Fyi to anyone dry pouring. You need to wait at least 2 weeks before trying to use concrete anchors. I did a 4x4 a few weeks back to mount a manual tire changer from Harbor Freight. In 48hrs, I removed the form, drilled the holes and mounted my machine. The anchors would not tighten as the concrete was too brittle. I waited a couple weeks and drilled new holes and did a 1/4" pilot hole 1st followed by my 1/2" for my anchor size. They torqued right up and show no signs of trying to pull out.
Thank you for this. I love the comment sections for this reason! I’m pouring 2 1ft x 24ft strips to anchor a shelterlogic frame and will be using tapcon screws.
I'm doing research but it seems like dry pour might be the most efficient as opposed to wet poor for small projects? I have a couple small ish (roughly 1 yard each) pads that I have to pour and I'm considering doing dry pour instead of wet
@kylestyle2202 Well my 4'×4'×3.5 thick" took 7bags. If you're having yo mix more than one bag at a time, dry pour goes ALOT faster. You just have to wait longer to put it to use for heavy traffic or loads.
I like that I can pour all of this concrete for 500 bucks, if I mess up break it and do it again up to 10 times for the prices I've been quoted... and I'd still have change... 😂😂
In all honesty so do i...my daughter wanted her bday part here at out home and my first thought was "well that's a good excuse to make that outdoor kitchen I've wanted to" my husband just said "are you crazy ...we only have like 3 days"lol
The best reason to do this is because you can take your time and make it look good. Most people can't make wet concrete look very good. The only people that don't like this seems to be the folks in the concrete trades. The only dry pour that I have seen that didn't look good was a contractor doing everything wrong so the viewers think it can't be done. Keep up the good work.
Will be doing 3 different dry pour pads soon and have watched 50+ vids on the topic. This is by far the very best Dry pour completed project on youtube right now.
@@MichaelBuilds Hey, why was it wrong to put half the concrete down and water? I didn't notice it do anything different nor did you go into explanation why you were wrong.
@@yooper9062 Mike mentioned in the video that by adding water half way through the dry pour process, he actually noticed that the water was wicking up, which didn't allow him to put a proper finish on the top layer.
Great job. I did a dry pour for a wading pool 10 years ago...never used water at all! Just mixed the concrete (sharp sand and cement) and left it for four days. The nights here can be fairly wet - either humid in summer (which it was) or damp dewy nights in winter. After 4 days it was solid. It's still there and hasn't sunk a millimetre! Weight of the pool is 3 tonnes. Little tip: If you soak your timber before you pour, they expand. When they dry, they contract, and are easier to pull out. From England.
Agreed on no weed barrier. I wasted an entire summer pulling up old barrier in a huge area, cleaning rocks and putting new down only to have weeds this spring. Even if it blocked weeds below, it created a seed bed for new weeds to come up. Pull weeds or spray them!
I've always had weeds start out in the mulch layer on top of the barrier with the roots sometimes going through the fabric, making it a pain to pull them!
It's fantastic how you're adding to the body of knowledge regarding dry pour. The wet mix traditionalists are up in arms and defensive why it's such a terrible idea with no scientific evidence, while practical, thoughtful people like you are seeing an opportunity to learn, create, and refine new methods. This patio you created is probably the largest anyone would want to do dry pour, the wet mixologists really have nothing to fear from this new method, it will expand the usefulness of concrete for smaller projects for DIY. Thank you for your work!
Stonemason here, work with concrete and cementitious materials every day for the last several years. Food for thought post here so meant to be completely in the interest of a respectful discussion. As far as the whys regarding the traditional method, concrete, mortar, etc is a product that requires specific amounts of water for the hydration reaction to occur properly. This isn’t to say that hydration doesn’t occur but what often happens is that once the layer on the exterior starts forming, it affects the amount of water that can be distributed to the material in the middle of whatever you are forming. I’m making it very difficult to be able to control the ratios of what you are mixing. I am totally open to exploring dry pouring and I don’t think anything should be scoffed at purely on the basis of tradition, however there is a scientific basis for why mixtures are currently the way they are. This is all the more so considering concrete often needs reinforcement.
