How to Build a Storage Shed Slab Foundation
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2022
- In this video we show you how to setup and pour a Storage Shed Slab Foundation from start to finish. If you are interested in the electric power buggy we used in this video feel free to check it out with the link below! Enjoy and don't forget to LIKE, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT! Thank you all for your support!
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Thank you Dave to you and all your crew!!! I would like to try my hands at building my own personal storage shed ( potentially a 5 x 10 size); this video will help guide me to achieving my goal of building my own storage shed….please continue to do more of these types of videos Dave.
Thanks for making the effort to help someone seeking work. I've been hooked on your channel since I found it a week ago. There's allot of concrete videos, but your channel is different and that's because of you Sir. You're a problem solver, a man with vision, you're an artist and you are a great ambassador for the concrete industry. I really like how you take the big problems head-on and don't settle until your vision is accomplished. Great channel - God bless you Sir!
here is my $50, give me your paypal
Love that you're always trying / using innovative, labour-saving tools and methods. Smart.
Me too
TY
Always happy to see hard-working tradesmen employed building the USA.
Nice work Odell and crew! Cool wheel barrow.
When I’ve been part of concrete testing, I checked slump indirectly with a Kelly Ball and have seen others measure slump more directly with a cone but you Sir made the shortest work of that I’ve ever seen with just an eye ball.
Yes
Thanks
This is EXACTLY what I am trying to have done in my yard for a tool shed kit. Been looking for over a year, and haven't found a single contractor who ever came out to see and give a quote, that ever called me back. Seeing, this, I believe I could do it myself. Thanks David!!
Go for it
GL
Im in the opposite boat. All the quotes I've gotten have been over $2000 for a simple 12x14 4in slab!
@@billsmith9249 Same. Just got 3 quotes back. 2200, 1800, and 1900, for a 10x10 shed foundation slab. Nothing crazy just a storage shed, but the quotes are much higher than I'd expected
Most reputable contractors are too busy to take on a tiny job like that unless you get them early in the spring before it gets busy. Concrete is expensive and on top of it, if you only get small amount (1 yd. or less) you may get stuck with an added small load charge. There is also an added charge for any additive in the concrete (fibermesh or calcium chloride that speeds up the set time, etc) So a little slab can get costly if you contract it out.
I got to say personally that thing looks like more work than a wheelbarrow.
Initially it was until I got the hang of it
Yeah, slower too. Why you wanna give a break to the new guy? I remember when I started with my Tio Frank. . . There was no walking the carrucha, you ran it. The more you got caught being lazy, the more beer you had to buy after work.
Definitely quicker with a wheelbarrow
Water cooler quarterbacks !!! Slow and steady wins the race. These people don’t do labor. Save your body so you could work longer in life.
@@Cheez1979 Sounds like an excuse to be lazy. 🤣
Yeah! People Ready! Ive worked through them off and on for about 4 years👍...Good Job Odell keep up the awesome work🤙
TY
Thanks for mentioning People Ready.
As a small contractor business is good to know.
When paying top buck to finishers you should have them tool in the control joints to minimize over night cracks
Thanks
Felix Zarate
The Masonry Company
everything is perfect in this vid ... great results great editing and the sound is tight. Always educational too. Stellar vid guys
Much appreciated!
I wouldn’t mind learning from a pro like you
I love to watch his works. Good job. Very educational
TY
Big Boy
Another fine job.
It's fun watching you guys work, doesn't hurt my back in the least!...lol
Hi! George here, plaster master. I hope to learn enough and gain enough anti-procrastination juice to actually pour this. Lol nice! I definitely need a slab for tools I allow to be taken advantage of by the sun. Good job guys and thank you again
YW
TY
GL
That's a nice 'toy' saves a lot of back breaking work !, it even has a backup alarm !!!
Nice job and I’m glad to see that you take pride in your work!
Thanks!
seeing these experts at work has convinced me to leave this to the pros lol
You could DIY. Done it myself and the little lady with 60 or 80 pound premixed concrete bags and cement with concrete mix. Keep the sections small no more than 10'x8' at a time if you don't have 5 guys working at it. Pouring is fast and dirty finishing takes most of the time. Plate vibrator for compacting soil, concrete vibrator to remove air bubbles and a nice smooth edge, mixer and finishing tools. Need to pay attention to drying time and temperature, each day and pour is a little different. Need to practice on finishing before any major work.
Great job done there by all. Thanks for sharing.
YW
TY
Hello from Europe, Romania. I love your videos, very instructive. Thank you
Glad you like them!
And to add icing on the cake, if you add a couple of ducts, (prior to concrete, )coming up vertical from outside to inside the base, you can thread up electric etc inside the shed without external wire showing ! Nice job.
Nice job as always!!
