I poured a quarter inch of floor leveler in my bathroom reconstruction yesterday and it came out absolutely perfect. The most important thing is to mix it with a paddle mixer for about five minutes and then get it all poured during the next five minutes. Hit it with a homemade 1/4 inch gauge rake as I poured each third, and then just stood back and watched it flow to a finish flat as a pond. Two hours later you can walk on it and lay tile if you like. Very different sort of concrete. Excellent result for a first-timer DIYer. Watching all your concrete videos gave me the confidence to try it.
That's hard work, Ken. I love some of those exclamations: "This is going to be the Taj Mahal" and "I like to bellow". Hilarious - you guys had a lot of fun despite the often horrific weather. Respect!
"A 50% chance of rain today! But only a 10% chance of that happening!"😊 As the video began, I think I saw one of your garages over your left shoulder!?? Hope you're doing well!
Good morning, Ken! The weather is always so unpredictable. I never listen to the weathermen/women! It's the only profession I know where you get paid to be wrong!😁 Thanks for another info packed tutorial video! I always pick up something from your videos. Lots of great info from a great teacher👍! I hope your knee is coming along well and you're feeling fine! 🙏Praying for no pain! I hope the Lord hears me. Have a great day! God bless.
Great morning Ken 🌄 I can remember them days my friend, built a subdivision pouring 5 a day 30x40 what night mare it started raining sleet ,and snow ❄️ only 6 mill plastic to cover and 35 degrees..lol I felt your pane for sure.great video, it's makes me feel better being in flordia..🐊🌴😎
Great video, Ken! It's nice to see a compilation of several jobs, focusing on one specific task. I'm pretty sure i won't be pouring concrete in the winter. All my concrete work will be on my property. 😁 Thanks for keeping us entertained while you convalesce!
A friend of mine and his carpenter son poured a 30x40 slab. (Glad I wasn’t there) They thought they had watched enough videos and could do it no problem. It looked like the ocean in a windy storm. A real disaster. Ended up hiring a contractor to fix it. 5000$ of concrete wasted, plus another 7000$ to fix it. Wow! Concrete waits for nobody. Thanks for the look back Ken, hope the knee recovery is coming along well!
The thing most people don't know is that concrete does not dry to get hard. The Portland cement in it combines with the water to change into a solid. So you could say it wets instead of drying! Of course too much water can scar the surface by washing away the loose cement before it sets, thus the tarp. In fact, you get the strongest concrete by wetting it down several times per day after it sets, or covering it with plastic to keep it wet between less frequent wetting with a hose. Especially important in a dry climate or with more expensive high-strength concrete. About a week of wetting is the minimum. Don't drive on it for a month.
I’m liking the video history of your building projects. Construction of the tarp structures is important to protecting the concrete slab. Past experience with blue tarps is they serve their purpose however, they do leak due to porous material. I have a firewood business and I use heavier mil thickness tarps to protect my equipment and the log. The last few days of rain and snow have made keep everything covered. Splitting and stacking wood with everything wet makes a difficult work outdoors.
When the going gets tough the tough get going and the billows were well executed too. Loved the crunching sound of the snow at the start of the video and hope the knee is not to sore.
"Being a Building Contractor can be such fun". Well, yes, and no, eh? Every story starts: "Remember that time when.....". Thankful you have stories to tell. I don't see any wincing or ragged tired, so that's a good sign on the knee front.
Looks like your recovery is coming along nicely if you're up and walking on it already. Congrats. When I lived and worked in Edmonton, Alberta, we had about 12 days of -65C (-85F) and I'd never experienced anything like it before. We poured concrete pilings all day, every day but the concrete came hot from the factory, in heated trucks and they had to tiger torch the piling holes before they poured so it didn't immediately crystalize when it touched the sides and bottom. We also poured conrete in the carpark of an office building project by tarping the entire structure, installing shoring to support the floor above and using propane heaters and fans to heat it all to +50C inside. It was like a tropical jungle and going from -25 to +50 was very hard on the body. Fortunately they were done in 48 hours.
Interesting how the various trades get creative with what they know best. Carpenters head for wood to make a shelter while others may use metal conduit or even plastic pipe. I can't tell you how many times I have used ropes between trees (or vehicles) to make the peak for a tarp. BTW, Amazon and others sell connector fittings in 2, 3, and 4 way to join PVC so you can build one of those arched roof deals similar to a greenhouse, using 10 ft pipes. It's assembled "dry fit" and light rope (para-cord?) to keep sections together. I have seen similar metal connectors with wing-nuts to do the same using electrical metal conduit. You can just keep adding tarps to cover a large area. When done, put the pieces in a box for next time.
