Concrete Finishing Done Right
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Learn about concrete finishing, and why I always hire a pro when finishing concrete. We are going to cover concrete in great detail during our house build series - there really wasn't time or footage enough to give you all the details in just this video. Just take my word for it - it will all be covered soon! In the meantime, enjoy the show while these guys finish this patio.
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This is the kind of job people threaten their kids with if they don’t get a “good” degree. This is art, this is highly skilled, and the finished product improves the quality of life of a home. Don’t belittle the craftsmen who create what you make use of, and often need, on a daily basis.
Smart and respectful people appreciate craftsmen, engineers, "soft" sciences, truck drivers, artists etc. They are all important to the world we live in and children should be taught that. BTW if you are a good craftsman, you can earn some serious money as a side effect.
Hmmmm, I guess I completely forgot how I looked down on this type of work. You are correct, though. Years ago, I would have looked at this as "dumb" work. It has been so long since I viewed it as such and that was before I got my fancy degrees. Today, I actually prefer handy man work because it is rewarding regardless of what others think. This concrete work requires experience and an acquired touch.
bg147 it’s very interesting work. I make concrete stairs, and the process is mind blowing to me still.
Very true. My uncle started his own little concrete company at 20 and did little jkbs like sidewalks brick work and built his company up to the point that 25 years later a company offered to buy him out for 8 million dollars and keep him on payroll for an additional five years for the transition to go smoothly.
I am in the construction supply business. I know a lot of carpenters and finishers that make more money than any of my friends with degrees. And with the lack of millennials taking on blue collar jobs the demand and pay keeps getting higher and higher.
It always feels good to watch quality work and gifted craftsmanship. Like you said, it took you years to find this talent. Use them good and pay them well.
You can tell how good these guys are because watching them makes me think I could do it.
Exactly.
jokkerb --- You can do it. If it's your first time just do a very small project.
jokkerb its like watching a killer guitarist and buying all the same gear to find out you have to earn those skills..
Kieran Arcand --- Well, like Scott, I have over 50 years of being a "construction a**hole". I'm sorry that you 'view us in that light'.
I worked construction as well, but all I’m saying is guys make simple tasks sound extremely tough and hard for no reason. Usually to act high and mighty
I love that style of home. Post and beam=CRAFTMANSHIP!! You are a lucky man to have found good concrete finishers. I enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Hell yeah. I've never seen concrete that perfect
Every time I watch a skilled tradesman here on youtube it reinforces the fact that I need to stick to making money at the profession I'm skilled at, and hire out for the jobs I'm not. I see friends DIY jobs and they're never up to standard, meanwhile they spend tons of time and effort trying to save a buck. Then when its time to sell they don't understand why nobody's biting
This makes me want to quit my corporate sales job and start a trade. It’s an art, a science, a connection to the Day’s reward of hard work completed.
life long finishers here. yes these guys are pro's. This is hard to do unless you are a journeyman .
Awesome work but more importantly look at that great quality mud
best concrete work here.
Very nice jointing on those intrusion points!
Very nice work, professional ............ a hug from Portugal.
great pride in your work man ...
Holy cow, this video showed up on Digg! Been watching you for a few months (from AvE's Skillsaw teardown reference). Headline is "Man With Velvet Voice Narrates Beautiful Concrete Finishing Job". That's about right.
Don't take infrastructure for granted, look around you and realize what is needed to create it.
Pros at work.
Great video and great workers
They're still using an edge as a gauge to keep it level and the concrete consistency. This technique is to utilise concrete density to make it as flat as possible.
But for sure, they are skilled!
Nice job guys 👍
Amazing ! Nice job!
beautiful job.
Solid work.
Great video.
Thank you.
=)
Great video
I'd hire them!!!
