Concrete Pour - 20'x24'. Two Adults No Experience - What Could Go Wrong!
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2021
- Video documents construction of a 20'x24' concrete pad including excavation, form work, tool walk through, and video of the pour and finishing.
My wife and I pour concrete and finish for the first time. Watch us and learn what we did wrong! - Навчання та стиль
I think you and your wife and kids did great! Much love! Nothing will ever beat the time you all invested getting it done! Most people are too scared to do a project like yours!
I currently deliver concrete. That driver did you wrong. He only used two chutes. He can use up to four. No more than four or the chutes will break. With four chutes he could pour the concrete so you don't have to pull it at the garage doors. When he got to half he started pouring the right way. He made more work which is what I never do. Your family did a great job.
Yes, the driver made life easy for him on one hand but knew it was amateur hour and that concrete had to get outta the truck.
Ther÷ could be a boom pumping . It dont matter do u see this
@@davidfitzgerald3653 you're not making sense. A boom pump is not needed.
I know I'm kidding. I pour concrete everyday for the last 30 years. I know. Im kidding what im saying is with this crew it wouldn't matter . It was a joke.
@@bobtucker4738 he laid that out nice for them though for the rest
Timing is everything with Concrete . Great job for your first time.
Y’all did an amazing job, considering it was only the two of y’all, and with minimal experience. I take my hat off to y’all.
I was kind of scared for y’all when you said, the day before the pour, that you would be pouring at a 5 slump.
But y’all took the bull by the horns and did a great job. You could tell that your boys really wanted to help.
Congratulations y’all.
Enjoyed the video.
You did nice job,and your wife looks like she had confidence in what she was doing.keep up the good work guys.
For you guys first time you did amazing! Thanks for sharing with us!
That power screed was a great investment for the diy'er. Nice work!
You did a great job man!!!! You gave me the confidence to do my own!!!
I been in the concrete business for a long time to long when I first started watching you guys I thought this kids are in trouble but you guys did a excellent job. And your partner is one of a kind.
She is good, u did a good job, concrete is different everytime! If u need any help lmk on the next section! I'll come help u pour the rest of the driveway! That extra 2 hours late makes a huge difference, I had a truck show up 2 hours late and it almost killed me, I allways saw cut! 90% of the time, but yeah lmk I ur in the midwest I will help u do the rest
Me and my wife and daughter pour concrete. Wish we could have been there we would have helped. Awesome Job.
Not even finished watching the video and im already like 🥶 this couple have major ⚽️⚽️s
At minute 22 I was afraid for you but you all pulled it off. It looks great. You Definitely inspired me to just do mine .... thanks and good job
As a DIY person considering the same undertaking for the first time, I found this video even more helpful than some the pro ones. Thank you for sharing.
Looks good y'all! That's a lot of concrete all at once! We had a concrete truck come in for our footer, but now we are pouring our house pad in small sections. 👍🙂
You and your family did a great job..I have been doing concrete for forty plus years..and I am proud of you ..great job..
Are you serious? They didn’t get in the deep joints, and the screeds were a joke. If I did that outcome, I wouldn’t get paid.
@@dh1335 ..for someone that don't know anything about concrete..they did a great job ..give them credit
And it's their own 🏡..
Respect to You and Your Family, Great attitude to Life!
brave couple, worked well together , much respect for you both. hard work and for a first time not bad at all
Watch David Odell, Mike Day and Concrete with the Hauses and you will have a really good grasp of the process and technique to start.
Odell is hard to watch it's bad
You and your wife and kids did a good job! Dont beat youself up you dont do it everyday
I saw the concrete job, that's my niche, so I had to check it out! I'm a creator as well! I see your small and so are we so I hit those regular buttons for u!
Drywall finishing and concrete finishing are 2 different animals lol, u can't sand concrete, I bet u had a heck of a time pulling those rebar steaks
Great for having the right amount of concrete . I was impressed .Great pour .
You need to buy a large rounded end steel trowel to put on your extension poles after you bull float it to get a smoother finish and remove bull float lines. Some knee boards and a mag float would be better for perfection but also more skilled. So I would avoid until you get better. Bull float/magnesium trowel will open concrete pores to allow bleed water to escape easier. After bleed water evaporates then hit it with large steel trowel 3’ you guys did great for first pour. That slump was kicking your ass too. Try and pour a 6 slump as it’s easier to work with on flat grades. Slump won’t effect concrete strength unless you add water after truck arrives to get higher slump. Then 1 gallon of water per yard will reduce concrete strength by 2-300 psi per yard of concrete. So avoid adding water to truck and instead order right slump to begin with . I like ordering 4500psi and ordering a 5 slump then when truck arrives add more water to achieve desired slump and it ends up being about 4000 psi when water is added.
looks good great job for first time next time good to go. bless you
This man's experience is why I get work in SW Ohio. I target people in his position that are DIYers, but lack the necessary experience in working with concrete directly. I have the experience in pouring/finishing, but I work with DIYers that save costs by doing the ground prep work beforehand until it comes time for forms & the concrete work. It took me a good 50-60 jobs working for others before I had the necessary skills & experience under differing conditions to go out on my own and work with DIYers.
