Finishing concrete is definitely a very skilled craft . Not much of a concrete person myself. But my one uncle worked with concrete his whole life . Enjoyed the video .
Tom I sure dont envy you of your job, you and your team are absoulotley the greatest, when I watch your video,s all I see is alot of hard work, your end game on your jobs is just proffesional and a pleasure to see Thanks for your great work Murray
Only to have some nosy, bat crap crazy Karen measuring any and everything for a bogus violation. No thanks. Ain't NO neighborhood or school system worth that kind of tyranny. Look elsewhere 😢😢
@@carolscott3868 definitely high voltage power lines can mess with your electronics plus. Having an HOA adds a next level power to your property that’s worse than government.
Love my HOA, no worries that my neighbour decides to run a body shop out of their front yard. Movies under the stars and Easter Bunny visits for the kids, summer community BBQ and games for the adults. I know most of our neighbours in our community of 80 homes. If that is not what you value then don’t buy into a community that does.
Happy Mothers Day to all moms watching?? Got to be a few somewhere 😊😊. Your comment early on about NO topsoil is the norm for builders today's. The developers strip every inch of topsoil and then leave the new unknowing homeowner with absolute garbage to try and get grass to grow. They THROW sod down on the front and some down the sides and that's it. Homeowner is then suppose to seed the remaining crappy fill dirt and pray grass grows---very little does. They call in aeration companies like ours hoping for a miracle. Best thing to do is completely get rid of the remaining concrete chunks and gravel, bring in 2 to 3 inches of actual topsoil and start from there. Cheap?? Hell no, but if they want a real lawn the only way to go.
Tom, a month or so ago you took some concrete cylinders that you planned on performing some destructive, compression cylinder break tests on (7-day, 14-day, 28-day compression tests). Did you post the follow-up video on that, or did I just miss it? Thanks
I know concrete, at its core, is a chemical process - but the artistry you and your crew add to it is wonderful 😊 Coming from an area where "concrete experts" are questionable at best, I appreciate your knowledge and experience.
Talking to my son about you hitting metal when cutting up the trees. He does this as well and has a good metal detector he runs over the tree before cutting, (a guess it is like the ones that people use to look for treasure on the beaches). Saves a lot of blades. Plus he has a professional blade sharpener. Pays for itself.
Nice job Tom, which even before i watch the video i already know it's going to be a great job, even sometimes things can and will go south, the Master Craftsman KNOWS how to fix mistakes, and the finished product is beautiful. Your also blessed, not only with the knowledge of how to do a great job, you have, what i call a gift, of how to relay and teach that skill to others, many cannot do that. In all fields, mechanics, carpentry, welding, painting etc, lots of good tradesmen, but most cannot teach. Well done sir: :)
It's been too long. Exposed aggregate is so beautiful. I can't wait to see it. I really love it, I do. You were luck w your phone. A while back, I arrived home just as the rain was begging. I hurriedly got my stuff together and rushed in. 15 minutes later I was sitting down to eat. My phone always knows when I'm about to eat because it's always going off. So I always set my phone on the table. My shorts that day had shallow pockets. Yep, it was not in my pocket. I ran outside. There it was, on the ground getting rained on!! That's my luck. Tom, again it was really nice watching the crew move in sync. Real professionals in motion. Chris looks like a good one for TSH. It won't be long till he's trained up and in sync!! Very nice video. I'm looking forward to seeing the exposed aggregate. Thanks.👍❤️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great work love your videos I am also in P A by Gettysburg n doing concrete for last 20 years HOA LOL ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING TO SAY. Watch the RADAR is everyday for us lol
Tom, I notice in all your pours you have gravel underneath. I live in southwest Alabama and all our pours here you have to have plastic underneath to keep the concrete from drying to fast and cracking. Can you do a segment on the differences in concrete work in north vs south?. Great videos!
Beautiful location/house - pity about those power lines. Great job though, Australian here... do they put up backyard fences for privacy in those areas? Seems odd having neighbours so in your face.
Tom, this video intrigued me because the layout is exactly like mine. I have an upper deck with a patio beneath. My interest is in how the patio is waterproofed from above. If you can offer insight, I would appreciate it.