Why is the excess steel just chucked in near the door?Wheres the expansion joint around the column and against the siding?
top notch work
for next time consider broom finish as well
its quiet easy and looks nice and maybe save you some couple of bucks
I used to be a cement mixer driver only for one season but I showed up to a job where this"contractor"wanted me to start unloading my truck inside of a garage over existing concrete I don't know much about concrete or how to pour it but this seemed kind of off to me
What type of concrete is this? It seems very "soupy" which seems nice and easy to float, cut and finish... Concrete here (Ireland) seems to be a much coarser substance thats more "gravely" and much harder to finish like this.
It's a very tidy job but it's still concrete. Order some self levelling , back the wagon up , pour it , tamp it. Boozer by 10 am. 😉
When everyone else has been replaced by robots, these guys will still have a job.
You should narratives on anything
Молодцы ребята .
It's almost water lol 2"slump is a nice pull but man you can screw it up with just the slightest pressure down.
Wow that stuff is really wet, not much gravel 3/4 stone?
My back hurts just looking at the video
What's the reason for the grooves?
this seems like a really wet mix? is this normal?
Pulling a rod 😀😂
Excellent finish. But still...
Armering part is not done correctly. Overlaps are too short (the load is not evenly distributed due to insufficient overlapping). Armering is too close to the pillars and there is no expansion material around the pilars. Armering is not securely lifted in adequate places. There should be plastic under conrete to keep the water in conrete while curing. (tsement uses water to cure and if old conrete had cracks, water will dissapear through those cracks.)
If the old concrete was cracking, there should had been extruded polystyrene plates between the old and the new concrete so you would have deformation cap between two layers. Also armering net should had been more frequent.
This is constructive critique, not the degradation of the outcome
But in overall 3 points from 5.
Poured commercial concrete for 15 years. Have not came across a harder working group of men in the 20 years since.
Good stuff!
Great grandpa started doing concrete in the early 1900s. I’m the fifth generation doing concrete work.
I.. I..I was watching clips from old SOPRANOS episodes & somehow ending up here! Stayed for the entire video even though the only thing I ever poured is milk onto frosted flakes!
Yeah... What you didn't know though, was that there was a couple of bodies under the rebar before they started pouring the concrete! LOL
By the time they finished that concrete, it shined brighter than the shiniest shinebox.
Voice over narration is amazing. It felt like a story, it had emotion and feeling. My eyes were glued to this video the entire time.
Ikr... made me wanna pour some concrete slabs...
kycounterstrike
That is exactly how I feel!
Exactly... Me too feel the same
Lol same
Craftsmen at making youtube videos!!!
Your guys are fantastic. Also, it's refreshing to hear a supervisor speak so highly of his guys and give them the credit they deserve. Keep up the great work.
"When the truck gets there and the mud gets into the site, time becomes your mortal enemy."
Knowing all the factors that can go wrong with concrete and my limited experience of half a dozen or so pours ever... this statement can not be anymore true. Just hearing the words spiked my blood pressure and I was flooded with anxiety as if a truck was about to show up to my house in the next 5 minutes hahahaha.
Great video, they're artists.
Lol. Great work indeed.
Zac McLaughlin?!
Concrete's here!
5 year finisher here been pouring almost every damn day since day I started and I must say damn that is by the book A1 perfection to what finishing should be! excellent job !! best video yet!
I couldn't even write when I was 5 and here's you, pouring concrete since day 1. I'm very impressed.
That was fun to watch. Those guys are very particular about their work. In my area, paying a "pro" only results in me being broke and them f***ing it up worse than if I'd just done it myself with a few RUclips lessons.
I like their work but whenever I worked in concrete I liked to cut my joints and edge just a little sooner before them, nonetheless great work.
MoneyManHolmes, I have the same problem here. The guy in video said it took him years to find these guys. A homeowner with problems to fix doesn't have a chance to know for sure how good a crew he hires. It is pretty much a gamble, in spite of the information on line. Once I was pumping gas at the station, where two guys were repairing the cracks in the cement on the premises. It was very hot, one closer to me was picking with a trowel generous portions of the wet cement and schlepping it onto the crack. No wetting it, no making it bigger in places too small to "glue" together. Nothing. I asked where is his water, he answered he just drank some and it isn't that hot, yet. I kid you not. So, as a homeowner with no money to burn, you ARE better off learning basics and doing smaller jobs yourself. Even if you DO start with a few "first attempt" projects in your backyard. You cannot do worse than those two at my gas station. But what if you get older, and no longer can?
