David, I watch quite a number of channels, including those who do concrete and hard scape/brick/stone, and I find that your easy-going disposition and your description that isn’t insulting to the listener is all great. Thank you.
Great job David. I have to say I've started working on my backyard about a year and half ago doing a little on the weekends and your channel is the number one channel I watch to learn about concrete. Whether it's how to properly install drains or learning tips and trick to laying block, I really appreciate your videos. Keep up the great work!!
I love your videos and I'm not even a masonry guy...well maybe I am at heart. You and your crew inspired me to take on my own backyard concrete projects. Thanks for the great examples of professionalism and craftsmanship.
Fun to hear you speaking Spanglish to the crew, David. Your commentary is really good. You answer our questions before we can ask. “What are those pencil marks for?” “What kind of drain are you putting in there?”
Good stuff man. I’m building a fire pit in my back yard and it’s nowhere like this. Mad respect for your hard work. Nice to see you treat your workers like human beings.
Everytime I see your new videos you add new things. Like when are you Going to have a set process, you keep learning new things and making the job that much better 👍🏽 keep it up
As a latino my self I find your effort to speak Spanish so nice, I’m a long time subscriber an enjoy every project so much, felicitaciones por la calidad de tus proyectos.
Love all your videos including this one. It would be wonderful to see the finished product after the yard is back filled, leveled and completed with grass though.
Laying blocks in that heat took some doing .Great hard graft and another decent job we have temps of 86 in wales today for a change 🤣🏴🏴🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👊🧱🧱
At 28:08 I remember I called a buddy I usually order from and he's usually prompt but one day I ordered 3 yards and my guy was too busy so he refered me to the ready mix driver on this video..he showed up 2 hours late ...mannn
Question that first row of bricks, is that still done with concrete? The reason I ask is I want to install low voltage landscape lights, but I need to drill through the cinderblock. It will be better to just drove through the second one in the row.
I don't know where ur from but here in the San Francisco bay area? But I've been on jobs they stolen the fencen around the jobs, and taken the time to let all the copper wire.
Question. Would you say that in ground that sees a good amount of expansion each year, is it better to set your first course of blocks in the foundation concrete or set it in mortar?
Brilliant work and love the content! can I ask what do you record your videos on and what microphones are you using? Ive just started recording my work so learning the video side off things.
As always..phenomenal work!! I have a question. You're the only expert I know of with this type of work...I am planning on putting up a 8X8X16 Double split face wall and the blocks I have been buying have an open end...is that something new? I've noticed the blocks you're using on this project, as well as past, have four sides...from your experience, is this gonna be a problem for me?
Hello Happy Independence Day!! Quick question when your excavating do you get a service to locate the utilities or is that not an issue because of the depth you’re working with?
Nice video, I upvoted it. I wonder why the workers in Portugal do not add mud to the ends of the blocks? They also lay only one single line of mud under a block right in the center, instead of two rows on the edges. Are they doing it wrong? Also the Portuguese do not seem to add lime or fire clay. They only mix gravel, stone powder and cement (for concrete) or marine sand and cement (for blocks). Using marine sand later walls give out salt crystals. Can one trust buildings in Portugal especially in the Azores, where earthquakes do happen?
Adding marine sand is basically what the Romans did when they added sea shells to concrete mixes, marine sand will have calcium deposits, the calcium actually seals the concrete and makes it stronger, so if it cracks and then you get rain, the cracks gets closed up by the calcium. The calcium is better than lime. Pantheon still standing, with all its concrete beauty.
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Yeah, get that. But you don't have string lines being used for the all the foundation aspects, they are up for the first half of the video, so it was a strange title to have.
@@OdellCompleteConcrete WOW, I just got charged HALF of that for a wall only 4 bricks high and 17 foot long. Looks like I got ripped off. Next time I'll be calling YOU instead. You and your crew do GREAT work.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
Happy Fourth
Happy fourth
Happy 4th
Happy Fourth
Odell and his crew are second to none. Pride and skill show in this job.
TY
David, I watch quite a number of channels, including those who do concrete and hard scape/brick/stone, and I find that your easy-going disposition and your description that isn’t insulting to the listener is all great. Thank you.
Awesome, thank you!
I agree with Michael’s comment
Great job David. I have to say I've started working on my backyard about a year and half ago doing a little on the weekends and your channel is the number one channel I watch to learn about concrete. Whether it's how to properly install drains or learning tips and trick to laying block, I really appreciate your videos. Keep up the great work!!
Sounds great!
TY
I love your videos and I'm not even a masonry guy...well maybe I am at heart. You and your crew inspired me to take on my own backyard concrete projects. Thanks for the great examples of professionalism and craftsmanship.
