Pouring BAGGED concrete for a driveway in sections, DIY. NO CEMENT TRUCK, 24x14. 4 inch slab.
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Concrete Driveway in sections.
This was a challenge I could not pass up. The entire space I need to complete is a 24x14 feet driveway or 336 square feet. No cement truck was needed as I felt it defeated the purpose of a complete DIY project. There are too many videos out there that say DIY, but soon after, a cement truck pulls right up, which kills the fun.
With careful research and understanding of the basics, I was able to put a plan together and set everything into motion. This is my first time completing such a large task as I have done similar, but to a smaller scale.
The entire project will take 210 bags of 80 pound concrete, which is more than 16000 pounds. The concrete I had delivered from Home Depot, but not in its entirety as I had to go back and purchase more, making several trips.
The longest part of the project was the framing and setting everything up before I can start mixing. Thereafter, it was the curing process before I can lay another new slab adjacent to the previous one. I have taken careful steps to hydrate the concrete as it was curing. I was not going to take any short cuts with this project.
MAIN Tools I used:
Harbor freight 3.5 concrete mixer (used only once)
Concrete hand mixer (purchased on Amazon and used as my main mixer)
Steel and/or MAG float
Edger
15 gallon bucket
2x6 wood for the forms
Screws, power drill
Plate compactor
As you can see, I was unable to complete the last part of the driveway due the fall season and temperatures dipping down to the 30’s. I will complete the project next spring, 2024. For now, I am able to park my car, completely under the carport for the winter season.
I will give special thanks to my dad for teaching me concrete when I was much younger. Also additional thanks to the RUclipsrs:
1. GREGVANCOM (allowing me to use a portion of his video on my channel and the brilliant idea of keeping things simple)
2. REAL LIFE TESTED (who did an excellent job and a much LARGER scale than my project)
3. ZEPLEON (who demonstrated what not to do when pouring your slab)
4. CREATING CONCRETE (who had given me the knowledge and basics of pouring and curing your concrete slab).
Do not ask about DRY POUR. I firmly do not believe that is a proper way, especially when the money is coming out of my back pocket. If I am going to do the project, I might as well do it the RIGHT way and not have to return to it again to do it ALL OVER AGAIN! It may work with some applications, but I was not willing to test the theory with this project.
Any questions/ comments, please let me know. Otherwise, Thanks for watching and I will see you on the next one!
AJ DIY
FYI, I saved close to $3,000 dollars for this project. My three estimates, just for the concrete ALONE was $4,500 on average. With the excavating, forming, tamping, gravel, etc., the total average jumped to $5,500, at best. My total cost as a one person job cost me below $1850. All other tools, I had on hand from previous projects, which I'm not including in the price. I will be selling my harbor freight mixer and plate compacter at the end, which would save me more. Either way, I am in the positives.
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Im a concrete finisher for the past 22 years. I just want to say, what a great job! That’s incredibly hard work and you did it. Well done
I really appreciate that Jeff! Thanknyou very much! Have a great evening :)
4” thick?
@@alexanderdelcastillo8891 yes. 4 inches thick.
I poured my 16x24ft shop floor in sections like you did, only I drilled rebar holes in the finished slabs to extend rebar into the next slab. I used a Harbor Freight concrete mixer to mix two 60 lb bags at a time. It was labor intensive...but saved me about $9K over what I was quoted by a concrete company. 15yrs later, and the floor is still in great shape.
That’s awesome!!!!!!
this is great..thank you for the encouragement,,I want to try this
@dog_biter awesome!!!! :)
I'm curious on the price savings. What about just ordering a truck yourself? Seems to be cheaper imo. I guess the difference is needing help for that and that may cost you. but hiring 2-3 workers for a couple hours i would think that still would be cheaper.
Thoughts?
@law6906 thanks for the comment and watching. Please read the description to answer your questions.
