Concrete dry pour to make a new concrete pad for the front of my shed
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Using the dry pour method to create a concrete pad for the front of my shed. Definitely a different experience from using traditional wet mixed and poured concrete. No rebar or wire mesh used, but its on top of a compacted gravel base. The pad is 69"x40"x3.5" of QuickCrete ready mix.
PEOPLE!! It’s a step into a shed!! Not an interstate highway!!
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It doesn't matter, it should at LEAST hold together. The pressure wave of the trowel on wet concrete is what develops the web.
@@jackfiercetree5205 This is the correct comment
@@avenge1671 it amazes me how few people understand such simple dynamics.
Just dump bags of ready mix in a wheelbarrow, add water, mix, pour and level.
Better finish.
More work. Especially back labor and for older men like this dude it's just not worth the effort. I've done professional concrete jobs using that method and it sucks. It's not like I couldn't do it at 16yo but at 65 it becomes a fatigue problem
Wheelbarrows cost money to, especially if he did have one and don't need one after this job
@@benstewart7079there are lots of back surgery options available these days.
That's not an excuse anymore!
@@strjourneys7919 Your a troll for sure, the cost of surgery on top of the job. You Might as well get a Cement truck to pour the tiny slab.
Maybe here in OZ the cost of medical being free apposed to the USA needing a to mortgage the house and have life dept for a cold
@@quantumconciousscorner2911man your an idiot for falling for his comment 😂 btw dry pouring is the stupidest thing to do. If he didn’t want to use his back now, he’ll use it when he has to remove it after it starts crumbling apart😂
I did this for a walkway at my front door all the way out to my driveway. I didnt have the money for a professional so i did this. Its been 10 years and its been power washed twice a year and it is still like the day i poured it.
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Getting ready to do my two car garage driveway. Any recommendations for best concrete products that will last? I'm female btw.
@lisalisa8426 A driveway is low end structural concrete and requires significantly more ground preparation, thickness and at least minimum internal support like steel mesh and depending on the climate and other conditions, up to rebar support. My video is NOT an appropriate guide to such a project. Best of luck with the project.
@@dwwoodbuilds Thank you so very much and I appreciate YOU for taking the time to reply 😊🙏🏾
You're most welcome!
I like seeing the dry pours, 10 different guys, 10 different pours, 10,000 comments from the world's experts
LOL! Thank you for this comment! Thanks for watching!
It’s crazy that it actually works dry pours I mean, I’m to nervous to do it I’ll stick to normal mix but it’s cool to see it done. Want to put rebar in my slab too when I do it.
Do what you're comfortable with!
10.000 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yep, I suppose you don’t need to be expert/ rocket scientist to know that if you don’t mix the right water to dry ingredients ratio you get the right chemical reaction from the dry cement powder, so you don’t end with the famous chinese tofu concrete.
I love all the "its gonna crack " comments. Yall know all concrete cracks no matter what. Dry, wet pour it however you will its 100% going to crack. Im contractor and yeah i think dry pours are terrible craftsmanship. But for diy pad to step into a shed its awasome. I love seeing people get out here working. Obviously this guy isnt a professional. Obviously this is for his house
Bs, I have polished concrete floor in my house poured 38 yrs ago no cracks( it was wet poured )
Yeah, plenty of concrete with no cracks, and I really don't care how anyone else wants to do it at their house.
I bet you are a keyboard contractor LMAO
Dry pours are risking incomplete soaking, and that's like having sand as a foundation. Don't be lazy.
Exactly all concrete is guaranteed to crack. Reason for control joints. Also Portland cement has "Autogenous" healing properties. Which it heals small cracks that you can't see through chemical reactions in the cement. All concrete cracks it's whether u can see the cracks.
I have a shed similar to that. I framed the floor, filled it half way with dry concrete, misted it with water, filled it the other half with dry concrete and miste and finished the top. We get freezing weather every winter. No cracks to this day. I wouldn't park a car on it but for a shed floor its perfect.
WEARING A MASK, SMART MAN
Yep! I have no desire to die a horrible death from Silicosis.