Hey Tom love your videos . May I make a suggestion to you about when you unloading your excavator turn around and use the boom as a balance coming off trailer that way you can see where you are going off
Tom as usual a great team to turn out such great work always you say you have problems but it never shows. I lived in a community with a HOA I was even the president of it for three years I hop0e my opinion means something here? Three letter agencies or organizations that we can do without, IRS, ATF, Department of Education, EPA, and HOA they all are acting like gestapo and we don't need any of that. Thank you for your content always Tom. Don't be late. Ed in Partlow Virginia
I'm surprised that the homeowner did not have you pour a small concrete landing pad at the bottom of the stairs that come down the side of the house from the upper deck. This was the perfect opportunity that the homeowner should have taken for you and your crew to pour that stair landing pad while you were there pouring the lower patio. Oh well.
HOA stands for Home Owners Association. Usually they set and enforce rules to maintain an "approved appearance". Theoretically to prevent any reduction in property values due to incompatible aesthetics. But, frequently they devolve into petty enforcement of arbitrary rules.
A common error made by concrete contractors is getting step and stair heights wrong. Most U.S. building codes are based the IBC. The code state the following: R311.7.5.1 Risers. The riser height shall be not more than 7-3/4 inches (196 mm). The riser shall be measured vertically between leading edges of the adjacent treads. The greatest riser height within any flight of stairs shall not exceed the smallest by more than 3/8 inch (9.5 mm).
100% Agreed, i remember my wife's Unc Bert in Az, some of his "white small gravel" was moved by the children, not much hardly noticeable, and the KAREN HOA threatened fines and it was cwzy - NOPE never HOA for me..
lol tom that's called age !!! with leaving your phone on the truck I do that shit all the time!! we are the same age it sucks when you think 100 things at a time
Finishing concrete is definitely a very skilled craft . Not much of a concrete person myself. But my one uncle worked with concrete his whole life . Enjoyed the video .
Thanks For watching
The sound on this one was EXCELLENT! Don't know what you did but it is a 100% improvement over earlier video's ...... good job!
Happy Mother's Day. Mrs.D.
Thanks so much
Tom I sure dont envy you of your job, you and your team are absoulotley the greatest, when I watch your video,s all I see is alot of hard work, your end game on your jobs is just proffesional and a pleasure to see Thanks for your great work
Murray
Wow, thanks
That long wand was cool , Tom reminded me of “Hanz and Frank” when he said “ Pump me Up “
I would never buy a house, property or anything that has an HOA.
100% Agreed :)
Only to have some nosy, bat crap crazy Karen measuring any and everything for a bogus violation. No thanks. Ain't NO neighborhood or school system worth that kind of tyranny. Look elsewhere 😢😢
and near high voltage wires
@@carolscott3868 definitely high voltage power lines can mess with your electronics plus.
Having an HOA adds a next level power to your property that’s worse than government.
Love my HOA, no worries that my neighbour decides to run a body shop out of their front yard. Movies under the stars and Easter Bunny visits for the kids, summer community BBQ and games for the adults. I know most of our neighbours in our community of 80 homes. If that is not what you value then don’t buy into a community that does.
Happy Mothers Day to all moms watching?? Got to be a few somewhere 😊😊.
Your comment early on about NO topsoil is the norm for builders today's. The developers strip every inch of topsoil and then leave the new unknowing homeowner with absolute garbage to try and get grass to grow. They THROW sod down on the front and some down the sides and that's it. Homeowner is then suppose to seed the remaining crappy fill dirt and pray grass grows---very little does. They call in aeration companies like ours hoping for a miracle. Best thing to do is completely get rid of the remaining concrete chunks and gravel, bring in 2 to 3 inches of actual topsoil and start from there. Cheap?? Hell no, but if they want a real lawn the only way to go.
Tom, a month or so ago you took some concrete cylinders that you planned on performing some destructive, compression cylinder break tests on (7-day, 14-day, 28-day compression tests). Did you post the follow-up video on that, or did I just miss it? Thanks
Both jobs looks really good and it is amazing how you go from one to the other and never miss a beat.
Not always the case, but thanks
I know concrete, at its core, is a chemical process - but the artistry you and your crew add to it is wonderful 😊 Coming from an area where "concrete experts" are questionable at best, I appreciate your knowledge and experience.
Thank you! Cheers!
Talking to my son about you hitting metal when cutting up the trees. He does this as well and has a good metal detector he runs over the tree before cutting, (a guess it is like the ones that people use to look for treasure on the beaches). Saves a lot of blades. Plus he has a professional blade sharpener. Pays for itself.
Very good job, Tom!