This madman actually did it. Wow, Impressive.
lol. Thanks Connor! It was a B--h, but not done yet. :)
I'm glad you did not allow this driveway slab work to intimidate you and you did a great job by planing your work pattern first
I have to admit, if I ever move to a new house and this is needed, I may think twice before doing it all over again. Mainly because I’m getting older, each year :(
Great job for a 1 guy crew. That’s a ton of work
Thank you! I appreciate that! Again thanks for watching
Heck yeah! Showing it can be done if you’re not scared of a little manual labor and have some patience! Good job dude!
I appreciate it! :). Thanks for watching!!!
You did a phenomenal job brother. Even the little issues are just that… little. It was an ambitious venture and you successfully conquered the task. Fatigue begin to set in and you still persevered. Hats off to you new functional driveway.
Thank you for the nice words, Czar. I should have it completed in the next few days
Man’s work requires a man. You’re the man!
lol. I’m struggling to do the last part of the driveway this year, but I know it needs to be done. Thanknyou for watching!!!
I like the first "mistake" that is curved edge. It gives it character. Keep it!
5/16/24 your video is exactly the indepth guidance I require to do my home. Thank you for posting.
That sounds great!!! Thanks for watching James.
Wow. I can't believe this is cheaper than professionals .
A little time consuming, but if you
Don’t have any rush, then something that can be tackled :).
Gives you a sence of pride and accomplishment doing it yourself
Absolutely. It does feel good 👍. As long as it’s not too too back breaking. :). Thank you for watching. 🙏
You did a wonderful job. People saying you could do it cheaper calling a truck and hiring a crew is not always true and has a lot to do with your location. By the time my local redimix company tacks on part load charge and mileage, it increases the amount per yard, to the point you can't afford it.
Thanks Blake. I love doing projects such as this. Reallly keeps me going. Cost definately is an issue for most, especially with location…. I agree! Have a great night and thank you for watching!
Great job! It was great to see you work with your father.
Hey! Thanknyou so much! You have a great evening!
You did a phenomenal job! Hard work and patience go a long way! Going to be pouring my carport slab this summer with my wife!
Hey Robert. Good luck with everything this summer. Definately send pics! Thank you for watching!
Thanks for including many important details. Because the details are what make it successful ir a failure.
Of course. Thanknyou for watching!!!
You're a great soul brother,for it takes courage and endurance to keep on a project such as that with so fwe resources,I was in my late sixties when I undertook the construction of a large block wall by myself and I know that anything can be done with perseverance.
ive been looking at doing something like this myself and i got to say watching this video was awesome short and sweet. But with great explanation and on top of that you showed your flaws and gave an example of a way to do it better the next go around all in all 10/10 super helpful video. Also most importantly it turned out great for a DIY pour.
Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words. I hope your project goes well. Let me know how you did!
Honest Dude. Well done!!!!
Thank you very much. I still have the last section to go….. ughhh. Either way, thanks for watching!
dang bro, mad props for pouring and hand mixing(i know it was a drill, but wow) that much concrete! i just did a 4x3' section by myself and you're right it's no joke!
Thank you very much for watching!!!! :). Cheers
I did a MUCH smaller job with a more powerful hand mixer and it was horrible at best. You're a trooper to have done that much without a proper mixer.
You’re a MONSTER! Great job. Thank you for sharing. Now I’m not afraid to try to pour a large driveway, on a hill, in sections.
Thanknyou for watching , Kane. Have a great day!
Brother, you earned that carport :-) ... Good Job!
Thank you max. Thanks for watching!
Great job I understand working alone.
Thanks Michael! I appreciate that!
Minor mistakes but a great job overall. I admire anyone willing to tackle a DIY project like this. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Christopher. I appreciate that!
OH MAN!!! You did your thing. 😆
Good job. I did 6 individual 5'x6' slabs to make my patio. However, I used a 'Steele Mixer' (youtube it). It's a fully manual mixer that uses no electricity, just gravity & a rocking action.
I also attached a gate handle to the bottom so I could lift it out of the holder and dump the 60# bag when mixed. However, I used 2"x4", not 2"x6". Each slab (30 sq') used about 19 bags.
Hey! Great job!!! That sounds like a task in itself! Would
Love to have seen a vid. Either way, thanks for watching and have a great day!
I will say of all the people I've seen do their concrete you pretty much went by speck and the correct way to do the job. You gave the person quality work that's for sure!