@@dwwoodbuilds FACT
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@@dwwoodbuilds you’re old enough by the time it started actually affecting you you’d be close to deaths door anyway, but yea a respirator is the way to go.
You don’t need to wear a mask!!!!
It’s good for your brain and good for your lungs. Head hard as concrete and lungs to smoke all you can.
Comon guys!!!
i tried dry pour once and I’ll never do it again.
Ok, sorry to hear you had poor results.
A dry pour will not last, No I would not.
Ok, then don't do it.
@@dwwoodbuildswe won’t
What did you dry pour? I mean this is just a slab, not a ton of traffic on it, should be just fine.
Unless base is very wet soil, I'd added some water to the ground first, giving it moisuture to help harden the concrete
This Dry Pour Technique was incredibly helpful and fast. I managed to pave a crawlspace under my house in a few days.
Concrete guy here- it may look good, but the structural integrity just isn’t there, it will take a few seasons but that pad will crack all to hell. I’m sure in person you can tell as well because you get such a nicer finish pouring the right way
sure
And 2nd finisher here. No surface finish to seal it up. It’s junk. Sakrete In general is shite u gotta add half bag of cement to 3 bags sakrete. To even come close to a finishable product that mite last. But. Wat u did is real easy 😂
sure
@@Malfypoolcreations plus the aggregate in sakrete tends to be pretty small and round
3rd concrete guy here. I work at a pecaste factory and we do both wet pour and dry pour. Dry for pipe wet for drains. For either of them you NEED rebar, the rebar is what adds structural reinforcement, the moisture underneath your patch will cause the concrete to weaken, and without the rebar it will crack. Best of luck to you and your patch.
Hell no, after 45 years in the construction business I know what works and what does not. If you want a cheap easy pad under a dog house that does not have to have to last, here you go. If you want strong cement quality that really holds up there is no quick easy fix. Not willing to do the work twice with my customers thinking I'm a dumb ass😂😂😂😂
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this is a limited DIY techique. Absolutely NOT appropriate for commerical work.
Mickey mouse construction
Just spend the extra time and do it right. Then you’ll be happy with your results.
"Dry poor pour", but fine for a temp pad.
@genejohnson4120 I APPRECIATE YOUR NO 🐂 COMMENT! I'VE MIXED ALOT OF BAG MIX, I WON'T EVEN "DRY SET" FENCE POSTS!
I have been doing concrete professionally since 1926, and I can tell you that if you jackhammer all that concrete after it dries, it will be cracked all to hell. I am sure it looks good now but trust me, put a jackhammer on that pad for just an hour and it will be as cracked as a plumbers convention.
That would make you over a hundred years old, nice one!
@@wiz4020don’t do math in public. He’s been doing concrete since day 1
@@davidb9323 The guy said he was doing concrete professionally since 1926, that was 98 years ago! So that would make him over 100 years old at least! So maybe you should learn how to do math before you make a stupid comment!
@@wiz4020 so serious
@@davidb9323 I guess some people lie about the most stupid things!
I don't like it. It doesn't always get wet all the way down. Especially for post holes, besides i get paid enough to do it right the first time. Not saying it doesn't work I prefer to do where I don't have to worry.
Go with what your comfortable with
My luck, I would pick a windy day to try this method.
Good luck!
Keep your head up sport. Life only rains once the moon makes darkness go to sleep sweet boy dream big
I’ve tested it. While it’s fine for very light use, after a while my corners broke off and freezing rain caused some surface chipping.
Definitely a light use solution. Would not make a driveway, etc using drypour. I'll be doing followup videos showing how it turns out and pros/cons of the technique.
@@dwwoodbuildswhy do it if you know it's worse?
@@4doorsmorewhors because all the other dry pour videos just praise it and never show any of the downside. I'm doing a followup series showing possible downsides and issues.
As a concretor in Australia, I'd never do a dry pour but each to their own.
Don't know why anyone would do a dry pour makes no scene @@leepenehoe673
What are the benefits of dry pouring? I do concrete for a living and I just dont understand why you wouldnt mix it and pour it normally? Genuine question. Why would anyone do it this way? Just to save some work mixing it? Lack of tools to do a normal pour?
