Was thinking about laying concrete for a large bbq grill that keeps sinking into the yard. Always nice to have different peoples points of view on how to do small, around-the-house jobs. Rebar and gravel base from what I've heard are dependant on the size of the job and the climate. Can't believe so many people on here butt hurt over the way someone else does work on their own property.
To the know-it-all amateur experts who criticized this man's work : I used to help my grandfather mix Sakrete in a wheelbarrow when I was a kid. He wasn't a professional, just a homeowner with a sharp mind and no aversion to hard work. He replaced the sidewalks that "professionals" had botched around my mom's property, and let me tell you - his work is still as good as new some 40 years later. Not one slab has cracked or failed. And I learned from him that it is definitely not rocket science. He didn't use rebar nor any of these ludicrous ideas suggested here by the critics. He just mixed the stuff, sand and cement, and poured it, graded it away from the house, and voila ! Perfect every time. A child could do it. My only criticism is that the ground needed to be excavated first. You never pour cement on top of the ground.
Thanks Bill. I was just trying to use up two bags of concrete really quick...left over from a fencing project...didn't know I should have run #4 bar, 8" OC, on dobies...then pour 5 sack with fiber mesh and a shot of high-early! This was not a demonstration on how to build a bridge column, but simply a $10 fix for not having to step out a chicken coop into the mud.
whether a professional job or not...it's good enough for a handi diy job to make it work for you. if it was bigger job then concrete wire would be suitable to add. it wasn't poured for professional work, just to suit himself...and it works! 'nough said!
constructive criticism: you didn't wet the concrete enough this is why your finish has gabs and cracks already. Another thing I noticed you didn't attach bolts to the structure, so the slab will pull away from the wall over time.
I can't see gaps and cracks. I guess you mean the voids around the stones on the sides. Probably needed more vibration; I guess using a sander on the form might have gotten a better result. As for not enough water, do you mean in the mix? Because I'm pretty sure that the slickness of the top when they floated it shows that there was enough water.
Bruce Park bruce only thing you missed is screeding with a board run flush on top of the form and you see him mag floating it out and a broom finish is best exspecially in a wet an slick walk way.
I have a door that's not too high, like this. Once in a while I get heavy rains. Questions. Is this enough slope to drain rain? Also, I get a leak underground after snow/ice melts even when there is no rain. Will this concrete slab stop winter to spring thaw? Also why is that pipe there?
The fastest and easiest way to mix concrete by hand is using a steelemixer.com It will mix a bag of concrete without power in less than 40 sec and its supper easy to use! Go check it out!
ok not prying if your in a frost a snow cold state you poured a slab on grade isnt frost gonna lift that thresh hold up, you poured concrete on looks like class A stone no good sand with a vapor barrier even thou thats a small pour expansion an contraction is enevadable!!! im a general contractor licensed was just wondering if that is sufficient in your area im in texas but am from michigan were are frost line is 4 'and here in texas is 2'..and what about a expansion joint against the footing from. building to the slab!!!concrete to concrete is a no no!!!!and i seen you mag floated and no broom finish kinda slick itll be?...
all new houses your a goof and its people like you that build the new shit that suck licensed real professionals make it last an are educated,so if you have a new home that sucks maybe your contractor subbed out to a guy like you.uneducated fool that dont ni how to properly install material.people like you make guys with pride an educated like me wealthy!!!thank god for dudes like you.
@@shawnvandenabeele5927 big ego lately? Give the guy a break it's a tiny concrete square. He was tired of stepping out of the building into a puddle of water and now he has a stone Square to step on instead. He wasn't claiming to show you how to do larger jobs like you're describing.
wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong that is not how you do it. even I know this. I'm not elaborating because Jason colon has already summed up what I was going to say. the only other thing you should have done even though it's small is a rebar frame just in case I mean it's a high traffic piece and there's risk of dropping stuff on it so just for added strength is the only reason I say anything not to mention the lack of a good layer of gravel or anything to keep it from breaking do to temperature change.
Mauro V and give me the people you work with so i can go fix all your fuck ups and charge them double goof there s codes dummy follow them,they have a purpose exspecially if you dont no the material and how to install it fuck head goof
Was thinking about laying concrete for a large bbq grill that keeps sinking into the yard. Always nice to have different peoples points of view on how to do small, around-the-house jobs. Rebar and gravel base from what I've heard are dependant on the size of the job and the climate. Can't believe so many people on here butt hurt over the way someone else does work on their own property.
Using this video and a concrete calculator my wife and I made a 6x4 step for our home. Thanks for the help.
No you didn’t liae
To the know-it-all amateur experts who criticized this man's work : I used to help my grandfather mix Sakrete in a wheelbarrow when I was a kid. He wasn't a professional, just a homeowner with a sharp mind and no aversion to hard work. He replaced the sidewalks that "professionals" had botched around my mom's property, and let me tell you - his work is still as good as new some 40 years later. Not one slab has cracked or failed. And I learned from him that it is definitely not rocket science. He didn't use rebar nor any of these ludicrous ideas suggested here by the critics. He just mixed the stuff, sand and cement, and poured it, graded it away from the house, and voila ! Perfect every time. A child could do it. My only criticism is that the ground needed to be excavated first. You never pour cement on top of the ground.
You can't sneeze anymore without someone telling you you're doing it wrong.
Rebar is ludicrous ???? 😆😆🙉🙉🙉
@@bbaker890 LOL... Hey, this is an imperfect world we are in and is full of imperfect people... nothing you can do about it...just let it go...
Rebar, fiberglass, etc etc etc... it's not like he is gonna be driving a bull dozer through his doorway. Nice work.
