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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- My first attempt every at DIY pouring a concrete slab. The project went well with a some learning for next time I do concrete work. This is the base for my new homemade storm shelter build.
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Mr Deal, I love your outdoor kitchen of my life and my dream.
This series aged wonderfully 🫡
Oh boy did it!
For a guy who did his first pour you did exceptionally well , you're not going to get much better than that . Nice video .
Thanks Mark, I was pretty happy with it. I definitely could have finished it better with hand tools. But once I get walls on it, and the room filled with items, you won't see much of the floor.
That slab looks awesome. 🤠
This is where I started watching your site. Since then I have found out Andrew you are perfectionist in all your projects! Looking forward to seeing what you'll tackle next!
Thank you for watching and the support
The concrete truck driver was really good. Poured out pretty even making less work for you. Good job! you made that look easy. Your a real jack of all trades.
That driver was a huge help to me! Thanks for watching
Being from the southeast i totally agree with the flip flops, you just have to buy the ones that meet OSHA requirements!!!
I'm looking for steel toes now 🤣
You're living the dream. GOD bless you bro. I thot i was crazy dreaming up the idea of buying raw land and making something of it. You're showing me its possible and closer than i think.
I dreamed of doing this since I was a kid. People call me crazy because it's expensive and a lot of hard work. I find it so satisfying and rewarding that I don't want to live any other way.
Thanks for the video Andrew looking good.
Thanks for watching!
Good point with the drivers. I also don't do cement everyday but have done it a few times. My experience with drivers is they worked concrete most of their lives. They know concrete and if they have time as you seen they might held you for a few minutes out of a jam.
Yes I truly appreciated it, they see this stuff every day and usually know what they are doing.
Ok another good Vid. For your first concrete pour and working by yourself you did very well, i know you enjoy doing things on your own it gives you satisfaction. Take care Andrew
I absolutely love doing things myself, it saves money, but he biggest reason is the learning for the future.
Great choice of rubber boots!!!
Looks like a professional job it me.
Thanks, I was happy for my first attempt
When pouring a slab, It's always a good idea to ditch the outside edge and follow it with rebar where the concrete will make a below ground transition around the perimeter about 18" to 24".
A footer.. Definitely not a bad idea for heavy walls
I watched your whole series on the build and enjoyed it. When you were preparing for Hurricane after the build you were talking about anchoring the building down with the screw Anchors. Question could you have done the anchors under the slab before the poor?
Pour,
Yes and I really wished I had of done that. It would have been nice and clean. Thanks for watching!
i came across the same design online and figure ill watch you make mistakes first! lol Im in Punta Gorda and just got hit by IAN so im gonna put one of these inside the pole barn.
Inside should make it a far easier build than mine. But it's still quite involved.
Looks good to me.
Thanks!
The only problem I see is the the flip flop shoes! I would definitely drop shit on my toes multiple times. Lol. Such a perfectionist! Looks good man! Especially hard by yourself.
Flip flop comments have been pouring in and I can't disagree with you all. It's just so dang hot here that I tend to work in them more than I should. Florida foot thongs are a must with this heat.
Still not bad then you did it by yourself that was amazing but it’s a project that you didn’t spend too much money on Wesley for help
Great job on the slab. The only problem though is that you didn’t dig the perimeter down or put any piers down into the ground. So basically your slab and by extension, your whole shelter is not secured down to the ground very well at all. Those vertical walls sticking up are going to catch a heck of a lot of wind. I don’t know what the numbers would be but I’m sure an engineer could calculate that for you but this is a fundamental weakness in your design. Hurricane force winds could potentially topple the entire structure since it’s basically just setting on the surface of the ground with very minimal penetration into the ground. Remember, the whole structure is only as strong as its weakest point. I would definitely have that calculated as soon as possible. You can’t easily or economically fix the underside of the slab at this point but you could still place ground ties around the perimeter and attach those to the outer edges of the slab. That would provide you with enhanced margin of safety which I believe an engineer would probably highly recommend. But other than that your whole build is looking great! I particularly like the extra mile you went on the door latches. Very nice.
Keep watching, at the end of the series I anchor the shelter to the ground with 4ft earth augers.