Thank you very much. Though some mistakes here and there, it should last a long while! :). Thanknyou for watching!
Awesome job and great video. Thank you for taking the time to make it!!
Of course. Thank you for watching!
Looks good! I Done almost exactly the same with my shop. 24ft x 32ft. Done it in 8x8 sections. Took me two months working on it during the weekends. I used 50lb bags way easier to manage. And what was weird, lb for lb it was cheaper than the 80lb bags! Just finished the last portion last weekend. Pulled in my mustang for an oil change yesterday! It was a ton of work but still way cheaper than hiring it out.
Hey that’s great!!!!! Definately a lot of work. Perhaps I should have used the 50 pound bags due to costs. Just had a delivery of 80 pounds once again. I should be able to finish this off and onto the next project. Have a great day!
Awesome work. Thanks for sharing this. I wanna do the same thing. Its just to expensive to order a concrete truck. Plus I would need man power also. Dont listen to the critics it looks good and to most people it looks like a standard driveway.
Thanks Jason. I appreciate that! Best of luck with your project!!!! Take video if you can :)
It came out soo good! ☺️ you did an amazing job. Especially for doing it by yourself . & the weather definitely sucks
Thank you for watching! I’m glad the weather got cooler as I was getting burned out from this. Next year, you can help?
This video is giving me the confidence to pour my own parking pad. Good job, it looks great.
That’s awesome. It can be done. Take breaks in between and work slowly. :)
Don't be too critical, I think it looks great !
Hey! Thanks for watching. I have been my own worse critic for sometime! I hope the video helps :)
Dude, boss hog ! WTG, patience and persistence rules the day. thx 4 video
lol. Hey thanks so much! I hope you’re having a great day! Thank you for watching.
Wrt the forming method, I am starting exactly the same thing myself this week. 2 slabs: 13' x 10' x 4 inch (outdoor wood working area) which should be good practice for the larger one (22' x 16' x 6 inch where we will park our small tractor).
The reasoning for incremental pours for me is the same as yours : what can I achieve in a single day. If I got a delivery of a full load I would never be able to finish it properly. So, as long as I can get the mix reasonably consistent, we should be good, just as you've done.
I had not seen anyone else try anything like this nothing method, and so am very pleased to see it work.
I was thinking wrt the cutouts to introduce a vertically inverted V shape in case I needed to give the forms a bit of a wobble to lift out ... but your wider-than-rebar-diameter-notching seems to work just fine. So, will keep it simple.
The missus and I will work the mixer, and we use a sand/gravel ballast mix and add 42.5 portland.
We've done 4 foundations for a total of about about 100 feet of 18" x 18" foundations and so we're comfortable with the mixing and pouring.
Finishing is where I am nervous :)
Hello and thank you for the long comment. You are fortunate to have the help with the missus. It certainly sounds like a large project, but most doable. Pace yourselves and definately plan ahead and y’all
Will do just fine. I have done a months research and searching around to tackle pouring your own driveway and you are right. There isn’t much out there. The ones I see, a large cement truck comes at the end of the day. Gets the fun out of DIY…. Yes?
You Are right. Just keep things simple as well. Too many moving parts might pose an issue. Reach out if you have any questions! And above all, best of luck!
Obviously you thought ahead with the piers👏🏻 Bravo Man…you worked so hard. I’ve done things this hard and was proud…but also “Never again”. Great Job!
Totally agree. Do it the first time, so you don’t have to come back at it again…. Thank you for watching and commenting
Appreciate you taking the time to share your DIY experience pouring your own concrete slab. I got some good intel from it. I think the curve next time the wall is an added touch to the project! Thanks again for sharing.
Of course. And thanks for stopping by as well :)
Impressive! thank you for sharing and giving me the inspiration to have a go myself.
Of course! You are very welcome!
Like the different sizes of slab, looks great
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Looks great! I'm halfway done with a very similar project yours looks way better than mine does.
Would love to see how yall coming along! Thanks for watching!
