instead." I was like, "But...!"
On the other hand with steel I remember asking a steelworker to cut a plate for me, writing down the measurements in cm. The guy asked me, "do you want cm or mm accuracy?".
I built a house for a machinist...
@@jkunderwood3291 Exactly!
There is almost NOTHING more important in life than a GOOD friend. In order to have GOOD friends you must be one. Sadly there are few people who can qualify for the job. That is what I love about these channel! If you just listen to the stories they tell you what you need to do to be a GOOD PERSON.
I'm sitting in Bronx, NY, in the middle of the concrete jungle. Couldn't care less about your floor. I'm looking at the scenery and listening to the wisdom you impart. Then I share it with my kids.
Thank you, Bill
Your comment about adding to a friends quality of life and not their financial gain, resonates with me.
I'm an auto mechanic, and for many years have purposely avoided making new friends because everyone has car problems, and everyone wants help (free).
About 15 years ago I came up with a philosophy that if you make money with your car (driving to work), then I make money fixing it.
But if you got a toy (race car, hot rod, dirt bike, etc.), of course I'll help you for free, we're friends ain't we?
Your videos gave my wife and I the confidence to pour an extension on the patio slab at our house. 80, 80 pound bags later, a few amateurs came out with a great patio that we have enjoyed for months and hopefully years to come! Thanks!!!
John Fassetta 80 80 lb bags you are more ambitious than I am. My limit is about 20 then I’m considering calling a truck.
Yeah, for the amount of concrete we needed (added 140 sqft of patio) it saved about $400 over the estimates I got from a couple of delivery companies. It was 4 trips with the truck and a real pain to move to the backyard, but I’m a bigger guy and enjoy “brute” labor, as opposed to precision work from time to time. That said, in the future I’d either make the project big enough to warrant a truck or smaller, like under 40 bags.
Such a valid observation about how cutting corners (lowering the bar of acceptable tolerance) has stigmatized the building industry. Good craftsmen have long suffered the slings and arrows aimed at the shoddy work of unqualified and unmotivated (or wrongly motivated) "handymen". I won't even call them builders or craftsmen, since they lack any craft other than the guile of business over quality. Thanks for this video and why is it that I love seeing concrete poured?! Cheers.
“The guile of business over quality” is perhaps the best way I’ve heard it described. 💯
I wish I had a dad, or a grandpa, or hell just a friend like you in my life. I wish I was like you are to all these people watching, as I am to my son (hes 1). I feel like I have nothing I can teach and pass on to him ....
There is a ton load of wisdom in this video. Thank you.
Listening to your voice and wisdom while watching concrete getting poured is very relaxing :)
Scott-
You're like my grandfather mixed with my best friend. No one else can work a Marcus Aurelius quote into a concrete video. What you're trying to impart to contractors is exactly what I tried to impart into my officer candidates, and now my college students: integrity, service, excellence. Those core values, developed for the entire Air Force nder the supervision of Brig Gen Malham Wakin, the USAF Academy's philosophy department chair for more than forry years. Whatever you call it, US citizenship is deteriorating, and it is up to you and I, and every American, to save that which made this country great. Treat that other guy like he's a brother ... because he is!
I am an avid watcher of your videos and as always another great video. Your values of work and knowledge, along with your insight of life, which you share readily, has influenced a multitude of people. Thank you for your kindness. While I am currently not employed in your trade I have adopted many of your principals to mine. Firthmost any job worth doing is worth doing right. Thanks again for passing on your talents and wisdom for all to sow the wisdom of an scholar.
Your videos, your content,your delivery make me wish I knew you personally...
Oh and here is Marcus: ;)
“Once you have done a man a service, what more would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it? That is like the eye demanding a reward for seeing, or the feet for walking. It is for that very purpose that they exist; and they have their due in doing what they were created to do. Similarly; man is born for deeds of kindness; and when he has done a kindly action, or otherwise served the common welfare, he has done what he was made for, and has received his quittance.” - Marcus Aurelius
a good quote but here is the quote from Mediations Chapter V number 5.
One man, when he has down a service to another, is ready to set it down to his account as a favour conferred.
Another is not ready to do this, but still in his own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done.
A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine which has produced grapes, and seeks for nothing more after it has once produced its proper fruit.