Its his own small project...give him a break..well done sir! I guess most of the critics here probably never ever mix a concrete...and never will.
Seriously it's a little stepping slab. Not like he building a foundation for a house.
Great work! Why are fake "concrete slab" experts watching basic how to videos?
Thanks Bill. I was just trying to use up two bags of concrete really quick...left over from a fencing project...didn't know I should have run #4 bar, 8" OC, on dobies...then pour 5 sack with fiber mesh and a shot of high-early! This was not a demonstration on how to build a bridge column, but simply a $10 fix for not having to step out a chicken coop into the mud.
Anyone know how to make concrete speed bump to prevent little dogs escaping under my sliding gates? 20’ long? Cannot find a video on this!
whether a professional job or not...it's good enough for a handi diy job to make it work for you. if it was bigger job then concrete wire would be suitable to add. it wasn't poured for professional work, just to suit himself...and it works! 'nough said!
not bad but you should have broomed the concrete so the surface isn't so slippery.
Well done!
constructive criticism: you didn't wet the concrete enough this is why your finish has gabs and cracks already. Another thing I noticed you didn't attach bolts to the structure, so the slab will pull away from the wall over time.
I can't see gaps and cracks. I guess you mean the voids around the stones on the sides. Probably needed more vibration; I guess using a sander on the form might have gotten a better result. As for not enough water, do you mean in the mix? Because I'm pretty sure that the slickness of the top when they floated it shows that there was enough water.
Thanks for the tips!!
Bueno construccion
What is the pipe for?
Drainage. That way, the water will flow under the slab.
flow to where?
To a lower point most likely.
Just drainage...I get a lot of water movement from the front of the shop, around the side where this landing is...
pipe is for water flow so when it rains
At 5:27 you decided to skip all the things I watched your video to learn. Thanks for wasting 5m:28s of my day.
Bruce Park bruce only thing you missed is screeding with a board run flush on top of the form and you see him mag floating it out and a broom finish is best exspecially in a wet an slick walk way.
Bruce Park exactly what I was thinking!
EXACTLY!!! Smfh
@@sarahloffler AW thank you, but I am well taken care of in that dept.
Hey Colonel, go jump in a full latreen...
i still dont understand the point of that pipe..?
Just drainage…a lot of water needs to pass by the landing area
I have a door that's not too high, like this. Once in a while I get heavy rains.
Questions. Is this enough slope to drain rain? Also, I get a leak underground after snow/ice melts even when there is no rain. Will this concrete slab stop winter to spring thaw? Also why is that pipe there?
I did put a bit of slope on it, which drains rain quite well.
Good job
How long did project take in total?
About 2 hours
Did you use felt between your slab and your shop foundation.
A bit of foam over your microphone would have helped immensely.
Thank you, yes! we just bought a new mic for outside stuff. I appreciate the comment.
itll crack in a month
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Spider legs lol
what happened to the re-bar any used?
Abel Cerrillo You don’t need rebar for a small slab like this one.
The fastest and easiest way to mix concrete by hand is using a steelemixer.com It will mix a bag of concrete without power in less than 40 sec and its supper easy to use! Go check it out!
Tried to visit your page, but it only shows your logo.
After 90 years in the Crete industry, dat slab gonna crak within 3 years and maybe last 8. Do she right and it last a life time
MrRideutah 90 years huh ? Lol
Terrible sound. Save your ears and mute it.
Wtf? Not showing how to do rebar?
Sorry Bud, but you get the award for the worst Concrete Job I have seen to date..
no steelbars and stone? sure its cracked by now
ok not prying if your in a frost a snow cold state you poured a slab on grade isnt frost gonna lift that thresh hold up, you poured concrete on looks like class A stone no good sand with a vapor barrier even thou thats a small pour expansion an contraction is enevadable!!! im a general contractor licensed was just wondering if that is sufficient in your area im in texas but am from michigan were are frost line is 4 'and here in texas is 2'..and what about a expansion joint against the footing from. building to the slab!!!concrete to concrete is a no no!!!!and i seen you mag floated and no broom finish kinda slick itll be?...
all new houses your a goof and its people like you that build the new shit that suck licensed real professionals make it last an are educated,so if you have a new home that sucks maybe your contractor subbed out to a guy like you.uneducated fool that dont ni how to properly install material.people like you make guys with pride an educated like me wealthy!!!thank god for dudes like you.
@@shawnvandenabeele5927 big ego lately? Give the guy a break it's a tiny concrete square. He was tired of stepping out of the building into a puddle of water and now he has a stone Square to step on instead. He wasn't claiming to show you how to do larger jobs like you're describing.
Lmao it's a 3x3 square. chill.
We'll call you when we need bridge constructed over the ocean.
wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong that is not how you do it. even I know this. I'm not elaborating because Jason colon has already summed up what I was going to say. the only other thing you should have done even though it's small is a rebar frame just in case I mean it's a high traffic piece and there's risk of dropping stuff on it so just for added strength is the only reason I say anything not to mention the lack of a good layer of gravel or anything to keep it from breaking do to temperature change.
its so bad
morel to story pay a licensed contractor!!and get permits or at least no what the city requires this thing here is horrible!!!
If a licensed contractor is so good then why do all newly built houses suck? His slab is just fine and no idiotic licensed contractor was needed.
Shawn Vandenabeele permit for a 4x4 pad?!?! wtf your stupid as fuck
obvously if you think thats right people like you should get permits to live
Mauro V and give me the people you work with so i can go fix all your fuck ups and charge them double goof there s codes dummy follow them,they have a purpose exspecially if you dont no the material and how to install it fuck head goof
Shawn Vandenabeele Now you come up with a permit to live!? Shut your stupid ignorant bitch ass up!