I was a little disappointed not hearing you say 50% horsehair/50% nylon but then you totally redeemed yourself at the end 13:50 with, "Look at that wood grain finish, that's a masterpiece." Haha, you are the best, love you David :)
Glad I made up for it
TY
Hahaha, truly a masterpiece and I know they intended to give that classic wood grain stamped finish
Another great video David! Thank you
TY
David
As usual, great job! 😎👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow nice finished product. 👌💪
Must be doing good buying machines like those. My guys love old school wheelbarrows 😅😊
I had to build a cement pad for my dog’s 8’ x 30’ ft kennel run. That was a lot of work for one guy, and the cost could have been hard to handle at that time in my life. SO, I used pop cans I had save up as fillers. I’d lay a few rows of cans with 2-3 inches of space in between, then cement between. Then finished off with a couple inches over the whole top. No cans showed (except for the little 8 inch square to prove I used the cans. That was 25-30 years ago, still good as new. I did fill one 4’ x 8’ section with gravel for poop n pee. A great little condo inside, and my spoiled doggers were in heaven (and safe).
Thats interesting
Ty
You got any videos or pictures I like too see there home
@@danielpulido5932 Sorry Daniel, I don’t. That was 20+ years ago. But, the heavy duty chain link was framed with aluminum poles like at a play ground.
vary nice well done Mr. odell
watching these videos is so freakn cool
Hi, I really enjoy your videos and the work you and your guys do.
Glad you like them!
Nice Job Chief .
Thats a badass power buggy!
Yes
Glad to see you invest in equipment that saves your back and your guys. Knowing how my peeps are, that would be a “no mames” on your buggie. Work smarter and work longer. Good job, love watching your channel, it takes me back to my short concrete career. Keep it up.
I concur
TY
I saw my house in that video! I thought it was you guys doing that job, mostly because I thought I saw your blue shirt. I meant to stop by and have you come by my house to check out the pavers, seating area, stucco and firepit that I learned mostly from your videos. I just never saw you guys there when I was coming and going. Maybe next time!
Sure
TY
Excelente trabajo 💯 👌🏻👌🏻👊👊
Thank you so much for the video !!
I love this lol
So smooth
I’m literally addicted to your content !!!
Quick question at my dad place it has a courtyard which drop over 10 cm in 15 years do you find there is something to worry about !!
Very educational video, you can actually learn a lot.
Yes
TY
Great video! Thanks!❤❤❤
That is a top job. You could play pool on that surface👍
Yes
Pros make everything look so easy 😌
Ty
thats what a toolmaker likes to see let the machine do all the work.
Looking good! Would like to have you and crew in my backyard for a week or two.
Very thorough!
ty
It's good to see you found some people to help that are doing the job no Americans want to do
Tricky
Great lesson on how to
Glad you enjoyed it
Appreciate the videos. Helpful. Please let us know when you do some pergola foundations /piers and slabs. I see more pergolas getting built for grilling and solar car ports.
Coming soon. The job is already completed.
Damn Odell I used to work for people ready you can find good workers on there
Смотрю и поражаюсь!
Great work!!
Thanks a lot!
David Odell. Nice to see another video
YW
TY
Phenomenal grading
TY
When u tie the reo tie diagonal and only tie every 2nd row ,
It’s very quick , try it that is how large slabs are tied,nice job.
I have an Question regarding pouring slab. is it okay to pour concrete for fountain in parts? (by section with rebar) like have difference between days? im just wonder cause i live on area which has many earthquake and i would like to have my foundation in parts incase it cracks .my building code for my area requires about 12 inches thick concrete with rebar and standing on 10-15 pile of material or dig down to bedrock and put some material below and make concrete frame up and fill up with material and then concrete to make foundation.
Nice to see a you using a vapor barrier, best and cheapest way to do it, it is so much more expensive if you have problems later.
I concur
TY
Good job! I hope the city he lives in allows to build that close to property line. We’re I live it’s a 7 FT set back.
Id like more cuts into it myself as if it moves it will crack on a groove not a fine line across in any direction!
I didn't know how I love watching concrete videos until I saw this.
Great
Excellent ! 😀
Many thanks!
Hermosa loza, felicitaciones.
Beautiful
TY
as always nice job.
TY
Looks great as always. You can also roller skate or skateboard on that new slab. :)
Thats true
TY
I lost my Johnson 😂😂😂😂
Love the videos. Thank you.
Very good videos. Thanks
So nice of you
Loved the little dumped truck. Great job as always.
TY
Great video, super educational, as always!
Just curious, why didn't you compact the soil? Or vibrate the concrete?
No need on undisturbed native.
Pea gravel doesn't need vibrating.
Great job! How far did you stay away from the existing wall?Where do you get the fiber mesh from?
Is that a regular circular skill saw w/ a Diamond Blade on a special cart?
Concrete provider has fiber.