Nice job Tom, which even before i watch the video i already know it's going to be a great job, even sometimes things can and will go south, the Master Craftsman KNOWS how to fix mistakes, and the finished product is beautiful. Your also blessed, not only with the knowledge of how to do a great job, you have, what i call a gift, of how to relay and teach that skill to others, many cannot do that. In all fields, mechanics, carpentry, welding, painting etc, lots of good tradesmen, but most cannot teach. Well done sir: :)
The mag aspect I had to learn on my own. Great tip.
It's been too long. Exposed aggregate is so beautiful. I can't wait to see it. I really love it, I do. You were luck w your phone. A while back, I arrived home just as the rain was begging. I hurriedly got my stuff together and rushed in. 15 minutes later I was sitting down to eat. My phone always knows when I'm about to eat because it's always going off. So I always set my phone on the table. My shorts that day had shallow pockets. Yep, it was not in my pocket. I ran outside. There it was, on the ground getting rained on!! That's my luck. Tom, again it was really nice watching the crew move in sync. Real professionals in motion. Chris looks like a good one for TSH. It won't be long till he's trained up and in sync!! Very nice video. I'm looking forward to seeing the exposed aggregate. Thanks.👍❤️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great work love your videos I am also in P A by Gettysburg n doing concrete for last 20 years HOA LOL ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING TO SAY. Watch the RADAR is everyday for us lol
I'm stealing that extension idea haha
Tom, I notice in all your pours you have gravel underneath. I live in southwest Alabama and all our pours here you have to have plastic underneath to keep the concrete from drying to fast and cracking. Can you do a segment on the differences in concrete work in north vs south?. Great videos!
👍🏻👍🏻. Don’t see exposed aggregate much anymore around here.
Was this HOA approved?? God only knows their regulations on that😢😢
Awesome ❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful location/house - pity about those power lines. Great job though, Australian here... do they put up backyard fences for privacy in those areas? Seems odd having neighbours so in your face.
Tom, this video intrigued me because the layout is exactly like mine. I have an upper deck with a patio beneath. My interest is in how the patio is waterproofed from above. If you can offer insight, I would appreciate it.
Hey Tom love your videos . May I make a suggestion to you about when you unloading your excavator turn around and use the boom as a balance coming off trailer that way you can see where you are going off
Tom as usual a great team to turn out such great work always you say you have problems but it never shows. I lived in a community with a HOA I was even the president of it for three years I hop0e my opinion means something here? Three letter agencies or organizations that we can do without, IRS, ATF, Department of Education, EPA, and HOA they all are acting like gestapo and we don't need any of that. Thank you for your content always Tom. Don't be late. Ed in Partlow Virginia
Couple of thoughts; Try a chest mount camera, as they work really well without the motion. Have you ever done heavy stamp with exposed aggregate?
Do you not have building codes to follow in Pennsylvania regarding step height ?
I'm surprised that the homeowner did not have you pour a small concrete landing pad at the bottom of the stairs that come down the side of the house from the upper deck. This was the perfect opportunity that the homeowner should have taken for you and your crew to pour that stair landing pad while you were there pouring the lower patio. Oh well.
HOA is good for handing away your freedoms. The same applies to cameras everywhere. I get why we have them but the statement is valid.
Wouldn’t a piece of pvc maybe be better for your extension sprayer just being way lighter? That poll looks heavy but maybe it isn’t that bad.
The HOA in every state should be labeled as domestic terrorists and racist against any good home owners. Just an opinion. Love your work sir.
really want to hear about the HOA stuff...
can u explain what a hoa is plz
HOA stands for Home Owners Association. Usually they set and enforce rules to maintain an "approved appearance". Theoretically to prevent any reduction in property values due to incompatible aesthetics. But, frequently they devolve into petty enforcement of arbitrary rules.
A common error made by concrete contractors is getting step and stair heights wrong. Most U.S. building codes are based the IBC. The code state the following: R311.7.5.1 Risers. The riser height shall be not more than 7-3/4 inches (196 mm). The riser shall be measured vertically between leading edges of the adjacent treads. The greatest riser height within any flight of stairs shall not exceed the smallest by more than 3/8 inch (9.5 mm).
There is no way I could live in a house under the control of an HOA. If I pay for my house and my land, I am going to do what I want whenever I want.
Typical HOA BS.
100% Agreed, i remember my wife's Unc Bert in Az, some of his "white small gravel" was moved by the children, not much hardly noticeable, and the KAREN HOA threatened fines and it was cwzy - NOPE never HOA for me..
lol tom that's called age !!! with leaving your phone on the truck I do that shit all the time!! we are the same age it sucks when you think 100 things at a time
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