Really enjoy your channel!! I've never poured any concrete either. BUT... where are the bolts at that you'd set in the perimeter of the concrete to bolt your wooden structure down to the concrete pad? Personally... when I move down south, I will build a total concrete box (floor, walls, ceiling) that's hurricane and tornado proof! Really looking forward to following your build on your Safe House!!! Thanks for sharing!
The plans call for using Simpson strong ties which go in after the fact, they are long and tie in multiple beams together instead of just the bottom plate like bolts through the floor. I'll wind up using 3/4 inch concrete anchors after the fact. I've got some time off coming up so I'll start back on this project next week. I plan to knock it out very soon, thanks for watching!
Good first attempt at slab. The idea of doing the Mobile Anchors though since at this point (since by now (ie: 3/9/21) already built is that probably overkill but who really knows, right!!
Well it's not actually done yet 😃😃. Its usable, the mobile anchors will be the last thing. It probably doesn't need them at all, at this point I might as well make it overkill. I can promise when we are inside riding a storm out, I'll be happy for overkill lol.
@@TKCL Having been in Bradenton I know that Florida basically is ALL a big Sand Pile so there is no solid "dirt" for the MH anchors to bite into so that is why I mentioned it. Have a Great Day Guys.
Well actually up here in north Florida we have quite a bit of clay on our property. Our soil is very hard, especially when dry. Our last home an hour east was pure Florida sugar sand.
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hm, doesn't that bull float have a pivot such that you angle it forward and backward by rotating the handle?
This was years ago, I don't remember if that model worked like that.
Looks good but I thought the slab had to be ancored as well....seen some drill a 4ft hole with an auger at each corner and fill with concrete....anyways what do I know.
The final video (I'll be recording soon) will show the entire structure being anchored to the ground with 4ft earth augers. This is the same exact earth augers that kept me alive and my camper from blowing away when I took a direct hit by a ef1 tornado in March of 2020.
@@TKCL thank you and look forward to seeing that.
you know you're in Florida when you see a person doing DIY construction while wearing flip flops lol
Lol boy I get busted all the time for that! When it's 95 degrees those flip flops are coming out 😃
Yep, that made me chuckle too. The "croc" brand flip flops are my work boots of choice too.
OSHA would shut him down. 😂
No Steel Toe Shoes. 😂
I ❤❤❤ the flip flop s. 😂
Why no anchor bolts?
Keep watching, 16 bolts go in later per the plans.
Safety shoes?
It would be handy to know the exact dimensions on the form lumber (2" x 8" x8' pieces or cut for exactly 8' outer dimensions in both directions) and the slump you ordered for the concrete.
2x8 measured 8ftx8ft inside corner to corner. I went with the slump recommended by the local concrete mixing company for 3,500 psi and monolithic slab pour.
I don't know much about this, but was told I need a footer?
Not on a small structure like this with a 8 inch slab. Footers are typically around the exterior to support the additional weight of walls and supporting a large roof.
@@TKCL Agree, but if I want to make it an above ground shelter, do you think it would be wise?
I see no need unless you are making the slab very thin.
@@TKCL Thanks!
How thick?
8 inches
I am pouring the slab .. using #5 rebar .. what height in the slab should the rebar be positioned ... I am thinking of using two layers of rebar but have conflicting info about whether I should do that or not and the stackable rebar chairs seem difficult to find ... also conflicting info regarding placement of a single rebar level as to below or above the center line of the 8 " slab ... comments will be appreciated.
I'm no professional but I've always heard middle to lower 1/3 of slab. The rebar technically does not add strength, it helps with cracking and Pad separation. I think one layer will be fine.
bout the only other thing you coulda done was brush some old motor oil on the inside of your form. maybe tap the side of your form with a hammer to make sure all the air bubbles are out.
Dang I meant to tap it, I've seen a lot of people do that on UA-cam. Hopefully it turns out, I tried to keep packing the concrete in around the forms with my rake.
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This is the type storm shelter that I will build when I move down south... ua-cam.com/video/uZtRf-chi00/v-deo.html
I've seen that style before when I was researching building ours. Not sure how long you been on the channel, but the reason we are building the style we are is because we got hit by a tornado in March. It tore down and relatively new pole barn, along with other things on our property. It made sense financially for me to build the style that I'm building, since I had so much leftover material from the last Barn. I feel 100% confident it will weather any small tornado or hurricane that we get in this state.