Dan, don't beat yourself up. 7 yards for a beginning rag-tag awesome duo as your wife and you is a HUGE undertaking. If you still aren't satisfied come spring, just do a skim coat resurfacing then and broom it the way you want. Just make sure to wait until the skim coat is ALMOST hard (last 1/16" of workable material), and THEN do the brooming. I suggest you try it on a test slab of 2'x2' before going onto the whole pad again.
I have to take my hat off To you and your family you guys did an awesome job for the experience that you have and got the job done
Honestly that is great job for a first time! When I started I made 90lb bag sized squares to practice. I had to do about 3 before I felt confident enough to do a decent job. The timing of when to float and finish did seem to be the key to success. Not rocket science, but definitely not easy.
You guys did well, it's not easy.
Much respect for you my friend lol you are a real one
good job for first time and just 2 of you, Mason for 22 yrs and still going. You guys did pretty good but after a once over with the bull float, then mag trowel entire surface , miss a spot and it will be slightly off color in that spot, after a once over with the mag then put first edge around and trowel in control joints. Dont waste to much time with the first edging because you will then go over the entire area with the mag trowel again getting the surface fine tuned closer to a finish with each mag troweling. After 2 mag trowelings then do the entire surface with a finish trowel, depending on how smooth it is after the first trowel and depending on how hard it has gotten , you may want a second finish troweling. Then do your broom finish and put your finished edge trowel in and any control joint edging, keeping in mind not to rush the final edging so you dont hit the broom finished areas . But that much concrete for us in 70 deg weather we have to keep moving not wasting any time in between the stages until its all done. Its hard work and you probably have 3 ish hrs start to finish, but sometimes sun, wind , dry ground under the concrete can chop an hour or more off that time. The key is keep moving rapidly as possible through all those steps . But im impressed with just the 2 of you to get to the finished product you did.
Great advice and good on you for taking the time to help him improve. Have a good day :)
You did good, you just missing a fresno..and never , never , never expect the concrete truck to be on time 😂😂.
Seriusly they never on time for small pour.
As a concrete contractor , think your crew did a great job , can come give me a hand any time..
i also noticed that the concrete truck did not stay around very long. It felt that you were rushed.
It didn't look like you were pulling the wire up , ass you porded the cement, but it all looks good reat to the end, good job.
You all working together for a Great outcome will be in your Hearts forever
I think the imperfections is what makes it special.......
And as the kids grow up they'll think back on that Day...
I didn't notice if you all signed and Dated .....made be handprints....🖐️ 🧤 👣. 👍
Well Done &
God Bless
My brother and I pour concrete every day and this is a big enough slab to work 2 people hard for sure. Plus my guy did you dirty by pouring a stiff mix with only 12’ of shoots on. All the drivers around here carry at least 20’ or so and that makes for a lot less work. We also use water reducer when we pour this size on flat grade. Check out water reducers or plasticizers for your next pour your back will thank you. Also, get yourself a Fresno trowel too will help you get a better between stage when going from bull float to hand trowels. Cheers and great job dude!
Good planning .
For two people who never poured before you guys did awesome. Trust me I do this everyday. Pretty good. Better than some people in the yrade
Get some saw cuts in there and it’ll be a great pour .
Wow just wow lol at first I thought this isn't going to end well but then you guys pulled it off... It looks good for first timers but 1 question...what are the yellow vests for? And 1 more thing that driver could have done a better job at first he was dumping it in a piles plus he could have gotten closer to the garage but yeah it was a success in the end
I been pouring finishing concrete for 25 years vibe screed saved you broom could wet it it help and truck driver should not did you like that but flip side you got drive way great job.
it's a very good effort, don't be to hard on yourself.
The only thing I don't like is the safety Sally vests.