Concrete saw is Medusaw by Skil
Nice finish job! Have you tried covering slabs with visqueen plastic to slow curing instead of watering it down ?
Good Job!
ty
Thinking of doing something similar; why didn't you use gravel and compact everything?
Hi David, good to see you back as I have not seen one of your videos for sometime, hope all your family and workers are doing well in this crazy world, one question; what's with the beard? take acre and keep safe.
Magnífico ,parece mármol buen trabajo❤❤❤💪💪💪💪
Gracias
My contractor did 16x20 pad for my shed but didn't cut in the middle. What is that cut for, expansion joint or drainage?
crack control
Does the fiber mesh show on finished dried concrete?
Make a video of the couple of dips and trials a tribulations of getting something like this done!
Sure
I’ve worked for labor ready now (people ready) here in California funny you hear about it in video haha
Tomahank machine is nice.👍👍👍
It sure is!
😍That concrete is better than the concrete floors in my house..........
Mine to
Thank you, and you are right about "masterpiece", mine looking at the side has holes where the guys did not push out air bubbles. Question if I may, do you not need some kind of vertical studs to set the framing 2X's--or do you install that later? Thanks.
Expansion bolts
@@OdellCompleteConcrete yes but do you install them as part of the original pour or hammer them in later?
Hello, that looks impressive, new yo this and I am just learning. Can I ask how did you stop the concrete/mix escaping or seeping out from the bottom of the shuttering, thanks for the advice
Dry concrete, low slump helps
I love watching these videos. Just glad I don't have to do the work though. That would be the end of me. :)
I hear that
TY
Wow, that is a hell of a shed pad!!! Going to last longer theb the shed... Footing, plastic vapor barrier, pink bar gridded... Most shed pads are just throw 2x4 on the ground and pour, no rebar or footing. Lol
yes I kind of over did it
I needed a 7x7 pad only so did it myself with 4x4s and used rebar sledgehammered them into groud and corner braces, etc. Took bunch of trips to transport ton+ of 1.5" washed rock abt 6" deep. Lil bit overkill for shed that just fit pad, but looks and drains great. For bigger shed like coming here in vid that pad looks real nice.
Our code is 12 inch turn down, 3/8 rebar on 20 inch centers. and 1/2 rebar top and bottom of the beam. Inspected before pour.
"I lost my Johnson", is this some kind of true confessions episode? I love your videos and this wording just jumped out at me and made me laugh out loud.
Johnson Laser level
How lokg was it before you could stand on it to float it smooth?
Nice video! Some questions from the uninitiated: What does the fibre you added do to the concrete? The big cut you made, what's the purpose of that...expansion?
Edit: That is one sweeeeeeet powered wheelbarrow!
Custom
Fiber helps against shrinkage cracks.
Weakened plane joint, controls cracks
The work is insanely gorgeous. How much does a job like that go for per square foot?
10
TY
Very nice work and video, sir. What was the thickness of the new concrete you poured for the driveway extension? I need to do the same as the 30” wide section. My current driveway is 3.5” thick but I was told I should make the extension part 6” deep. Is that correct?
Depends on your soil type and vehicle load. In Sandy Rocky soil 100mm for a drive way is fine providing you're not driving heavy trucks on it.
If you have reactive soil like black clay you'll need 6 inch and 32MPA concrete.
With fine wood grain finish concrete, all you need now is some rich Corinthian leather furniture on the pad and your customer will experience the affordable luxury of the Chrysler Cordoba.
Loved reading that in my Ricardo Montablan voice.....
I own those wheel barrows too, they're balanced on the front wheels, just pick up a little and turn with the front wheels. No need to push down so hard
Yes your right I figured it out after a couple of runs.
hmm nice and simple
Such a nice looking slab! You guys did a great job!
It's too bad it has all those water stains on the surface...Is there any way of removing those?
They disappear when the concrete cures out
@@OdellCompleteConcrete
Oh, good!
Sweet 👍
Thanks 👍
Great how to video,I have a question,how wide do you cut the edges around the ground where you went a lil deeper before you form and pour??
You need enough depth to get some 5" embedded anchors in there
Vakmensen, mooi gedaan
very nice thanks！what is the yellow material？do you service Bay area?
4:42 - "I lost my Johnson" lmao... That cracked me up!
Reminds me of a 90's alternative song... 🎵🎶Detachable pen1s...🎶🎵
🤣 same I bust out laughing
What a bummer dude lmao
Yes, but I got an upgrade now
@@OdellCompleteConcrete the new platinum model? Wife has been bugging me to upgrade, can't afford it. Gotta tell her not to pick on the little guy, he does his best. Hahahaha
Great work 💪🏾, thanks
Ty
We use things called wheelbarrows here in Ireland, you don't even have to charge them up. Hopefully ye get them in the US someday 🤣👍👍