These videos is a documentation of what goes on in the mind of a Craftsman/tradesman/artist while working. Thanks for this. God bless you.
"Allowable Tolerances" I know exactly what you mean, but I have never heard it put that way, perfect, I love it, gonna steal that one for sure!
It is a constant battle that I fight with my own business, construction, cabinet work, office renovations, we often have time constraints that are just killer, so we have to really, I mean REALLY define the "Allowable Tolerances" on such a job.
Your shop floor looks great, all that space, man I'm green with envy! My entire workshop is 8' underground, and only 14' x 23' but it IS in downtown Tokyo LOL.
Love the videos!
Cheers from Tokyo!
Do you use American style tools and techniques to do your work or traditional Japanese ones?
Here is the exact quote which you nailed the gist of. Thanks for expanding our knowledge in more ways than one!
“Some people, when they do someone a favor, are always looking for a chance to call it in. And some aren’t, but they’re still aware of it-still regard it as a debt. But others don’t even do that. They’re like a vine that produces grapes without looking for anything in return. A horse at the end of the race … A dog when the hunt is over … A bee with its honey stored … And a human being after helping others. They don’t make a fuss about it. They just go on to something else, as the vine looks forward to bearing fruit again in season. We should be like that. Acting almost unconsciously.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
A really nice flat concrete floor is a very useful fabrication tool. Nothing better if you need to weld together a something bigger than your welding table,
As a Quality Control manager for a construction company, you made my day sir. Thank you for not cutting the wrong corners!
I basically failed in my business years ago, doing lawn care and landscaping. I kept prices fair and if someone needed help here and there i helped, sometimes doing a lot for free. Somethings i didn't have the heart to charge. Fellow veterans unable to do the work i did for free, the elderly what was forced to hire someone due to town regulations and general upkeep i would do it for free. I did so not wishing for anything but just to help out. I am not ashamed of not being able to continue to do that for others, i am very happy i was able to help. When my children needed my 110% full time attention due to medical conditions i gave the lawn care and landscaping up. God plans out life before we are even born! Im thankful he had given me the life i have!
It's a pleasure to get inside your head a little and see all of you at work. Nice and calm, nice and steady, no panic usually means folk know what they are doing :)
That view of the acreage, the low rolling hills, and all the trees shown in the last couple of minutes is priceless. I hope you take the time to enjoy it from time to time.
I absolutely love your videos, after being renewed in my faith, I am looking forward to making my start in the trades as an HVAC guy and will be buying my own property in order to build my own little shop and farm. Thank you for always being a positive influence, I got my diehards to work in and I love watching your videos.
When I was in high school I worked for my dad pouring concrete floors. I never did any of the hard work but loved to watch the finishers do their magic. They could put a finish on a floor you could see your reflection in. They were true artists.
I really enjoy your presentations. You remind me of so many people whom I've admired and learned from. As a mechanic of thirty years your statement about sloppiness and tolerances holds true to me also. Thanks great entertainment and education !
I just can't help but smile through the entirety of all your videos. Thanks for sharing yourself.
Beautifully told
MA would be proud of your application of his teaching.
He was anything but snobbish about getting a point accross
What a great shop you have this is the best place to go work on your projects the expansion is looking great.
You're awesome EC. I've never enjoyed listening to someone talk construction as much as I have from you. And what a lovely backdrop for a hard days work.
Friends are great. Friends that have skills and help generously are golden.
I can’t wait to help friends like that.
Allowable tolerances....... an important subject never talked about by many. Thanks
That new floor will be a huge improvement that you will enjoy for sure. Nice job. Can't beat a good concrete floor in a shop. Now you just need heat and insulation for the winter! Take care. Doug
I am always amazed at your depth of knowledge on all things construction related. You set the bar pretty high for yourself and I sure people like working with you. Thank you for always encouraging us to do our best at whatever we do.
Every time I watch concrete work I think man what hard work with so little room for error.
Its good to see a finisher cross his bull-float pattern. Keep up the good work!
an honest worker more than likely loves working with or for you
Even now I remember my favorite show that I wanted to watch every week on the TV. It was Home Improvement. I always loved the tools but like most of us who enjoyed that show, I buy many tools that I hardly ever use. I love to talk about the tools and think I have all the skill to use them but never have the time.I have described my self as a tool hoarder. And its true. I still to this day find it difficult to sell an old tool that I hardly use.