Great questions/concerns, here's the my opinion on the reasons: 1. Tools - ignoring tools to make the form, the only tool needed is a 2x4" to push the dry powder around and scree it (of course a respirator is HIGHLY encouraged). 2. Handling/effort - in this case, it was 10 80lb bags of quickcrete. Dry pour means no effort to mix and then dump/shovel into the form. One of big positive feedbacks (here, instagram and tic-tok) is from elderly people or person with low upper body strength. The most identified use: small pad for garbage cans or a grill. There are definitely issues: surface finish, the water regime to get soaked through and its more porous than wet mix. The higher porosity (will hold more free water in wet conditions) means it can have issues in climates with hard deep freeze cycle (I'm in the deep south so that's not an issue here). In my opinion, its only appropriate for non-structural use (so no drive ways, foundations). Definitely a DIY only technique. Hope this addressed your questions!
No time constraints. Wet pour has time limits. Plus renting equipment for small jobs isn’t realistic. A little more time spent screeding and adding more powder will do a good job.
@@BrianJonesSr you could mix that in a barrow in like 20 minutes
You answered your own question lol
@@dvtofk9908 how many minutes per wheelbarrow plus time to spread times how many loads plus trowel time. If you’re by yourself, there are time constraints. If you get interrupted for any reason, you’re limited. That’s all I’m saying. This isn’t for professionals coming to do a job.
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thanks!
I'll try anything once 😅😅😅😅
It depends on the application. My fence guys used that process. Unfortunately, the cement post did not take and it was 3 months after the one year warranty. I myself will never dry pour.
Post holes are much deeper and the water can’t get down there
So I guess wells are not a thing?
@@phillipwhite3742the concrete soaks up the ground water...but yea I wouldn't do it
Fence posts are a completely different concept. Doesnt compare to dry pouring at all
@@michaelmcgee2026 well they dry poured all of mine
Long as it worked for you fuck what other people say or think 😊
True! thanks for watching!
😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅😇 pour concrete, flattered and make smooth surface and after that added water with water hose and mess up the entire process
See the follow up videos where I review and critique the results.
do it properly and it will look good.
Everyone in the comments are tripping, it’s just a stepping pad for to get into his shed.
One of the most insightful comments here
Doesn't matter, you can still have pride in your work and make it look good.
@@mattgilstrap7295That's absolutely right. I agree 100%. And to add to that, most people are clueless, so they'll see stuff like this and think they can go and dry pour all sorts of things. Simply Said, this is concrete work, and you are not doing yourself any favors whatsoever by start off learning concrete the wrong way, Period!
Your dumbass only thinks it’s insightful because he’s agreeing with your terrible pad. All the other comments that were truly insightful and informative you dismissed and were sarcastic. This is shit
If it’s so small why not just mix it? Or why not just use literally anything else like wood? It just makes no sense. Idk where this guy lives but I imagine in a few winters he’ll have a slab that’s falling apart. What a waste…
I do like the "elegance" of the technique, but I've got ocd tendencies and have to do everything perfect, even when, in cases such as these, where it's not super necessary. From my research it seems wetter is better. Then again, I may have done it here like you did to try it out, 'cause it just seems fun! c:
Wet pour definitely allows for a much better surface finish.
I would never dry poor either, but if I did I think I would've used some rebar for reinforcement
Fair enough on the dry pour. Here in the south, rebar and/or steel mesh is not required for small non-structural pads or home sidewalks.
4" slab on grade doesn't get rebar, maybe wire mesh.
I'm in deep south, not required by code.
@@allborosnyc4544we use rebar all the time no matter the size but some prefer wire.
how big is your wife that a pad to a shed on compacted gravel needs rebar?
I might, but I manage to make messes when I do stuff.
I completely understand! Thanks for watching!
For stuff like this, why not?
Yes, for projects like this, its good enough.