I miss you building! Maybe a couple a year? Pleaseeeeeee? Extra Walk around money and your Doctor will tell you you to keep moving and exercising! Win - Win !!!!
Keeping a low water to cement ratio improves the strength of concrete, but once the hydration reaction has progessed to the point of the concrete being solid, a wet cure improves strength.
Merhabalar. Bir sorum olacak size. Ben evimin tavanını ahşap 12×10 taşıyıcılarla kapattım. Bu tavan yaşam alanı olarak kullanılsa uygulanacak yüke dayanır mı?
Very intetesting how you adapted to the weather to make it work. Thanks for sharing these archives, Ken!
Thanks. Definitely interesting times
Those videos in inclement weather are a tribute of your dedication to your craft and your customers
Thanks sometimes it was almost fun! :)
I poured a quarter inch of floor leveler in my bathroom reconstruction yesterday and it came out absolutely perfect. The most important thing is to mix it with a paddle mixer for about five minutes and then get it all poured during the next five minutes. Hit it with a homemade 1/4 inch gauge rake as I poured each third, and then just stood back and watched it flow to a finish flat as a pond. Two hours later you can walk on it and lay tile if you like. Very different sort of concrete. Excellent result for a first-timer DIYer. Watching all your concrete videos gave me the confidence to try it.
That’s great. I was hoping you would let me know how it went
That's hard work, Ken. I love some of those exclamations: "This is going to be the Taj Mahal" and "I like to bellow". Hilarious - you guys had a lot of fun despite the often horrific weather. Respect!
Thanks so much
The education minister has spoken. Ken thank you for your commitment to excellence Thumbs up 👍
Hahahaha thanks
You worked in all types of weather. Thanks for the memories.
It’s definitely a good time to watch them now, since it’s so cold! 😂
"A 50% chance of rain today! But only a 10% chance of that happening!"😊
As the video began, I think I saw one of your garages over your left shoulder!?? Hope you're doing well!
Thanks yes it is
Good morning, Ken! The weather is always so unpredictable. I never listen to the weathermen/women! It's the only profession I know where you get paid to be wrong!😁
Thanks for another info packed tutorial video! I always pick up something from your videos. Lots of great info from a great teacher👍!
I hope your knee is coming along well and you're feeling fine! 🙏Praying for no pain! I hope the Lord hears me. Have a great day! God bless.
Good morning thanks so much
The weather forecast is similar to baseball where batting 300 is considered good!
*Kens Karpentry* Concrete waits for no one lolooo, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
That’s so true. Thanks for watching
Great morning Ken 🌄 I can remember them days my friend, built a subdivision pouring 5 a day 30x40 what night mare it started raining sleet ,and snow ❄️ only 6 mill plastic to cover and 35 degrees..lol I felt your pane for sure.great video, it's makes me feel better being in flordia..🐊🌴😎
Good morning! Watch out for alligators crossing your fresh concrete
Always a good tips to quality work 👍
Thanks, I appreciate it.
What a creative way to work your way around inclement weather
Thanks. We had to do what we had to do!
Great video, Ken! It's nice to see a compilation of several jobs, focusing on one specific task.
I'm pretty sure i won't be pouring concrete in the winter. All my concrete work will be on my property. 😁
Thanks for keeping us entertained while you convalesce!
Thanks for watching
Really enjoying these compilations of the different stages of construction😊. 🙏for quick and pain free healing❤️
Thanks. I appreciate it!
A friend of mine and his carpenter son poured a 30x40 slab. (Glad I wasn’t there) They thought they had watched enough videos and could do it no problem. It looked like the ocean in a windy storm. A real disaster. Ended up hiring a contractor to fix it. 5000$ of concrete wasted, plus another 7000$ to fix it. Wow! Concrete waits for nobody. Thanks for the look back Ken, hope the knee recovery is coming along well!
Wow, that is too bad. Thanks the knee is coming along well.
Gooooooooood morning, Ken!
Good evening Tim thanks for watching
The thing most people don't know is that concrete does not dry to get hard. The Portland cement in it combines with the water to change into a solid. So you could say it wets instead of drying! Of course too much water can scar the surface by washing away the loose cement before it sets, thus the tarp. In fact, you get the strongest concrete by wetting it down several times per day after it sets, or covering it with plastic to keep it wet between less frequent wetting with a hose. Especially important in a dry climate or with more expensive high-strength concrete. About a week of wetting is the minimum. Don't drive on it for a month.