@jamesduke4957 Ever dig out old fence posts that have been there 20+ years? Dump a bag in the hole and add water, dry pour right? Those last the test of time 🤷♂️
@@jamesduke4957 calm down- always stronger and longer lasting? Prove it. You can’t, because these methods of pouring are too new, there’s been no possibility for long-term testing.
Cajun County Livin', the people who popularized the dry pour method, recommend only two mistings, one hour apart regardless of slab thickness. Next, they recommend two showers per inch of slab thickness with one hour between each shower. Thus, a four-inch slab would receive two mistings and eight showers over a 10-hour period. A slab 3.5 inches thick would receive the same amount of watering. In their most recent video, they caution against over-watering a slab during the hydration cycle in order to avoid spalling (surface deterioration). Once the hydration cycle is finished and the concrete is set, continued slab hydration over the next seven days is recommended to help with the curing process.
So I'm 40 and have a bad back and neck. Have been wanting to put a outdoor living space. The catch is it cost and building alone. Watching your videos have really given me more confidence that I am able to achieve this. Thanks a bunch for creating this content.
your quickcrete is so much smoother than what I see in a bag here in FL, there barely looks like there's aggregate in yours which is the major problem with dry pour finishing from what ive seen. Great job looks good
This is what I wanted to comment on. I just did 2 8'x6' pads and screeding was a nightmare due to the boulder sized aggregate and the results were still less than ideal. Where do you find this particular small aggregate concrete?
@@cheyennewu9193 Yes we can use Mortor mix for the top inch or so, Different parts of the country fill their bags differently as they are manufactured in different places even if its the same brand
I would never have thought that dry pour would have any strength.... Please revisit this next year at the same time with a durability update. Meanwhile I'll be looking at your other vids on the subject :)
Good Morning @MichaelBuilds - checking to see if you’ve seen any structural integrity issues where you drilled the gazebo posts. Looking to do something similar next Spring and wondering how the sway/movement of the gazebo has affected the concrete.
Thanks for making this video, I'm really glad that I saw this. I'm going to be dry pouring a 5x8 slab this weekend. Good to know about doing the watering at the end and not at the halfway point.
I watched you for the dry pour work, thank you for the video. I just put together a gazebo from Domi, 10x 12 curved roof line. With some help from my wife and 20 plus hours it is complete. Apparently not as talented as you though Dome suggest 3-4 helpers. Agreed the instructions, labels and packing is good. Less impressed with the suggestion to leave all bolts loose until the end, fought myself and things not aligning. I am 68 and slower than I used to be. Impressive effort and final product. In fairness to Domi I looked at many other gazebo kits and settled on them, their construction and information was better, and happy at the outcome.
NICE! I’m so glad to hear that you and your wife got one! I love mine so much especially since I don’t have to take it down haha. Had a pop up tent that we used all the time and putting it up and taking it down got real old real quick lol. Thank you so much for the comment Clark!
I agree on the weed barrier. One good solution is to use weed preventer before pouring the gravel. Q: Will you make a video on painting/ staining fence? 🤔
Lol, you put the gazebo together by yourself! People always tell me I will need 2 or 3 people to put together a large gazebo like this. This is a big motivation for me, I will be putting together a gazebo soon.
So we just did a big pad and I have to say my quikrete had a lot bigger chunks of rocks in the mixture than yours appears to have. I had like .5-1" thick rocks in my all over.
Hi MIke. This is the first time I have watched your channel and your build on this is awesome! I just did a very small concrete patio for my grill and did a dry pour for the first time. I used the quick drying concrete (commonly used to pour into fence post holes). In hindsight I wish I had used the high strength kind you used and just let it dry and cure longer. I look forward to watching your channel.