Go for it!
GL
TY
I just love these videos. The University of UA-cam is the greatest University ever.
I concur
Great work.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Fun to hear you speaking Spanglish to the crew, David. Your commentary is really good. You answer our questions before we can ask. “What are those pencil marks for?” “What kind of drain are you putting in there?”
Such wonderful work and a genuinely nice person who really cares about his business and the work he does for his clients.
Good stuff man. I’m building a fire pit in my back yard and it’s nowhere like this. Mad respect for your hard work. Nice to see you treat your workers like human beings.
TY
GL
Love seeing the boss with the pick and shovel! Great work!
Thanks 👍
YOU, YOUR CREW ARE AMAZING......As a woman seeing this helps me understand how professionals do the job right!!!!
ty
He always makes it look so easy. Chinking really finishes off the wall so nicely.
I concur
TY
Everytime I see your new videos you add new things. Like when are you
Going to have a set process, you keep learning new things and making the job that much better 👍🏽 keep it up
WOW looking great
Love the way you communicate with your crew, teaching them new techniques and building your crews up
At the same some lol love it
Love the hat cam conversation bits
Awesome
TY
One thing I really enjoy about your videos is the length,I really like how they are longer than just 10 minutes or so also love the content,GOD BLESS
As a latino my self I find your effort to speak Spanish so nice, I’m a long time subscriber an enjoy every project so much, felicitaciones por la calidad de tus proyectos.
Lovely job and well thought out ! The homeowners will be very pleased with the end result I’m sure.
Yes
TY
Happy fourth and outstanding job as usual
Same to you
Nice block wall! Beautiful; thaank you for showing! Nice work
Ty
Greetings from The Masonry Company on this 4th of July O'Delll Concrete.
Beautiful wall and keep the videos coming!!!!
You to
TY
Very cool, the masonry videos are my fav.
me too
Great job! You guys are the best!
Thanks so much!
Sweet 👍
happy 4th, great work as always
You To
TY
Very nice work.
Thank you very much!
Excellente David and crew!
TY
Great work,..I'm learning a lot
Love all your videos including this one. It would be wonderful to see the finished product after the yard is back filled, leveled and completed with grass though.
Will do
That is a very good looking wall. Excellent craftsmanship!😀
TY
Mighty fine work.
TY
I love watching the completed projects they look so nice!!!
Happy 4th fellas. Cool video.
Same to you
Its excellent work
Looks awesome! Hope you all had a great 4th 🇺🇸
Thanks! You too!
Awesome work with no string line, wow!
Thanks a lot!
Have a great 4th of July!!
you too
Great job David and Happy Independence Day!!
You too
TY
Another great job.
TY
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
great work as usual very statley look
TY
Love your work boys..
TY
Clean 👍🏼😎
You already know
NICE JOB
Laying blocks in that heat took some doing .Great hard graft and another decent job we have temps of 86 in wales today for a change 🤣🏴🏴🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👊🧱🧱
Sounds like beach weather
@@OdellCompleteConcrete
Have to enjoy it here it wont last long 🤣🤣🇺🇸🏴👍👊
Mr. Odell is going native on us ! I see he picked up some of the local verbiage 😂👍🏻
At 28:08 I remember I called a buddy I usually order from and he's usually prompt but one day I ordered 3 yards and my guy was too busy so he refered me to the ready mix driver on this video..he showed up 2 hours late ...mannn
Wow
That sucks
Wonderful video David. Really enjoyed watching it 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Good job wonderful work 👏
Thanks a lot 😊
Came out awesome guys...👍🏾👍🏾
ty
Very good job
I enjoyed seeing the connection you made with the first pumper guy talking about your kids and their homies working together
Great
TY
amazing as always
TY
Slightly different format in this video! You included more small talk. I like it!
YOU ARE ONE STOP SHOP !
Yea
Bellísimo trabajo 🧱👊💪🙏
TY
damn that looks expensive, great work guys!
ty
Nice job David! And your spanish pronunciation is getting pretty good ;) Keep learning and improving it!
I'm working on it.
TY
Was there horizontal bars in there also? Or just verticals on the bottom? Didn't see any horizontals being placed in on either corse.
Question that first row of bricks, is that still done with concrete? The reason I ask is I want to install low voltage landscape lights, but I need to drill through the cinderblock. It will be better to just drove through the second one in the row.
Good idea
GL
Nice 🤘🏽
Thanks 💯
I have to do something similar at my house. Is it more cost effective to do block vs form and concrete?
