Dry Pour - 70 Bag Sidewalk Project
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Thinking about trying dry pour? This detailed video will give you the information you need to be successful! I will walk you through step by step you to prep your area, build forms, and how to screed to a perfect finish. I also talk about the pitfall of bubbles or blisters, and how to prevent them. this is a must-see video for concrete projects.
Also watch my first large project 21'X14' dry pour slab here:
• 21'X14' Dry Pour Slab ...
• Dry Pour Sidewalk numb...
Great job and thanks for the video! Yes, that first mist is key, gotta use a lot of water.
Good job
Great job Hank, detailed and to the point. We started doing this dry pour a few months ago. It's a fun learning curve to acquire. What I learned about the finish is after the 3rd spray, take a very light brush evenly across the slab. It gives a brillant professional looking finish. Thanks so much for your video. I think you're ready for hollywood :).
What brush did you use?
It was just one I had laying around. Probably a medium nap roller.
Blistering/bubbles is because it was too hot and the top dried and sealed in the wet mix below it and the air could not escape, when it's hot and dry out you need more water, less time between misting, like you said. This happens in wet pour/standard concrete when it's not kept wet enough during the curing process.
Defects in standard concrete can come from curing too quickly, normally blistering and bubbling from trapped air, which is especially an issue with entrained air mixes, and is a finishing issue that shows up between trowel passes, and is from sealing the surface too quickly with steel tools or a trowel machine. Now of all the things I thought weren’t possible with this dry pour trend, trapping air never crossed my mind. Personally I think that is the least of your concerns with doing concrete this way, but people are going to do what they are going to do.
@@markdoumert more from the heat and improper water %
Thank you so much for sharing your project! I need to do this and feel like I can do it myself now
Nice work! I worked Mud for years and am just tickled by the simplicity of drypour. I've already done a couple simple projects for some retired folks who just needed something sturdy. TBH the "roughness" of the roller-finish is a bonus.
Great idea with the powered screed. I expect when I get around to such a project, I'll be doing it by myself, so that should really help. I sort of like the look of your old walk, but it seems like a maintenance problem. Have to trim the grass and clean leaves and other debris off of the walkway itself.
Like they say do dry pour-- no big deal. Very nice and professional work.
Thanks 👍
Great job sir!
Cool tool.
I just did a decent size dry pour and used a mortar mix top layer. I did NOT mist long enough so the mortar mix bubbled up in a few spots (I was going for ultra smooth and didn’t want to mess up the surface - my mistake - mist it well!)
In retrospect your power screed would have been better. I’m thinking there’s less chance of blister.
One key is a decent mist first time, don’t be too shy w water.
Nice job
Thanks for the tips, I'm doing a dry pour slab myself, and had a few blisters. The tool looks like a game changer!
Glad to help
Awesome sidewalk thank you I’m gonna try this & thanks for sharing🥰
Great job!
Oh wow...nice work! This so relaxing and informative to watch...Better than the news for sure! LOL, thank you again!
Looks great Hank, tganks for sharing!!
Thank you!
Very smart
Very nice but what about expansion joints?
Is it necessary too put stress joints
Nice video. I wonder if you could go over it with a regular concrete float before you start watering process. My project came out really good and I am happy with it. We also have those little wave marks they look fine.just wonder if a float would work as well as a paint roller, the good thing is if it didn't just reskreet.
You can touch up spots with a mag float before you water, then roll out/blend I with paint roller.
@@HankBaugh thanks
Looks good as usual. I followed your lead on attaching sander. I'm currently working on a sub-basement which can be dry poured. What I have found is a big difference between inside and outside dry times in this moist cool environment. I think I needed to wait 2 maybe 3 hours between mists. So I guess I will double or triple all my inside times. Even waiting 6 days to pull forms and full cure by 2-3 months. Anybody with ideas?
Good to hear. The curing is a chemical reaction, but you are not fighting against evaporation so much as outside. Just keep it moist - don't let is starve for water as it cures - would be my 2 cents.
How do you get the blisters out?
Looks great, I like the sander idea for the vibration. About how long was the sidewalk?
Thank you! I don't know if I say how long the walk is in the video, but without measuring, it looks to be around 20 - 25 feet.
@@HankBaugh thank you, that gives me a good idea without doing the calculations. My sidewalk is 23 feet. Thanks again
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Nice Work!! What Was That Tool On Top Of Your Screeding Board?
Hand sander, he screwed it into the 2x4s and screeds the concrete without too much work. It is a genius idea for solo work
Thanks