Hell of a job, looks good
Love the patience and dedication to get the job done. I have mixed pea gravel with bagged concrete to further the amount with good results. I believe you could have wrapped the round pillars with sheet plastic to separate the new concrete from the footer. Always love seeing people work and not just pay someone else to do it.
Thank you for the tip about the pillars. :). Have a great day!!!!
Thanks for the video excellent work.
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching
Did this about 15 years ago to increase the width of my driveway to park a car. Did most of it by myself. Was over a 100 bags of 80 lbs cement. Now we adding on to the garage and have to redo the driveway since it is torn up for sewer and water line. It will be done by a concrete crew with 4 cement trucks.
Awesome. I am making a 20x12 driveway and I’m getting quotes around 10,000. I’ll just do it this way! Good job
Defiantly get some help and make sure the weather is fair that day. I was fortunate because rain or shine, I was under the car port. Best of luck!!! Let me know how it goes!
That’s an insane quote for only 240 sq feet!!!
@@mattt6511 I totally agree.
@@mattt6511 yeah, I'm usually around $7 per sf plus any overage on concrete minimum for small jobs
Not really if it includes material costs and you have to pay employees to do it. A company will always charge you high prices bht hopefully with those prices worksmanship is guaranteed. With that being said i dont have that much money and dont want to make payments so i just bought a cement mixer to do it myself but if your time is more inportant definetley just hire someone.@mattt6511
Awesome shirt, awesome work! Great video, thanks a ton!
Thank you. Can’t find balut anywhere here! Thank you for watching!
Your prep work was excellent.
Thanks for watching!!!!
Really enjoyed your video, great job. Your voice is soothing, making me think I can take on this project 😅
Awesome. If you do, definately take vid!
Thank you for watching!
Good on ya mate!
I’d do the same, except I prefer the wheelbarrow, shovel and 3 bags at a time method 😅
Awesome. I hope your projects goes smooth! Thanks thomo 74
WOW!!!!! That is ALOT of work! Damn! Glad you got it done! That is awesome that you know how to do that. You can LEARN ALOT by watching other peoples RUclips videos. I love videos like this & seeing different projects from Start to finish. Construction Projects are the best to watch cause you saw what it looked like at the beginning & then at the end, your like WOW! It's done & finished! I love working on projects. I finally built my own CUSTOM MADE Wall Unit a few years ago & I filmed it, but I did not edit it yet to this day. I have to send you the photos of that project that I worked on during my Summer Vacation in July of 2018. GOOD JOB with the Manual Labor. Like I Said, THAT IS ALOT OF WORK! I am VERY IMPRESSED! Yea, I hate going against The Time & with the weather with getting some projects done. Sucks that you had to stop & then something else happened. We all make mistake in a project & we just gotta learn from them. 🙂
That project left me with a lot of back pain…. Thank god I didn’t pull anything. Just good proper mechanics. I’ve seen other videos out there, but at the end, they call a cement truck to pour the cement. To me, that’s mot DIY. Anyone can build a form and pick up the phone. The titles are misleading too when they call their project DIY. I’m not bashing them, but to me, it’s not DIY. I still have more to do, but the weather started to get too cold. I light do a part 2. Not too sure yet because it will be more or less the same thing. Next year I’m going to attempt a smokeless firepit and a backyard bbq island. It’s in the horizon. :)
Oh god that sucks! Nothing like back Pain! Ooooooo, I don't dig that. Thank god your ok. I see what you mean about the filming part & getting more done without filming. My father has yelled at me a few times cause I was filming a project. When the project includes 2 people, I learned to be careful with how I film my projects. Glad your father was there to help get things started. I hear ya on the weather. It's either a race against time or the weather. That is when things gets tricky. That was me this weekend with the Christmas Lights. Yesterday was way too cold to work on it, then today it started to rain. I don't mind cause I go back to work tomorrow from my week long vacation, & I have til Dec 1 to get all my Christmas Lights Up at my parents house. I try to take it easy now & not over do anything. The more I am up & working, the more my back hurts now. So I hate having back pain for sure now. I just go at my own pace now. I learned not to have a competition with my self when I am working on a big project now. Yea!!!! I can't wait to see this smokeless firepit. I made a nice firepit at the summer place back in 2015. I rebuilt it a few times since then. I gotta get them videos up of my building my firepit. I made it from big river rocks. That was a back killer also for me. @@AJDIYNetwork
I’ve seen guys just cut the rebar to fit inside the forms with elevation brackets. Almost looks like wire fence. To connect the slabs they just drill into one slab with three pieces of rebar at three different angles. I think you save alot of time. Saving money by using gravel and sand mixed with concrete.