Oh well, no worries, you won't live long enough to see it. Finding a good doctor is not easier than finding a good cement worker, or a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker. Hahaha.
Viniso LMAO
The ending statements towards the men was quite respectful which makes me admire your work ethics more.
My back hurts just watching this!
I've been a carpenter my entire working career. I've formed, poured, and finished my fair share of concrete slabs. But these men and their work has just blown my mind entirely. I am a clown in comparison. Incredible work men; keep it up!
I'm a bricklayer by trade and I love the way you emphasize the physical skill it takes to work in the trades. It's not easy out there, thank you for pointing that out.
I am a lifelong brick mason, and I pour concrete on occasion. These guys are good at what they do. It’s obvious that they work together daily. Most people don’t appreciate the amount of work that it requires to properly pour a slab. They think you build some forms, and dump the concrete in it like Jello. I had a homeowner tell me that very thing when I gave him a price quote. I wished him luck, and went on my way. A good finisher is as much artist as he is craftsman in my opinion. There is always so much that can go wrong with every pour that I still get nervous every time. Excellent work gentlemen. I appreciate your craftsmanship.
Very well said
Exactly same thing happens to me lol once a home owner had to help me till 11 pm at night in winter because they tried to do it them selves and it went way wrong
I work in ct and we work in federal union jobs with 1000 yard slabs and up. Now let me tell you, that was not jello. Especially when your pouring 4 inch concrete with 2% calcium on a 60 degree day... sure we had like 15 workers to help, but 10 are laborers and they can only do so much. But either way, I love my job.
Таких мастеров в Россию бы. Я тоже бывает сталкиваюсь с бетонном но такой консистенции не встречал.Думаю вам американцам будет очень тяжело работать с тем с чем работают в России.
I've done Concrete, Stucco, and Finished drywall for most of my life. Learned from my father who is a true master and all of them feel a little more like making art then construction.
It's always wonderful watching talented, skilled craftsmen work....truly pleasurable! These guys did you and/or the homeowner a professional job.
On a side note to anyone reading this that has never done any concrete work:
There are certainly others, but pouring/placing concrete and cutting logs are the two hottest (raising body temperature to unusually high levels....sometimes too high) jobs I've ever done for earning money/making a living! Both jobs are very labor intensive! Guys that do this type of work earn every penny that is paid to them!
Thanks for producing and sharing a great video.
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Dont be fooled by the narrator. These guys are leaving behind an average to below average first screen. Ive heard american tradesman rough but if this is 'terrific' work then i see the best concreting in the world on a daily basis.
f budd --- Obviously, the video was edited for length/time.
I understand this but my point remains. The first screen was rough, the narrator put these men on a peddlestool with such claims like 'nothing is guideing these men but their skill' they have formwork to guide them. Their first screen was rough. I am a carpenter and i work beside concreters alot. I see better quality work done on much larger scale slabs, done quicker, consistantly.
f budd By all means, pull out the video. I am sure the community would like to enjoy what you have to offer.
f budd, by your comment and lack of construction vernacular knowledge and comprehension, I highly doubt that you've ever spent one day around a construction site, let alone a concrete pour. Their first 'screed' (not screen) looks just like any other, and I have actually been around thousands over my 42 year career as a contractor and commercial job site supervisor for an architectural firm where I have supervised concrete pours for hospitals, multi-story office buildings, parking structures, as well as many hundreds of residential foundations, garage slabs, retainer and rat walls, etc., so I don't have a clue where you are coming from?! ... But I guess that the trolls just have to infiltrate a channel like Scott's to make themselves feel "important?!"