Don't be lazy and mixed good first
Let me know what happens on less then a year
So, it’s a DRY POUR video. The whole point of the video is to show a dry pour. Clearly say that at the beginning of the video. Also, if you weren’t lazy, you would have noticed the video is over 7 months old. Pad is still solid. Additionally, if you had taken a minute to look at the comments you would see I’ve answered this multiple times AND seen that there’s followup videos where I review and critique the results. Next time take a few seconds to check existing comments before wasting peoples time with your repetitive comments.
I would do a dry pour on small projects like these. Not on big projects of course.
This is about as big of a project I would do with dry pour. Thanks for watching!
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I agree for a big project I would call an expert and use a cement truck for sure.
To all the negative Nancy’s on this post. This dry pour will be just fine. The heaviest thing that will be on it is a human being. Stop being so critical
thank you!
Agreed, for all the negative comments there are equal amounts of proven success for this method.
For small concrete project like that. It will work
thank you
@@sergiogonzalez661 small projects is the key
I have used dry pour for years in the south 6 years now and no issues
Glad to hear it!! I'm looking to getting many years out of mine!
Think this would be ok for reinforced concrete bench legs. I have the molds, I hate mixing it. This looks way faster.
@@jiffyclean9429 its less effort, BUT the watering regime is over several hours, so a longer duration...
I wouldn't do this for a driveway or a sidewalk, but for an approach to your shed or a pad for an AC condenser. Why not.
My neighbor went to school to learn how to properly put down cement, after 20 years of busting his butt, he’s now doing dry pour.
Interesting... not what I would expect
He’s dry pouring commercial?
for tiny stuff like this it might work but anything else is a no no. problem with this to is that you can’t get traction meaning no broom mark on it
The natural surface of dry pour has plenty of traction. See the followup videos where I review and critique the results.
@@jjjonis245 likely he’s been putting down concrete. Cement is one component that concrete is made of. Like flour in a cake…
That is really interesting.
Thank you!
It really depends on the climate. If it freezes in your climate throughout the year, I wouldn't recommend dry pouring.
I absolutely agree!!! Climates with freeze heaving are problematic for dry pour (even with hog wire).
120fer here so think I’ll be good?
El.ranchero
Work Construccion
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thanks?
Be a retired mason dry pore has no strenth it needs to be mixed considency therw out means every thing . Lime is your sticky if vertical work . What else you want to know .
The pad is over 7 months old and solid and fine.
I’d like to know who taught you how to write so badly 😂😂😂😂😂
So many comments....
How much lime?
Its QuikCrete Ready Mix. You can read the specs on their website.
We used that stuff to build an addition onto Hoover Dam...worked just fine...leaking just a little but it'll be fine
uh huh, sure
Lol
Yeah bc of your easy instructions & inspiration!
Thank you! Recommend you watch some of the other youtube videos to get more details on how to do it.
Done this plenty of times. I also used bricks, stepping stone with rebar with sackcrete, works great
That's great to hear! Thanks for watching and sharing!
After watching what you just did,now I have the confidence to do what you just did,it is so much Easter bud !!! Thanks for sharing !!!👍🏻
You're welcome! I do strongly encourage you to watch some full length videos on dry pour to see all the details and have a better understanding. The @CajunCountryLivin channel has several great videos on how to do it. Thanks for watching!
*Easter
*EASIER*
@@rolfpoelman3486 oops, didn't proof read, lol.
@@melvinw.quinene841 Do you know how to edit it?
@@rolfpoelman3486 not quite
Always remember to install some type of reinforcement on any size of slab.
This is a common comment that is based on myth and not reality. I'm in the deep south and side walks here do not have ANY reinforcement. Not needed because there's no freeze heaving. In otherwords, there's no ground freezing, and thus vertical expansion (ie, heaving) that stresses the concrete unevenly.
@@dwwoodbuildsso what would your response/advise/counsel be to me, a builder up here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania??? Would you still recommend a dry pour? What about reinforcement?