Well played sir!
:). Thank you!
Great work. I am planning the exact same addition - carport with slab.
Best of luck with your project. Take bid or pics if you can!
pouring slabs by hand is really hard work, back in the islands, men mix mortar by hand, pour and form all by manual labor, till this day dont know how they do it like that.
Well done and inspiring! Thank you
Thank you for watching! :)
A pat on the back and adda boy. Looks good. We are not all professionals and even they make mistakes. Good job and now enjoy.
Thanks mo! I appreciate that. Sometimes we are our own worse critics
great job, thanks, I am thinking of doing a similar project
Good luck on your project!!! Let me know how it goes!!! Thanknyou for watching
I think it looks great
@@natester1064 thank you very much for watching. I should have the last part of driveway soon. I’m nearly
Completed
Very nice job! The smaller sections were a great call. I just did a 10x10 slab with that big mixer solo. It was a huge mistake for me to try such a big area at once. Trying to manage the mixing, the transporting, and the finishing within the cement working time was a problem. Definitely a 2 or even 3 person job. I intend to do more, but I'll be splitting it into smaller, more manageable sections for sure.
I wish I had more help, but unfortunately everyone is far and few. Doing sections was much easier, but still laborious. After the driveway is complete, I still
Have to lay more concrete slab for a bbq island idea. Good luck with your project. Keep me posted :)
😳 Bruh! I’m gonna do my own driveway! You are a master ! Nice !
Thank you! Best of luck! Let me know how it goes! And Thank you for watching.
Good job, mate. Turned out really good.
I think you did really well. 👍
Thank you! 😊
Wow insane i was thinking doing concrete for heavy gym structure but after i saw ur video.
Will go for wood since the place is not permanent
Thank you ok for watching! Good luck with your project! :)
Looks great! I've done about 2/3 of my barn this way. The other 1/3 is very curious about when my ambition will return
@@wigidy12 lol!!!!!! Omg. Me too, this whole season!!! Lol
Nice job. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for stopping by and watching! Have a great day Meopen!
You did a Great Job!!
Hey! Thank you so much. There is still a little more to go…. Just waiting for the weather to let out I’m unsure if I’m going to take footage of the last part just yet. Again, thanks for watching!!!!
@@AJDIYNetworkyou can just take a time lapse of start to finish. I think that would be really helpful. I want to make some driveway ribbons and I’m trying to get ideas on how to diy it. This is so helpful.
@@lfuentes4098 thanks for watching and best of luck on your project. I am waiting for it to warm up so I can complete mine as well
Two words: Mud Mixer
Worth every penny to rent or buy.
You're welcome.
Great job
I know how hard it is to use a electric hand mixer to mix concrete. I did that with 20 bags for a 5 by 10 shed slab years ago. I plan to do a 10 ft*46ft *6 inch drive way extension and a 12 ft *24 ft* 4 inch shed slab this summer, but I will not do that jobs with the hand mixer again. I purchased a kushlan 6.0 cu. ft. 3/4 hp 120-volt motor direct drive cement mixer and a CENTRAL MACHINERY 7 HP Plate Compactor for the two jobs. I also watched Greg's video you showed, but I am not sure I will be able to use rebars through the whole slabs even though I should be able to use them between sections since the Kushlan mixer is low to the ground, and the mixer will be hard to move within the forms with rebar grids placed. I know the driveway will not be strong as one with rebars all crossed, but I have to do what I can do. Thank you for the video.
Hello passion,,,, omg, 10x46?!?! Yikers! More power to you! I love your perseverance! Best of luck with your new project. Definately take video and send it over! Thank you very much for watching!