General Contractor in California - This truly is a top shelf crew. Your voice over is absolutely perfect. As a craftsman I very much appreciate it when a video is done right!!! And yes we can all still take away something from wonderfully produced videos like this one. Thank you Essential Craftsman for taking the time to share with us.
I want a government that works this well.
I wish we could elect public servants who really were good at what they do. Imagine if every person put into a cabinet position or to head an agency had this sort of experience and dedication to doing their jobs well.
Blue collar workers literally make this world. Great work guys!
Marty, I do too. I know some public servants. One works at USDA, another at Labor, and one at the National Park Service. They are fine, competent, hardworking people. They are the people that commonly get slagged off as "bureaucrats". Bureaucrats in general work hard and do a damn good job for less than they could make in the public sector. The problem is the politicians and the political appointees. They are the ones that tend to be ideological idiots, with some exceptions.
Public servants elected based on merits, not on emotional and political bias.
You have to have a citizenry that works well and is competent before you get a government that is. Our citizenry is neither because a majority demands the government regulate and tax the hell out of those that are so that they dont have to
You're not going to get it, anyone who could work never has to steal from the taxpayer.
We should use sortition to fill state and federal Congressional positions (read: jury duty-like selection) and have year terms, and when you serve your turn, you get paid your normal salary and your job has to take you back when you're done. We wouldn't have lobbying and corruption and career politicians anymore. Just folks like us.
Were there no local squirrels available to put the finishing touches I usually see in my area?
Normally cats, dogs and monkeys where I am. Of course if it is outside you get the graffiti artistes who want to immortalise their love for some flame of the second as well.
A dog would do too. I reccomend a labrador retriever (at least it is easy to clean its tools after the job finishes).
Wonderful to see people who know what they are doing :-)
I love the fact they even wash off they boards they are using.
We hired two concrete guys to do two different projects, around my parents house. The first guy, was re-poring the concrete in our basement so we could put in a kitchen. He comes in days late, sets up some vary wonky looking forms for a section of wall that needed be pored and puts it in a week later then he though... so he leaves half his tools so he can do his other job, (commercial Semi truck driver for the next week.) Two weeks go by and he finally has time off to finish our basement, and then leaves his tools there for a another 3 weeks.. during which he never washes off his tool, and level leaves his concrete mixer with a giant old lump of hardening concrete in it. I was so appalled by this, I ended up hosing it out and dumping the left over concrete into a form of a simple block that I used for a seat next to a fire pit. after 3 weeks guy come back, picks up his tools.
Now the second guy, he poring the foundation for our garage. He comes in, and excavates out a section where our garage will go in two days, and then gets going on putting up the the molds for the concrete footing, and sets up the rebar... I go away a day or two.. and the guy has all the walls pored in for the garage and now is working on putting in the floor. The minute he sees me, he comes right up and asks if I like the floor to be gradated so water will run out. and shows me what he still has to do. And then the vary next day he finished the job up just like these guys are doing her.. He also had his own water to wash off his tools when was finished with the job. This was his living, this is the only thing he did to make make money. The guy was professional, refused any help I had to offer, and was worth ever penny he charged us.
There is a lot of things I want to do by myself.. but concrete is not one of them.
Most concrete guys I know are extremely anal about their boards, they need to remain perfectly straight and true or the work suffers so they always take good care of them. I have heard many a new laborer get his ass reamed for not treating them properly. If you find a guy not doing that I would avoid him as he is obviously lazy and doesn't care as much about his finished product looking like a craftsman did it.
Reading your comment there sounds like you live in Australia!
Not even close.. try the middle of bum f**K Wisconsin.
*Isreal Harris* I reckon the other guy is booked for months and months to come, but still, mentioning his name would be a nice way of additional thankyou from you (besides the money :)
Cheers :)
let me ask this one question you hired first guy because he was cheaper? then others you got prices from right? its hard for true craftsmen now days we compete against guys with hammer an a truck. not many people care about doing it right most are cheep cheep
Wow, these guys are fantastic! It is definitely one of those skills that only a limited number of people have and a good guy is worth more than his weight in gold.
why
good guy is worth more than its weight in gold , thank you , never heard that one ,
Yes, but some are just born doing everything to perfection. And you know what you're talking about also lol thnx
It just dawned on me... I hardly ever watch This Old House anymore. I do, however, watch every video from Essential Craftsman. Thanks for the great content!