I’ve watched all your videos on dry pouring and just completed a 12x16 dry pour patio. It was so much harder than everyone’s videos made it look. Then I watched this video and couldn’t believe how much nicer your concrete mix looked pouring out of the bags. I used the same Quickcrete and mine was so rocky! We fought with it the entire time trying to screed it smooth, it was torture. I feel cheated after watching the smooth powdery mix used in this video! I don’t understand why mine was so full of gravel and this mix looked like powdery perfection.
I have had bags with large amounts of rocks and bags that had little amounts of rocks. And that was after I bought bags then needed more. Thean at the store said it depends on the batch of concrete and how long you wait to come buy more. I guess one has to buy their bag's the same or next day to ensure the concrete comes from the same pallet in the store
You are totally hilarious, entertaining, and a great builder. I initially thought about release agent for those forms, but the toxicity wouldn't be appropriate for the application, and you managed to get the forms out without anything bad happening. Here's hoping everything stays nice and level and true beautiful design.
Would putting in sand or aggregate even in the bottom layer not increase the strength but also reduce the cost (less neat cement mix)?? 60~80 bags at £6~7 a bag is alot of dollar
I am really enjoying your videos, Michael. Just found your channel today (researching dry pours) and have subscribed. You have a charming personality. Fun to watch.
Yet another awesome build. Just one question: How would you keep the individual slabs from shifting in relation to each other and making the entire project uneven over time?
I’d imagine that all has to do with prep work: leveling the ground beforehand, tamping it down, making sure no rain drainage will go directly at/under parts of it, etc.
This is soo nice! Enjoy your stuff! I just wonder about after you remove the wood & dry poor is dry, going back and filling in the space with concrete (becomes some degree of a solid circle, but still maintain the pattern design)..... or buying/building step stones and using them to create your framed space? Could put gravel/stones onto wet concrete in the seams and would prevent the weeds... graveling the top is what they did to our pool desk and some drive-ways.
Hey so could you come on over to Utah and do one of these for me around 25 feet dia. I have never pulled a board without pulling up everything with it, but i'm still watching you, learning. Your email helped on my old pathway, jackhammer and going to do new walkway.
As someone who grew up working with his father and his concrete business... please send a video of how this concrete is holding up in a coule of years.
Yah that was awesome. Like I said Mike I can't wait to show you my pergola. I'm taking notes on all your videos and will be starting as soon as the parts get here.
I found that the empty bags can be dipped into a bucket of water and they can be easily folded and roll up and stuffed into one bag. That way it decreases the mass volume in the trash can. Also they tend to blow all over if there is any breeze.
I'm really curious if these dry pour concrete methods could be applied to concrete counters, and if so what do you have to do to get that smooth as glass finish
Good job. I have a gazebo on the way. I'm a bit intimidated with the concrete. I have built forms in a grid already and put rock base and tamped it in. The dry pour looks easier. But the wet pour would be stronger. Maybe wet pour on the corners and dry pour everywhere else? I'll figure it out.
I have poured all my sections the traditional way. The only tools I used to smooth it was a 2x4 to screed with in the sawing motion. Then I used my little baby sledge to vibrate all the sides by tapping the forms. I used a wood float to bring the cream up. And and edger. At first I mixed my squares strictly by the directions on the side. 120# at a time. That really worked me and I wound up adding water to make the crete workable.Mixed all by hand because I'm cheap too. I have 4000 psi and added 25% extra water so I'm guessing its 3000 psi now. Foot traffic only with a gazebo will be added. I did install some 2 ft tubes where the post of my gazebo will stand. I did buy rebar and tie everything in together.My forms came out easy even though I placed the screws in areas I could't get to them. I just pried them out with another 2x4 as a long lever. I used some stakes as a fulcrum. We have rains now so the project is on hold. I have never done this kind of DYI job before and now it is behind me I can say while it was challenging for a old guy it was completely doable.