Yes
You do a lot of unique jobs west for people because of where they live
Yes
TY
I'm doing a 6' x 100' block wall/fence what's the price range I should be at?
How do u protect your blocks and Supply's from being stolen
No need to protect the blocks.
Today's thieves are lazy and go for the easy money stuff
I don't know where ur from but here in the San Francisco bay area? But I've been on jobs they stolen the fencen around the jobs, and taken the time to let all the copper wire.
@@mikeklein318 dang
You have gangster thieves out there
@@mikeklein318 copper wire is not heavy.
The fance maybe it was vinyl fencing. That's all light stuff.
Blocks are heavy
3:44 The neighbor will love the outdent past the property line. Shouldn't the retaining wall be completely on the client side?
Shared property line wall
Hey David, what is the tool your using to tie the rebar together...I live in Thailand and haven't seen it here?
Makita rebar tier
Where you “keyed” beneath the pad, do you worry about compaction? What laser lever do you use?
I think he uses a dewalt
How cold does it get there
He’s in Southern California, it never gets below freezing here.
Question. Would you say that in ground that sees a good amount of expansion each year, is it better to set your first course of blocks in the foundation concrete or set it in mortar?
In the concrete footing is always better if it's possible
How much should a home owner save up to get a job like this done? I have a home in Atlanta.
7500
Is it possible to dry stack blocks and fill it in every other hole?
yes
@@OdellCompleteConcrete so why do people use mortar these days?
6 Noche and bright outside. Life in the Northern Hemisphere.
OSS
Brilliant work and love the content! can I ask what do you record your videos on and what microphones are you using? Ive just started recording my work so learning the video side off things.
Go pros and standard mics
As always..phenomenal work!! I have a question. You're the only expert I know of with this type of work...I am planning on putting up a 8X8X16 Double split face wall and the blocks I have been buying have an open end...is that something new? I've noticed the blocks you're using on this project, as well as past, have four sides...from your experience, is this gonna be a problem for me?
It's easier to set open end block over rebar.
Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸
yt
Hello Happy Independence Day!!
Quick question when your excavating do you get a service to locate the utilities or is that not an issue because of the depth you’re working with?
All the utilities come from the back yard on this property
Do you specify what size rocks to use. I think we all want that “self leveling” concrete!
That would be nice
Nice video, I upvoted it. I wonder why the workers in Portugal do not add mud to the ends of the blocks? They also lay only one single line of mud under a block right in the center, instead of two rows on the edges. Are they doing it wrong? Also the Portuguese do not seem to add lime or fire clay. They only mix gravel, stone powder and cement (for concrete) or marine sand and cement (for blocks). Using marine sand later walls give out salt crystals. Can one trust buildings in Portugal especially in the Azores, where earthquakes do happen?
You build with whatever you have available
Adding marine sand is basically what the Romans did when they added sea shells to concrete mixes, marine sand will have calcium deposits, the calcium actually seals the concrete and makes it stronger, so if it cracks and then you get rain, the cracks gets closed up by the calcium. The calcium is better than lime. Pantheon still standing, with all its concrete beauty.
When your good. Your 👍
OSS
Get it on
OSS
In the very beginning what's that long thin thing that looks like a....ah...STRING!!!!!
Yeah, Dave discovered string that bends to any radius. You caught it!
I would have wanted brick columns/posts where the wall ends at the mouth of the driveway, but other than that, looks great.
He is going to put a rolling gate in there
Nice of you give some gloves and t shirt
Ty
How much for something like this?
Tricks out of the hat . Didn't expect the actual hat to be one
Thats the trick
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Don't get it
👏👏💯💯
Had to save
great
I must have missed why the top course is thinner block ?
Decorative
Great build but I don't understand the title of this video given their are string lines used for half the video.
Strings don't work on radius
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Yeah, get that. But you don't have string lines being used for the all the foundation aspects, they are up for the first half of the video, so it was a strange title to have.
Was a structural engineer involved in the design of this wall?
Yes
How much to build a wall like that
5500
@@OdellCompleteConcrete WOW, I just got charged HALF of that for a wall only 4 bricks high and 17 foot long. Looks like I got ripped off. Next time I'll be calling YOU instead. You and your crew do GREAT work.
David as a younger man it would have been enjoyable to work under your relaxed supervision
That's what I hear
Excelente trabajo,yo necesito un par de esos guantes, cuándo me los envía,a Colombia 😂.
Un saludo cordial.
TY Jesus
I'd appreciate if you enabled captioning on this video and future videos.
Good idea
TY
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
I don’t see any rebar in the last block
Deceiving
Mr. Odell, do you get most of your business by word of mouth like from the concrete man? UA-cam videos?