One of the first things that I learned about placing concrete is that using a pump is the equivalent of hiring 3 guys if you have to tailgate it. And most often a financial wash. Then the pumper goes home and you are left with the right number of workers to finish the slab comfortably.
I agree, but I cant count the number of times the line pump has clogged and the pump man has to go beating on it with a sledge or disconnect the hose and jamb rebar through it to dislodge the concrete..etc/ Ive even seen the hose explode at the connection because of a clog. The pump guys in AZ definitely earn their money. Having to beat on those hoses when its 110 degrees out is no fun...but this usually only happens with old wore out hoses. Id rather do what I do placing finishing concrete than be a pump operator.....Now boom pumps is where its at! Don't have to order a pump mix either.
Concrete, It Takes NO Prisoners,!👍
Hahaha
Hoffa. Cough. ;)
David Boulton And always unforgiving.
I'd say if concrete is to be done right, you have to become it's prisoner. haha
John King Put some Delvo in the batch and buy yourself some time.
I appreciate that you don't mince words and call it like it is when it comes to people thinking something is so easy and they can do it. Most people can pour and finish a small slab of a few square feet and it'll be just fine. Something like in this video really needs a professional crew to do. So many people watch a couple of shows on TV or take a "class" at the home center and fancy themselves an expert because hey, it's just manual labor anyone can do it, right? NOPE.
I think this was a passive aggressive way to say “don’t try this yourself”, lol😂
HE IS A M~ F~ MORON !
My thoughts exactly....he makes sure that we know of everything that can go wrong, so you might as well higher me, cause "these" guys are the best at what they do. Im glad he made it seem as complicated and as sensitive as brain surgery.
@@holytrashify uh, no
@@holytrashify Apparently it is that complicated to you since you said 'higher me' instead of hire me.
Try it with that degree. There is a huge difference between opening a book and working with your hands and brain.
Ive poured thousands of yards of concrete. This was an excellent pour.
You sure bout that because they pumped it not pour big difference really big difference in pump mix also
A true expert makes a difficult job seem effortless
I've been in commercial construction for 40 years and I still love to watch true craftsmen at work....not many can work concrete as a team like this and churn out a quality product as they did, what a pleasure to see. People take concrete placement for granted and think it's just hard work that takes a few guys to knock down and broom off but it takes a team that knows concrete to make it look easy as these guys do. Fantatstic!
done it for 25years all tesco freezers and all our. work. was. top notch burnt. finished. concrete. shined like. a mirror
Thoroughly enjoyable, informative,succinct.
Pure professionals. Absolute artists.
Seeing this makes me understand how truly unskilled the ppl who poured my garage floor and driveway were.
Mine too. My garage floor was apparently poured and finished by blind crackheads.
Fix it then.
I just knew there was a right way to do it, but I never found anybody that had this skill level. Striking concrete makes a much better line than sawing the concrete. It relieves the surface tension and makes alot more useful surface. Thank you for so much good information. Take care.
Always amazed by how easy they make it look. I myself would like to learn more about finishing concrete. I've helped lay concrete by running a concrete rake, screed board, and forming up for the pour. Great video love the knowledge you share from the years in the trades. Thank you for sharing
I poured and finished concrete for a year when i was 19, i hated every minute of it. I did not have the patience, and everytime i made a mistake while finishing, i paid for it ten fold trying to fix it. I decided it wasnt my cup of tea. But I have a lot of respect for concrete finishers. Its a true skill that takes a lot of time and effort to master.
and they say builders are brutish man beasts with no finesse. well sir if that is not finesse then i do not know what is!
Placing concrete is one thing finishing it is the real art, things can go wrong in a blink of an eye, a botched finishing job is expensive to repair.