Discovered you dry pour videos yesterday. I said, "that would work great for my patio. Maybe i could pour it in 3x3 blocks with rocks in the gaps..." *todays video*
You used the same High Strength Quickrete as Cajun Country Livin, but as you poured it out of the bag and when working it in the forms it looked as if there was less rock in the mix if any at all giving your dry pour had a much better finish even over the paint roller method they use. Can you comment on the concrete mix and also your link to Home Depot shows just a regular Quickrete but you did use the high strength. Thank you in advance
Hey Michael. Great video. I've got a question though - you said that you didn't put gravel down because the dry pour needs the moisture, which makes sense. However, I thought gravel was needed to drain the water. Is that not required? Or are there only specific instances that gravel needed. Thanks!
Simply brilliant! Do you ever sleep? or lie in bed thinking what creative design you can make next? You should be on mainstream TV and would be a success, entertainment being standard no matter what you get up to. Keep up the great work!
Amazing job as usual!! My only concern is the larger spaces between the slabs of cement.. if the rocks aren't compacted, someone could potentially twist an ankle in that large of a space just by stepping wrong
For 18 years, My entire walkway to my front door has 1.5' space between with 3/4" rock fill. No one has even fallen or twisted an ankle. Don't worry, go for it.
Yes I think you’re right. I’ve put in lots of gravel pathways and the comfort under the feet and the safety factor are very important. In this particular case I’d say no high heels under that gazebo 😊
Just found your channel, it's awesome. I am thinking of making molds for concrete fence posts and fence board next year. I wonder if i could dry pour those.
Hey Michael! Great stuff man, you truly are the gold standard of everything concrete on RUclips. Really appreciate all the work you put it just to entertain a bunch of us strangers. Do you have anything planned any time in the near future that might include some sort of a concrete ramp? I'd really like to see the right way to do that.
I just finished a 12x16 patio we did it in two sections. The first half we took a little time to finished and put too much water or mist it took some of the cement leaving gravel exposed. The second half we took our time it looks almost like it was wet pour. It will be nice to know how much time or how much water to get to the bottom in a 4 inch pour.
Fyi to anyone dry pouring. You need to wait at least 2 weeks before trying to use concrete anchors. I did a 4x4 a few weeks back to mount a manual tire changer from Harbor Freight. In 48hrs, I removed the form, drilled the holes and mounted my machine. The anchors would not tighten as the concrete was too brittle. I waited a couple weeks and drilled new holes and did a 1/4" pilot hole 1st followed by my 1/2" for my anchor size. They torqued right up and show no signs of trying to pull out.
Waiting the longer the better! I waited a week for mine and they were solid, I wanted to wait longer but couldn't.
Thank you for this. I love the comment sections for this reason! I’m pouring 2 1ft x 24ft strips to anchor a shelterlogic frame and will be using tapcon screws.
I'm doing research but it seems like dry pour might be the most efficient as opposed to wet poor for small projects?
I have a couple small ish (roughly 1 yard each) pads that I have to pour and I'm considering doing dry pour instead of wet
@kylestyle2202 Well my 4'×4'×3.5 thick" took 7bags. If you're having yo mix more than one bag at a time, dry pour goes ALOT faster. You just have to wait longer to put it to use for heavy traffic or loads.
I like that I can pour all of this concrete for 500 bucks, if I mess up break it and do it again up to 10 times for the prices I've been quoted... and I'd still have change... 😂😂
For party prep, most people are like "oh I need to make a charcuterie platter" . Mike is like "I need to make a whole ass gazebo".
LOL, right!
Lol 😂 that’s how I do lol 😂
He just wanted to take it 1 step further 😆
In all honesty so do i...my daughter wanted her bday part here at out home and my first thought was "well that's a good excuse to make that outdoor kitchen I've wanted to" my husband just said "are you crazy ...we only have like 3 days"lol
Ass gazebo ha, ha.