@@ashleygrant3131 First: This is really a DIY technique. I would NOT recommend commercial projects do this because of the duration of the watering regime (time=$). That being said, depends on the intended purpose. Regarding reinforcement, check your local code for the project type. Assuming a small (5'x5') pad or sidewalk, for light duty and following the code for reinforcement, you probably would be ok. Definitely recommend a 3" compacted gravel base for support and prevent erosion under the structure. Also be aware the limits of the surface finish for drypour vs wet pour. Again, for commercial work, I would strongly recommend doing wet pour since all codes and regulations are written for that and especially f the work is going to be inspected. Hope this was of help.
I've done this for our patio. Almost a year later, Doing perfect.
That's great!
How big did you make your patio? We’re thinking about doing this for a 16x16 ft pad.
@@Myzy35 nope
I dry pour fence post.
That's great
Is the allure the “no mixing”? It’s absolutely fine for a walkway until Godzilla comes over but I feel like concrete comes with instructions for a reason. Like “if we let them dry pour, they’re gonna think they can build vertically this way.”
Mix the damn concrete and get mesothelioma…
Be a man.
Wow, definitely i would use dry pour..less back breaking work ,I'd imagine...
Definitely no shoveling wet concrete! 😁
Yes you only have to work 2 times as hard to make enough money to do this
@@madyottoyotto3055 home DIY technique, NOT appropriate for commercial work.
@@dwwoodbuilds yes I am aware but regardless people are best being aware this is the very expensive way to achieve this
I prefer this I make concrete statues etc with them using compression they are extremely strong
Using this pure mix of cement assuming not using fast set etc it's around three grades below what they use on nuclear power plants
Done well it will out live US ALL
MAYBE cement costs more in the UK
I use vibration to remove air before it soaks too much water up I sometimes use a very thin watery cement to help it drink give a better finish for this it needs vibration to self level if required
I like doing this but the cost difference is .minor point for most
Ideal if you appreciate having things over engineered for the same cost of paying others to do this
This is NOT pure cement. Quickcrete is a ready-mix (pre-mix of cement, sand and aggregate in the correct proportions).
After seeing this being done I would give it a try . Cheers 🇨🇦
Thanks!
Only on fence posts unless you don't mind that it cracks easier.
For this case, its fine
@@dwwoodbuilds I actually went the other way and hydro cured my walk way and it cures even harder you should try that next . You can also add binding material to make it even harder.
@@yohanonshine4664I agree. My fence cement fence post cracked after 13 months
Yes! That would definitely provide more water for a stronger cure! Thanks for watching!
I have done them in the past
Thanks for sharing!
Concrete will shrink and crack fact..you can control most if it be creating stress cuts so it will crack in the cuts..I do not recommend dry pours?..he spent unnecessary time watering and watering and watering again.just mix in a barrel and pour nicer results by far...FACT.
Yes I would have done it quite a few times works just fine if you do it right
Glad to hear it! Like most things, its the "do it right" part that's key! 😁
No metal reinforcement in the concrete always leads to cracks later on.
rebard/metal reinforcement doesn't prevent cracks. Also, this is a non-structural light duty pad.
@@dwwoodbuilds everything cracks but not everything cracks and seperates
On that, I will 100% agree!
Its for a shed😂
Needs subgrade compaction, rebar, and proper pour
Its on 3" of compacted gravel. Its non-structural so rebar is not needed (love all the comments saying rebar is needed for non-structural light duty pads.. this is like a very short sidewalk.. fun fact... side walks for your house doesn't have rebar) and since the point of the video is to show a dry pour, its a proper pour. Thanks for watching!
Agreed, non structural. But you forgot the 1/2 expansion on the outside edge 😂
I did a dry pour on a 4x6 sidewalk block. It came out ok for my amateur experience. I probably should have done more floating and toweling. It's an ok method
Not being able to do a smooth surface finish is a definite issue with dry pour
why not just do it properly? im certified by the american concrete institute and also have 25 yrs experience and this is absolutely WRONG. just so everyone knows
No,no,no,no,no. Mix your concrete once, trowel, cover, and leave. Much less time doing things conventional. Otherwise, commercial contractors would be doing dry pours on everything
Basic sakrete has no air-entraiment in the mix...which is necessary for freeze thaw cycles in exposed concrete...they do make a bagged air-entraiment mix that requires a preferred mechanical mixing..but those yellow bags are not them...hence the inferior structural integrity.. still decent for DIY projects like this..