@@AJDIYNetwork Yes, the mixer can mix 4 80lbs of concrete bags at a time, and I will only finish 5 or 6 ft*10 ft a day, so the 10ft*46ft will take 8-10 days to complete.
Good job. Saved a lot of money
Thank you for watching.
Woof ... 24x8 = bags. It looks great man, but ya feel for ya. I had to pour 48" holes for a deck like 8 of them .. 3 bags I think per hole. Was exhuasted.
Totally. I built my chain link fence down in Texas. That was a bitch in the hot sun!
Nice job.
Thank you very much! Thanks for watching!
You did a great job sir !!
Awesome. Thank you very much for watching!
Wow nice man! I'm getting ready to DIY something really similar myself, thankfully I have a Mud Mixer at my disposal and my dad and brother but thanks for sharing, definitely learned something and inspired me.
The mid mixer definately will
Reduce time mixing all that concrete. Best of luck! Take some vid! Thank you
For watching!
@@AJDIYNetwork yes I will definitely upload my DIY vid soon too 🤩 thank you
Looks like a good to me, well done!
Thank you for watching, Random!
I Just Subscribed !! Your Voice is so pleasant!!
Hey! Thanks so much! :). And thank you for subscribing
Great job! Thank you for sharing.
Thanknyou Frank!
It looks great.
Great work. It looks great.. I have to do the same, I am of an avid DIY-er. Getting an estimate soon, let see how much before I decide to tackle it myself. Thanks for the video. You got a new subscriber.
Awesome!! Thank you for watching and subscribing! Please let me know the estimate. I’d be interested!
Awesome job bro!
Thank you!!!
Great job man. 👍
Thank you very much for watching!!!
Bugger the hardwork. I'm just throwing down some old carpet on the ground for my garage.
Lol
I love it! Thanks for sharing. I am curious about the pricing between bagged and truck delivery. I know, here in Canada, there is a small load fee, if you order under 2 or 3 yards, so, with that said, I would almost like to do the same thing, making my form area just big enough as to not have that fee.
Nice job!
Thanks! I appreciate that
Good video, good honesty, HARD WORK lmao you could not have overstated this haha
Just two more slabs to go…. (Sigh)
Nice work bro. Cheers for the vid
Thank you!!! :)
Any wet poured concrete slab will out last dry poured counterpart. Great job!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Looks great brotha motivated to do my own now
Best of luck with your project!!!
i just know some pro is cursing and saying stuff like "youre gonna be sorry in 200 years when it starts to crack because you didnt vibrate it enough." or something like "its gonna crack when you drive your 80 ton vehicle over it because you didnt tie the rebar enough." lol
it looks great btw. way better than the sorry pros my land lord hired to put concrete at my old house. those dumbasses leveled the concrete into the garage instead of away. so when it rained the garage flooded.
Oh geez! Water in the garage is never a good thing! Perhaps their level was a bit off ? ;-). Thank you for the nice comment. And Have a great weekend!
Just move the garage door to the back of the garage. Problem solved :)
@@btarb242 wasnt my house and the land lord is a cheap sleezeball. he hired home depot guys at 200 a day to get that job done in 3 days. lol and not only that they left lots of beer and piss stains everywhere.
hwio great job, buds
looks good
Nice video !!!
Thanks for the visit Thomas!
Looks great!
Did you consider putting expansion joint material between each slab?
Thank you for watching. For this project, I did not think it was necessary. The majority of the driveway is basically under the carport. Perhaps if it was exposed, I would have considered it. :)
construction work
single handedly....
nic3 job .... 👍
Damn G,,this is serious,,I want to do a 6'x32' patio that I think I can manage in squares,,thank you
@@dog_biter of course. Good luck with your project! Let me know how it goes. Definately check out Gregvancom on RUclips. He does a great tutorial
On this very idea.
150 bags? $750? Cheaper to have cement delivered?
Nicely done!
Thank you!!!
WHAT'S the reason for using the STEEL Bars and wiremesh on Concretes(when pouring the cement into it) ??
It basically keeps the entire slab as a single unit structurally and gives added support.
Just a correction, the rebar is 16 on center….