Colllege degree holders look. This is a well paying job that your corporate masters can't give you.
Should you really be mocking anyone when you don’t even know how to spell college?
Anyways, yes this is a high paying job but look at the manual labor in it. The back pain alone wouldn’t be worth it for me.
And people can talk tough all they want, at the end of the day the brains behind the operation always gets paid more then the manual labor folks. Always. CEO’s always get paid more then the front line workers and guess which ones typically have the degrees?
If only there was a method of finding competent professionals. You said it took you years to find these guys. I'm still on the hunt, and basing a decision on price certainly does not directly correlate into quality. Neither do warranty statements. With construction going gangbusters around me I find it extremely difficult to sort the riff raff out. Everybody want's to get in and out in the shortest time possible.
Call your local union hall, they will guarantee the help, at least mine used to, Local 528 in Seattle
Agreed with any type of work.. Its sad that if there is a man with talent/skill.. lots of places will let them leave rather than through them an extra piece of silver. If a guy does well they should reward rather than let them threaten to leave before giving them what they, "May be" worth. I see this to often, in the system .. Skill and value in your work is not cheap nor does it happen for an starving artists wage. This is a dance like icing a cake with finesse. Did some stuff like this. I now work in an EMC lab pushing a mouse and building of stuff for chambers and such... with all due respect there is work and there is an honest living there is no doubt watching these guys it is clean and cut they are skilled and aware. Working with Engineers all day I don't think several can appreciate skills like this, as they have no idea how to move a mountain without robots and mouse .. no disrespect, but there's a difference between ordering some dirt and moving it. Or designing perfection on a PC and building it to work like it did in the cartoon 3D draft. No gravity no friction. No lumbar compression other than sitting all day.... (No fun either). Got to admire a professional at work when it flows no matter what kind of work it is, if you are aware you will learn every day. Looks like many are rowing few drumming.
I ran into the same issue back in the 80s with "engineer-thinkers" versus "engineer-doers" in the PC business. I am of the opinion that if you are not the latter you are not qualified to be the former. YMMV.
Ask the ready mix drivers who does the best work.
@@moonolyth I have never let a single top hand go because I refused to pay him. Non Union job with Union pay to those who earn it. I made less least year than my 4 of my carpenters because they are worth it, best part all of my employees know my policy on pay. Maybe it's a Missouri thing but "Show Me" and I'll happily pay you. Hell my lead labor makes more than most non Union carpenters.
Damn near cried, so beautiful. That is some great finishing!
mana02 manu The wetter you pour the concrete the easier this is, but the weaker the concrete is. Also vibrators help tighten the mix up, but I suppose this isn't a driveway and just a porch.
1D10CRACY "wet" concrete is only a problem if not designed that way. I have designed 70MPa (10,000 psi?) concrete that spreads like pancake batter with 700mm spread (28 inches). Ask your supplier they can probably provide something similar. If well designed it will spread and place easily with excellent cohesion and fantastic strength. Just don't add uncontrolled water as that will create all sorts of problems (low strength being only one)
Right on, Gaz S! Mix design is the key to the concrete kingdom.
back breaking work but they make it look easy
This is probably my 10th time watching this video and it never get old. I've been working with concrete for the past four years and your videos have been really helpful. Keep up the good work.
Wonderful segment! As with most things, the distinguishing aspects that separate the true professional from a hack are rarely visible on the surface. Years of experience are not something that can be taught. Your admonishment that, IF you think you have the skills to pull this off, please practice in the backyard first, are spot on.
As always, thanks so much for sharing.
Steve
I really appreciate finishers like this! They are extremely hard to find.
We wet screed all our concrete floors, slabs, and patios also but we kick our feet as we go so we don't have to stop as much. I have a video about how we do it on my channel. Check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks!
cheapy home owners watch this video! It's such a shame when I go to a nice house and see all the half-ass work 80% finished projects. Don't be afraid to save the money and hire a tradesman theres a reason it takes years to finish an apprenticship, and the side by side end product from a tradesman and a DIYer really shows. Hire the professionals.