I don't understand why people feel the need to reinvent the wheel. This is just going against the grain, and or just being lazy. If you can't afford or don't have anybody to do it for you if you don't have the know-how - and I'd say if you had a really bad back, then hey, knock your socks off. Dry poures will not last. It just comes down to physics, and I guess science. First, if you don't add enough water evenly, then you risk having trapped dry powdered concrete. Secondly, and in my opinion, over watering is just as bad. If you add too much water to any given weight of concrete, the fillers, polymers, hardeners, etc will now be out of strengthening ratio, and it will absolutely crumble in short time. Everybody who does concrete, doesn't argue against this because they want your job. We just know that there is a particular method that has to be used for properly curing concrete, and it sure as hell is not dry pouring.
If that's your thing, go for it. Seems really dumb to me. I don't want to breath the dust as Im trying to level it for one. Also, I don't want to spend a several hours spraying it. If I mix it first, I feel confident the tinsel strength will be consistent. Also, after I've finished it to my satisfaction, Im done. No adding water over several hours. Thats stupid.
Well maybe for a small turd of a pad like that, maybe. I wouldn't pour my driveway or state highway with it though. I don't like Quikrete mixed the right way either. Plus the way they spell Quikrete is insane.
Hell no! A regular cement is definitely quicker. You could be donebin an hour ir so and forget it. Your way is a 4-6 hour job. No thanks.
why didn't you scrape away the excess mix scattered all over the place before spraying water? gonna look like shit after you've finished. folks, don't do what this guy is doing
No rebar or mesh or anything at all inside to hold it together or prevent cracking etc? It doesn’t take much to do a wet pour & put rebar in. Why risk having to redo this job at a later date because it wasn’t done properly the 1st time?
Yeah I will never understand the appeal of this outside of like a fence post
Rebar and most other inserts are used to increase tensile strength. It’s not necessary on a simple pad like this since concrete already has great compressive strength. Anything structural you’d want that tensile strength to stop the shear force.
rebar for a 2x2 pad lmao
It seems to me that with just a tiny bit more effort it would be simple to mix it in a large plastic mixing tub (with water) with a shovel and then pour it into the form. More consistent results. Same amount of water per bag. Aggregate gets evenly mixed throughout. If the project is worth doing at all, it makes sense to do it right.
Ed Schultheis
Mechanical design engineer
If anyone thinks a dry pour is as strong as a wet pour..well you really have no idea! A dry pour is about as strong as dried clay! No strength whatsoever! The weakness is within the core where water does not reach or mix well with the aggregates.
Misting the concrete in intervals you are only wetting the top with the core having virtually no water and the top starting to set mist after mist which makes the water less likely to reach the bottom plus having the cement from the layers below pulling water from the top weakening the overall fountain of the concrete.
There's many reasons why dry pours don't get used and will never get used beyond the common you tube diyer!
Really... before sharing an opinion, do some research. I have a video that CLEARLY shows a dry pour solid all the way thru. Others have shown the same.
I mean how difficult is it to just mix it in a wheelbarrow and dump it? Takes just a few minutes and you can drop some steel wire in to add strength and reduce cracking. Meh. Your money! Hope it works out for you.
So it’s obvious the integrity is not there so why take the chance. You didn’t save any time. It looks like you had approximately 20 bags and takes about 3 minutes to mix 2 bags in a wheel barrow so the whole process of mixing and floating should have taken you about an hour. You said you went back and forth several times over the next few hours to wet and float again. I don’t get it
How do use a finishing trowel on mud you never started making😂😂😂 jk
I get it, you wanted to do something but not everything. I would've just shook and layed the bags flat and walked away. 😂
It will crack for sure,no iron rods,not mixed properlly,sand grit on the top- water will fuc.k it up for couple years. I would not do that,I would go for the old method,its more harder and time spending for the prep and for the work is long but on the end of the day,a couple more hours is nothing. We allredy lost that time on yt and other crap( like me) . Soooo,yeah,this is big no no for me😂
You can’t make concrete like this, it’s not effective
If you want to have a good concrete you need cement, aggregate and sand mix them with water so that we can have a good bond between the materials. then pour it . If you put a mesh of BRC before pouring it would be good for tension as it’s a small panel of step.