Thanks good advice
I’m liking the video history of your building projects. Construction of the tarp structures is important to protecting the concrete slab. Past experience with blue tarps is they serve their purpose however, they do leak due to porous material. I have a firewood business and I use heavier mil thickness tarps to protect my equipment and the log. The last few days of rain and snow have made keep everything covered. Splitting and stacking wood with everything wet makes a difficult work outdoors.
Wow. Firewood is good honest work
Your in TENT chuns are good😆
Haha very punny
Ken,with concrete I’m sure you by now all of the ins and outs 👍😮😊❤
Thanks I learned some of them
When the going gets tough the tough get going and the billows were well executed too. Loved the crunching sound of the snow at the start of the video and hope the knee is not to sore.
Thanks so true
Thanks for sharing. How was the knee doing?
You’re welcome. Knee isn’t recovering as fast as I want! :)
Always cool
Thanks
Great job
Thanks
Tolle Arbeit von einem super Team 😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks
FYI, Harbor Freight has the 24'X40' tarp for $69.
Oh nice! Leakproof? :)
@kenskarpentry I've found their blue tarps indistinguishable from the blue tarps at Lowes and HD.
I haven't used any of the thicker ones, though.
"Being a Building Contractor can be such fun". Well, yes, and no, eh? Every story starts: "Remember that time when.....". Thankful you have stories to tell. I don't see any wincing or ragged tired, so that's a good sign on the knee front.
So true thanks
Looks like your recovery is coming along nicely if you're up and walking on it already. Congrats.
When I lived and worked in Edmonton, Alberta, we had about 12 days of -65C (-85F) and I'd never experienced anything like it before. We poured concrete pilings all day, every day but the concrete came hot from the factory, in heated trucks and they had to tiger torch the piling holes before they poured so it didn't immediately crystalize when it touched the sides and bottom.
We also poured conrete in the carpark of an office building project by tarping the entire structure, installing shoring to support the floor above and using propane heaters and fans to heat it all to +50C inside. It was like a tropical jungle and going from -25 to +50 was very hard on the body. Fortunately they were done in 48 hours.
Wow, that’s incredible. I actually recorded this before I had my knee surgery.
Good morning!
Good morning to you
Interesting how the various trades get creative with what they know best. Carpenters head for wood to make a shelter while others may use metal conduit or even plastic pipe. I can't tell you how many times I have used ropes between trees (or vehicles) to make the peak for a tarp. BTW, Amazon and others sell connector fittings in 2, 3, and 4 way to join PVC so you can build one of those arched roof deals similar to a greenhouse, using 10 ft pipes. It's assembled "dry fit" and light rope (para-cord?) to keep sections together. I have seen similar metal connectors with wing-nuts to do the same using electrical metal conduit. You can just keep adding tarps to cover a large area. When done, put the pieces in a box for next time.
Thanks that sounds like it would have been a great idea
Interesting how each site had unique situations to plan around. Hiring the right crew is obviously worth the cost for your expertise.
Thanks so much
Aha.. the challenges of a contractor, good job. How's the new knee?
Yes definitely. The knee slowly getting better
I miss you building! Maybe a couple a year? Pleaseeeeeee? Extra Walk around money and your Doctor will tell you you to keep moving and exercising! Win - Win !!!!
Haha thanks
Hello Ken does your old crew do siding? In the spring I need some work done in Morgan Vt.
I’m not sure I can check with them
Keeping a low water to cement ratio improves the strength of concrete, but once the hydration reaction has progessed to the point of the concrete being solid, a wet cure improves strength.
Very true thanks
Merhabalar. Bir sorum olacak size. Ben evimin tavanını ahşap 12×10 taşıyıcılarla kapattım. Bu tavan yaşam alanı olarak kullanılsa uygulanacak yüke dayanır mı?
Sorry. I wouldn’t dare to guess.
Was that Chad's son helping in the third tarp frame set up?
No that was my nephew
I see that you used several types of structures know a contracture that had cut down a green house to fit his concert slabs
Oh, that’s interesting
Good day to all. Post card sean - person=!!
Good morning to you
@kenskarpentry Yep. Hope the leg is getting better.
How are you doing today
Doing pretty good
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