There's a team that cares about the homeowner too. Not only do they do a fantastic job, but they ensure that the site it left the same as when they came in. Stand up job!
Best comment a company can receive, It is the little things no one notices including customer service
Superior Quality and Craftmanship, Great video Through-and-through.
Got the message: Don't try this at home. I'll carefully hire professionals.
Wrong
Control joints off of the columns are missed by the amateurs......so important! Since stone veneer was going to be applied adding felt board could have been added to the columns to take up expansion and not seen.....NICE PROJECT FINISH
outsidescrewball I noticed that too; but there's no law that says expansion joints HAVE to be used. And ALL concrete cracks no matter how close to perfect it is engineered. And nothing in construction is perfect.
just to be clear....I was not calling the installers amateurs, obvious pros....my comment was that most amateurs would not know the need to control cracking from corners...
I agree, I was working super on a large job at USF and there was a lot of covered walkways with columns along with a lot of colors and shapes incorporated. The job was Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center at USF. It had spiral stairs inside a round structure and a connected concrete 2nd floor bridge. There was a second bridge over the main lobby inside of the building which looked down on a color concrete patterned floor with matching skylight overhead. When I took over that job, I had to remove a lot of new columns and walkways because everything was wrong including the control joints at the columns and the different surface texture at each column control joint. The texture was different in between the control joints than the rest of the walkway both outside the column and from the column to the building. The columns had to come out as well because the elevations and texture were all wrong.
lol, not at all. It is a building on the campus of University of South Florida. I was the Concrete boss but I did get dirty as well. No grenades tho. BTW, I was 8 years old when the shit was going down in Vietnam, at least in 1968.
During 911 (2001) tho I was building an airport in FL and that was some crazy times. Lakeland Linder Regional Airport.
Seth Emai I don't envy you or your job, I prefer smaller jobs (like this one) that I can 'control' (pun intended) lol
As someone who has poured and finished concrete for the past year and a half, I have never seen such flawless execution. That was an insanely well-done job. I didn't even know you could pull the forms and finish like that on the verticals.
You mean to tell me my front step that was poured with quick crete, no rebar or sealing was done wrong?! 10 years still going strong!
According to this video. you lacked the tools,skill, and understanding of concrete and products that today's market provides? its just all wrong!
Pours one step with quick-crete and he thinks he's Duff Abrams.
Absolutely staggering! I've seen less care and attention given to finishing furniture ☺
Andoid v8
Thats no joke! Lol
Scott, whenever i see the small picture of this video on your home page, I can't help but think of the product of the south end of an animal in the wild.
You know, I’m a DIY kinda guy. Thankfully, after watching this, I’m smart enough to know that concrete finishing has just been added to my list of limitations. This is art, I had no idea there were so many stages. Thank you for posting.
It's like he said, if you're pouring a small pad that's only going to be seen by you, go for it, if it's a patio where everyone that comes over to your house will see it, let the pro's do it.
The mistake most people make is not bracing the forms enough, then it bows out or blows out
Smells like bitch in here
@figus yeah your mom is in here
I poured and finished the foundation of my house about 5 months ago. I spent weeks reading about how to do it and it was still one of the hardest/most frustrating parts of my construction process so far. That said, through all the frustration it was a great experience that I really look forward to doing again and better.
Very good work and video, but let me get in the mudd 1x w you all! Lol
Wow that's good work. A little more precise then us pouring in our dairy barn lot.
"Thanks guys"
No, thank YOU, John Goodman.
Oh yeah...I learned the hard way....thought it was easy...ha.
That's some damn fine concrete work.
This job must take the record for how hard it is to get a great result versus how easy it is to get a horrible result.
When tradesman make the job look easy. The true sign of an experienced professional.
I always feel like I learn 30 years worth of information from 10 minutes of your videos. Great stuff!
i got multiple phd's from youtube university :-D