Concrete waits for noone!
buddy it looks great,,,,its the memorable moment,,,,family building things ,,,,the finish product my not be perfect to what you wanted,,BUT the Family time with the boys is PRICELESS,,,Home ownership beats the hell out the parents but means the world for the children
A new bow float is hard to use. It's not breaken in to smooth out better
i think the 4500 mix was a little much thats why it blew fast after the bleed water was gone next time maybe try a fresno after the bull float prosesses is complete.takes mulitable pours to figure it out other wise great job for two people who dident know what they were doing
I thought it looked just fine. That was a good call not trying to do the control joints with the joint tool. It can even be a real chore for an experienced guy. Saw cutting is just fine. I work with a really small crew. We only bowl float it once or twice over and when it's ready we do a hand wipe from knee boards. Usually 1 guy troweling and one guy brooming. the guy troweling only far enough to make one pass with the broom and the broom guy keeping up with the troweling guy. Honestly you and your wife did a good job for no experience.
should have hired a couple finishers to help, would have cost a little money but doing it yourself for the 1st time isn’t worth the horrible finished product just to save a little money.
I respect professionals and top quality work BUT I also respect anyone that tries to do their own work, as long as it's not surgery. As long as you accept the result, I say good for you. It's not always about saving money either. Some people just like to do as much as they are able and are always up to learning and challenging themselves, and some people are totally the opposite and want others to do literally almost everything for them.
Well done soon you'll be doing it victory style 😎 👍
It will do been doing this 40 years it takes a while to learn the trade overall you did a decent job don't beat yourself up there's a lot of tricks to the trade.
Its not superficial. Its messed up and will aways look like that. Plus u didn't work it enough quick enough with bullfloat, and then u put plastic on thats why it looks like it does atbthe doors
I almost cannot believe there is no experience. That was impressive if it was. Your wife is good with a come along(concrete Placer)
It's called a knuckle head, on the bullfloat fyi
That jointer is way to thin and kinda long fyi, look at my newest content, I use a jointer called a Cadillac Concrete jointer. It's the BEST
Awesome job you guys did great 👍
Your "Help", at their age are quite attentive.
I do concrete and am super late but pour at a 6 slump, and add water (from the mixer ) to the mix 1 gallon or up to five or more if you neeed water!!!!! If you need to!!! Never pour the whole slab let the truck wait a feet if you need to comeback and screed incase you poured to much concrete so you dont end up with to much left over
I really don't believe your not expereanced? Your wife is good with the flote doing the house wall first ,, then you did good dividing the pad with a straight edge,,then a power screeder? I don't believe you haven't done cement work,,, Iv seen everything in 25 years Concrete unionized and private sector,,, I still don't believe good job😎 ya you should always trowel or power trowel if you're not good hand trowel ing is hard to do but power trowel you've got a business trust yourself you did amazing🤙
If your not happy with the finish try looking up grinding the surface or water sanding concrete,, good job✌
You did alright
That truck has more than 2 shoots,I can't believe he didn't use them
Your wife has worked with concrete before. I can tell because I finish concrete. If you pour more concrete, get a power trowel then you can get the finish that you want.
I just started concrete today and I fucking sucked but they said it takes two years to learn how to do everything and if people knew how to do it in one day they wouldn’t have a job they could just take a class
I’d had them add 5 maybe 10 gallons of water or a bag or two of water reducer
Then poured around a yard an a half to much bc u only needed 3 1/2 inches. That driver was laughing the whole time piling the concrete up knowing he couldve put the other 2 chutes on and put it right to the doors😂😂
Driver wouldn't/couldn't put the additional chutes on because the metal ears were broken.
this is not bad for your first time, and you went 4500 psi it dries a tad faster, after you bull floor you need to seal it with a hard trowel
4500 psi wow u had your hands full bro! U r crazy but good job I gota give u props
That looked painful!!
Yikes. Fill the forms 2 inches high and have yet to screed the damn thing.
My opinion, you did to much of an area at once you couldn't 2×4 screet it, should have at least added a board down middle but all and all not bad ! Also joint lines would help for cracking
Live and learn.
at first that slump looked way too stiff..then it got better & easier for you all to manage.
I'm a concrete finisher and I'll be the one to be honest. That was horrible and the final product looks ugly. There's a lot of things I would have done differently. But after seeing the finished product, it actually came out better than I expected from two inexperienced people. Good job.
Usually a broom finish hides a lot of finishing imperfections but in this case the view on video is helping a lot too. He said in the recap it looked lousy and I believe him.
hmmm. i thought you are supposed to "finish filling up section by section", instead of pouring everywhere and try to move the concrete up.
Why was the cement shoot so far away from garage opening. I think the drivers first job as well.
Driver claimed the shoot extensions mounting ears were broken. Convenient for driver, not so much for us...
Definitely! Concrete company and driver were both the problem. Mix is far too dry and first half of pour is horrible. Can only imagine how sore your backs were after this!
They did a better job then the company I hired. He claimed he had been doing it for 42 years. I have low spots all over the driveway where water and Ice collect. He also didn’t have a long enough screed, so he laid 2x4’s half way in the center, then pulled them out and left deep divits of which he couldn’t properly reach to fill back in. When brooming the concrete had dried to much so I have a bunch of raised areas that look horrible.