That's a great quote from Marcus Aurelius. It's funny though -- you wouldn't think a Roman emperor would have much experience dealing with contractors. 😉
No, but he would have much experience dealing with other bureaucrats and politicians! The same rules apply :)
Like all Roman nobility he probably contracted many buildings, both private and public.
Commissioning buildings and other public works was a big part of the role of a Roman emperor. Augustus, the first emperor, supposedly said of Rome, “I found it a city of bricks, and I left it a city of marble.”
Dude, this series on your shop expansion is the best piece of content I have come across in a very long time. Great job!
The only thing better then watching, listening and learning the stylized videos in your series for the first time is watching them for the third!
Bravo to the team in your camp!
Kucho'
Please Scott, do an audiobook of your life, don't leave anything out, I'll listen to you talking for the next 30 years if that's what it takes to get through it all.
It's been my experience over the years that good quality tools are always worth the investment but good quality friends are worth even more. I can always buy a well built replacement tool but it's difficult to replace a good quality friend who'll put in a full day of work to help you out or will drive a couple hours to help you get a broken truck home.
For what it's worth, tradesmen would have a much better reputation if they would "learn for perfection, and practice to price". In other words, when you first pick up a skill, you should work to the most difficult tolerances, even if that means you will most likely loose money. Afterwords, you can pick up speed with practice and verible tolerances. That way, you're never actually learning on the back of your customers, which is theft. Love the show...and the Markus Aurelius attribution.
Agree, that is my issue as a builder I have a hard time dropping my tolerances to appropriate levels and normally end up eating the time overrun costs.
I try to teach my boys; Quality first and then Quantity. Meaning learn to do something well first and then learn to do it faster.
My first trades job, my mentor said: "Learn to do it right. THEN learn to do it fast."
Mr. Scott thank you for bringing us along.
I worked as a concrete pump operator for a while and I was always fascinated at how the guys doing the work got the concrete to such a high gloss finish, it's a skill that if you aren't in the business that you probably never thought about before but you probably walk on it every day.
This video right here is why I've continued to follow you and subscribe to your channel! You're advice is so direct and filled with wisdom.
I figured you were going to say you won't have any leave on the tolerance of the finish. Lord know sweeping a floor that hasn't been finished well sucks big time. Great vid.
Cool framework. Your "allowable tolerances" perspective puts into language something I've often thought about and around on jobs. Thanks for the clarity
Wise words in regards to allowable tolerances. Thank you very much!
Thank you EC. Many good words spoken to live by for trades and friends. I love seeing the growth of this channel you are reaching many young and old people with good words of wisdom and knowledge. The slab looks good i glad that you got it done. It is alway a joy to work with people that you know well enough to be able to pick on each other without anybody getting hurt by the words you say.
Always a pleasure.....Thank You
I like how you defined smooth - not rough - I'll remember that one haha
Great segment about helping friends. I love the satisfaction you get after helping someone. Its a great bonding experience as well
Oh my. What beautiful scenery in the back yard!
What a great extension to your workshop space!
hi i listened to your video with Quarteto Magani- Agua De Beber. seriously watching and listening to you to with background music is great. and thanks for mentioning Marcus and the joy of helping others without expectations.
Even if I didn't love the info and how you share it, listening to you talk about your work is so relaxing and I just want to sit back and enjoy the 'story'. Much appreciate your videos and pacing. (I frequently speed up videos especially with slow talkers but with your narration, never).
Always a pleasure Mr. Scott
Every word that you have just said is very true and plumb !
I've had the good fortune of fine neighbors over the past twenty eight years that are of the character you speak !
I in turn have tried to be just as good a neighbor and friend, it gives a feeling of satisfaction, for the lack of a better word.
With most of those friends and neighbors being older than myself, almost all have passed on now, but I have the memories, and they are very good memories !
If you younger people out there will listen to Scott, and I mean really listen, I don't think he will lead you wrong !
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍 👍
Absolutely splendid exhortation of what goes into putting down concrete floors.
Always happy to watch your videos, thank you.