Pouring it wet will give it more strength. If it's not going to hold a lot of weight I do not see why this is an issue. He is not putting the shed on it, or a car, it's only for people to walk on. 4000lb concrete vs 200lb man. Even if the concrete lost half it's strength that's 2000lb concert now.
Nope sure won't...
I don't mind taking the extra step of starting with Portland cement, sand and gravel then tossing everything in the mixer...
If it is worth doing it is worth doing right...
No tensile strength without mesh or rebar towards the bottom, so it's definitely going to crack. Also, seems the water would be more excessive than pouring wet and that moisture may not be properly distributed.
Personally I would’ve just done two rectangular slabs with better concrete and make it perfect so I can move them or put them side by side that way it won’t crack in the future and looks better rather have something done right and perfect that way it doesn’t become a hassle later 😂
No way would i. It's dumb. Where's the rebar mat? Concrete needs to be mixed with a certain amount of water to achieve optimal strength.
It should crack and have minimal tensile strength. Could of put some BS steel to help the strength but if you’re going to do it right preferably wire mesh
It's not going to look very nice regarding the Finish
Its good enough for a pad that in the back yard for a shed
if you finish with a paint roller it will look about as good as ever. a fine felt paint roller!
If you added some lime stones it would be self-healing. When it cracks and it rains the limestone will heal the concrete it's why Roman buildings are still around and our concrete is crumbling.
I would not do it. I work in civil engineering structural division and it would make me crazy doing things this method. I recognized that it is ultimately a step and no life safety to occupants is at risk. I just worry about its life span and it would last a long time before I have to do it all again wasting materials and my time if I had done a little extra work. But hey let me know if it work out for you maybe I changed my mind.
I'll add water n mix properly for a better end product. It's honestly not that much work to justify to lesser end result.
Dry pour is proven to be dumb af
Interesting, because its also proven to be perfectly fine for limited use cases, like my pad.
You could do this right by spending a little more on a shovel and a wheelbarrow, what are you saving by doing this exactly? You literally did everything but mix it wth
Quizá si lo hubiese hecho por capas. Una capa, agua. Luego estando húmedo, otra capa, agua, por último otra capa, agua y compactar y nivelar.
Please, nobody, follow this video! While dry pouring may look okay you sacrifice all structural integrity. Part of concretes strength comes from the curing process to cure correctly concrete needs the proper water to concrete ratio.
Looks like you're gonna get a inch and a half (if you're lucky) of hardened concrete, and about 4 to 5 inches of untouched fluffy interior.
El.ranchero
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Yes I'd try it.
Go for it!
I've made frames for sidewalk paving stones with this dry pour method. It works well. I ended up topping the finish with a powdery concrete and the stone concrete for the bottom. It made it easier to level with the board instead of the board grabbing the little pebbly rocks.
You asked for it. For such an inconsiquential job. No big deal. But shows that you have no idea how to do decent concrete work.
Edge oand corners will crumble off dill,waste of money just mix it wet will last with steel reinforcment 100 yaers
I love rednecking projects but this one won the cake 🍰. Stick to your day job and leave the concrete to a professional.
Definitely not.
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Yes, its easier
I think so!
Why didn't you strip the forms? Because all the dry concrete fell out and the edge came with it. Stupid people doing stupid stuff
My shed houses my riding lawn mower. How do i make a dry pour pad that angles down to the ground so I can ride my mower up into my shed? I really want to do this. I am a 70+ year old female.
Sir Fuck what anyone thinks about your work if your happy why care ❤
Thanks and an excellent point!
Its shit. No reinforce. No mix. No wibble wobble. Just another job to do again to be done olin proper way.
Personally I wouldn't do it, not needed. I can easily mix that small amount in my wheelbarrow with better strength.
Dry pour is awful. It’s for the lazy or ill-equipped. So it right the first time and it will last longer.
Yes I would
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