He has refused to even come and look and job again. Should I take him to small claims?
Home owner you could have left your back form off and driver back up closer to garage doors.
Also you could have placed a form down middle of slab and pour one section screed and remove form and pour 2 section.
As well as used expansion metal joints in pour 4 sections.
I could go on with advice, I've only pour for the last 25 years.
All in all I know it's hard work so props on your wife. Partner like that your a blessed man.
@@michaelhodges2211 without a doubt! shouldn't have payed him for the whole job if you did!
You forgot to get on top of it and finish it with a meg after you paddle it
Hey its looks better once turned white. Strong slab probably especially with the wet cure.
Just wish you would have gotten the edges all the way around.
Next time find a guy like me in your area I would have helped you for $50 and some beer.
Not sure i blame the concrete company for not wanting to be showed. Hope the vibrant screed starts
Sorry but I have to ask, why was the concrete delivery truck blurred out?
The concrete company signed up to deliver concrete. Not be in a youtube video.
They should have liked the free advertising.
Yur wife is a hard worker if u didn't have her u would have lost this pad , no offense u got lucky it was in the shade too
When it starts going nothing will stop it
How many yards of concrete?
7.5
From what I saw, first off that concrete delivery guy was rubbish, very unprofessional, he started to dump a very stiff slump, then you could see he stopped and added more water to get slump right, he should have checked this on arrival he could also have put 2 more extensions on to get the concrete right up to the garage front for you, I think he saw you were not skilled in working concrete, perhaps you told him, if you did with him that was a mistake, although I have seen many other drivers on UA-cam taking their time to deliver to help newbies, even to the point with of some of them putting on wellies and helping till you get the idea, you were unlucky I'm afraid, all this gut wanted was to dump it as quick as he could and leave, having said that you and your wife got stuck in and with a little help from the boys, sometimes they got in the way, but hey at least they were keen, certainly more help than that driver (sorry I can't get over his attitude) I was very impressed with your wife's work methods and skills, you too also as well, over all quite a good job and a pretty good end result, you know where your faults were so that's good for next time, this was a big area for your first try so give yourselves a pat on the back well done!
Not as easy as you think!
All about timing
how much did this project cost?
Concrete was $125 per yard and with tax it was just shy of $1K.
Never seen stuff like this before. Have to hand it to your wife and yourself for the great big bovine hangers, not knowing is half the battle, finding out is the other. CAMERON.
That was a HUGE undertaking for your first concrete pour. For how large that pad is you all did a great job. Trust me I’ve seen “experienced” guys deliver inferior work. That driver did you absolutely no favors... he should be ashamed of himself. Try a pad half that size next time, it will allow you the time to hone your finishing skills. Great job!
When the pour started I said to myself, this will be like watching a train wreck.. But it wasnt👍. Congratulations, it could have been a lot worse🙏😂 ... Look forward to seeing you pour one for the neighbors😉😅 they can grill you and the kids some hamburgers.😅... Seriously though, you, your kids, and especially your wife are Champs.
Not bad for a 6 yard pour, just should of hired at least one guy that knew what he was doing..... Close it up with a fresno an let it dry and broom it and be done!!!
So was it worth the 800$ you saved ?
Definitely saved more than 800. Concrete isn’t cheap
Good effort,that job should of had 2 professional concreters .
You should try and find 2 concreters that will Do it for a reasonable day rate ,and u supply materials .
As u would of already outlaid money for tools that will cost u,
And u only get 1 go at concrete. , not like gyprock or any other part of building u can do it again ,
Good on u for having a go,but leave concreting to the pros. Or cut that pour in half to bigger area for learning ,start on pathways.
I agree, I wouldn't have even attempted to do that alone even if I had u bro, it still would have been tuff! Cutting all those joints and what not! I feel bad when I watch these type of videos
That hurt to watch
You never pour that far ahead of you if you don't know what your doing
Keep your day job
🤣
No road stone foundation, epic fail
Put Plastic on the bottom give you more time to finish .
The driver screwed you. First, you should have started at the garage and never let the pour get way ahead of you. Pour a little than screed it, get the outside perfect, than pour some more.
I did a pour once and I didn’t know you need to check the ticket. Well? It was last the window time and it started setting before I could even finish it . I’m sure the Mexican driver was laughing at my white ass knowing dam well I didn’t know what I was doing
Wow the mix isn't wet enough good luck with that concreting isn't a DIY thing.
Pull the string line squarely not on angles like that, unless the slab is flat.u can never have to many saw cuts .look at the stupid aji driver ,he could straighten his truck out and go 1meter closer,agi drivers carry on like they carried the Crete there on there backs