Man, that last shot with the exposed corner of the shop is like a postcard
Thank you for sharing your knowledge , Scott and I hope you love your new floor for a long time !!!
I have done more slabs than I can remember, and I couldn't agree more with you about how to lay a slab. Great job, and a great work ethic. Thanks.
Great video. Just did my first sidewalk the other day. Was around a in-ground pool, so that was interesting. Concrete is amazing. Such a great history to it. One of mans best inventions.
Enjoyed as always ! Thanks for what you do !
Where are the Grandkids hand prints!!!
The last slab I did was for my little shop. my brother and me, with about 35 years experience between us, placed the concrete. I bull floated the mix, and then blued it out with one pass of the power trowel on half of it and one more on the rest. I have felt that power trowels cause over working of many floors, especially in cool conditions. Properly screeding and floating the slab is the only way to get a good result. It was very flat and smooth, although it did develop a thin crack after about six months.
The view from your shop looks like a postcard. Absolutely amazing!!!
Looking great, thank you for sharing your story. God bless you and your family
Seeing a mature shop continue to develop is as enjoyable and full of insight as the new spec house!
I watch all your video's for entertainment, for education and i simply enjoy your content. But as a cement mason by trade i really enjoyed this video . Thank you keep em coming
I like how you phrase the concept of allowable tolerances. Good chat! Thanks for sharing!
You seem to make hard work look easy. Can't wait until you start filming in the new shop. Thank you for making such great quality vids!!
Very nice work. I love how you talk about allowable tolerances. I used to due aircraft sheet metal and the tolerances are usually into the hundredths of an inch and it really took me a long time to enjoy working with my construction buddies. Or I should say it took them a long time to enjoy working with me. They finally broke me of the habit of questioning something that was an eighth off.
Wow that is a beautiful view of the country side from the shop!
What a nice porch view at the end!
Really gain a lot in insight from your videos! Thanks!
If everybody had allowable tolerances in their lives, we'd be living in paradise!
Everybody does have allowable tolerances.
For example, I could eat cheaper food than what I eat, but it wouldn’t be good for me, and I wouldn’t enjoy it. I could also eat better food than I do, but it would cost most of my income, and might not be any better for me. So I stay within my allowable tolerances (most of the time).
Love watching your videos!
Very nice work, nice to see good craftsmanship. Your videos are excellent, easy viewing.
Really enjoy these general construction/concrete/framing and building type of videos 👍🏻
Woohoo, that’s my craft. Footings walls slabs tie beams piers roofs sidewalks columns so far only one year in; looks great
what a beautiful landscape in the final shot. You're lucky to see it everyday!
Keep the up with the videos their awesome to watch. Appreciate the info and knowledge
Awesome as always! Great stuff Scott and Nate, I really enjoyed it! God Bless!
I just learned some new terminology thank you for sharing
Wow, that was great! Thanks so much! I like to have what I call my mandate (agreement with the client) depict my margins and tolerances. From there I see how much I can curb my desire of quality over quantity when necessary. That is all too easy for some. I really appreciate the idea of developing working relationships with like minded people.
This is a great series! Learning a lot about the kind of shop floor I'm planning to put in my "new" shop, which is a bit rough around the edges so a perfect floor is neither possible nor justified. But having something more than the gravel it currently has will be very nice. Thanks for teaching us and sharing the details of this project!
Man I could listen to u all day. Thank u for the video
Marcus Aurelius!! I knew you were a stoic!
Respect. For knowing and building what is needed, and not building to some artificial standard that achieves no meaningful purpose. There is beauty in "good enough" - 100% and no more. Being an engineer, this is the noble pursuit. While both may be poured concrete, a shop floor *should not* look like the entrance to the Louvre, to do so would be a waste - of time, effort and thought.
I like your channel. Dustin is doing a pretty good job. One thing to note on a day when it won't set up is to wait just a little longer each stage before you get back on it. The other thing is to trowel it slow as you can and still keep up. A lot of times in the end this will help you gain anywhere from 1-1 1/2 stages to get it done faster. Keep up the good work.
& I've always wanted to ride on a power trowel. Recently saw them used at a big condo project & man did they look fun.
Sometimes I like to listen to the videos I've seen already. You have a very pleasant voice.
Always great videos 👍👍👍👍