The best reason to do this is because you can take your time and make it look good. Most people can't make wet concrete look very good. The only people that don't like this seems to be the folks in the concrete trades. The only dry pour that I have seen that didn't look good was a contractor doing everything wrong so the viewers think it can't be done. Keep up the good work.
Will be doing 3 different dry pour pads soon and have watched 50+ vids on the topic. This is by far the very best Dry pour completed project on youtube right now.
Oh my god THANK YOU SO MUCH! I truly appreciate that man! ☺️👍🏻
@@MichaelBuilds Hey, why was it wrong to put half the concrete down and water? I didn't notice it do anything different nor did you go into explanation why you were wrong.
@@yooper9062 Mike mentioned in the video that by adding water half way through the dry pour process, he actually noticed that the water was wicking up, which didn't allow him to put a proper finish on the top layer.
@totallycv2388 How are you going to overcome the ugly stone aggregate surface appearance?
Great job. I did a dry pour for a wading pool 10 years ago...never used water at all! Just mixed the concrete (sharp sand and cement) and left it for four days. The nights here can be fairly wet - either humid in summer (which it was) or damp dewy nights in winter. After 4 days it was solid. It's still there and hasn't sunk a millimetre! Weight of the pool is 3 tonnes.
Little tip: If you soak your timber before you pour, they expand. When they dry, they contract, and are easier to pull out.
From England.
I have watched all of the dry pour concrete videos in RUclips because I want to make one. In terms of quality, I think yours is the best among them.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Autocad ? Was it that one ? @michaelbuilds
@2:19... "Cheap and Stubborn".
100% right there with you.
Agreed on no weed barrier. I wasted an entire summer pulling up old barrier in a huge area, cleaning rocks and putting new down only to have weeds this spring. Even if it blocked weeds below, it created a seed bed for new weeds to come up. Pull weeds or spray them!
I've always had weeds start out in the mulch layer on top of the barrier with the roots sometimes going through the fabric, making it a pain to pull them!
Just spray vinegar on the weeds or salt. I do it all the time. Safe for the doggies and kiddos.
It's fantastic how you're adding to the body of knowledge regarding dry pour. The wet mix traditionalists are up in arms and defensive why it's such a terrible idea with no scientific evidence, while practical, thoughtful people like you are seeing an opportunity to learn, create, and refine new methods. This patio you created is probably the largest anyone would want to do dry pour, the wet mixologists really have nothing to fear from this new method, it will expand the usefulness of concrete for smaller projects for DIY. Thank you for your work!
Stonemason here, work with concrete and cementitious materials every day for the last several years.
Food for thought post here so meant to be completely in the interest of a respectful discussion.
As far as the whys regarding the traditional method, concrete, mortar, etc is a product that requires specific amounts of water for the hydration reaction to occur properly. This isn’t to say that hydration doesn’t occur but what often happens is that once the layer on the exterior starts forming, it affects the amount of water that can be distributed to the material in the middle of whatever you are forming. I’m making it very difficult to be able to control the ratios of what you are mixing.
I am totally open to exploring dry pouring and I don’t think anything should be scoffed at purely on the basis of tradition, however there is a scientific basis for why mixtures are currently the way they are.
This is all the more so considering concrete often needs reinforcement.
Calm down , water mixed concrete is always much much stronger and will last much longer...
@jamesduke4957 Ever dig out old fence posts that have been there 20+ years? Dump a bag in the hole and add water, dry pour right? Those last the test of time 🤷♂️
@@jamesduke4957 calm down- always stronger and longer lasting? Prove it. You can’t, because these methods of pouring are too new, there’s been no possibility for long-term testing.
Cajun County Livin', the people who popularized the dry pour method, recommend only two mistings, one hour apart regardless of slab thickness. Next, they recommend two showers per inch of slab thickness with one hour between each shower. Thus, a four-inch slab would receive two mistings and eight showers over a 10-hour period. A slab 3.5 inches thick would receive the same amount of watering. In their most recent video, they caution against over-watering a slab during the hydration cycle in order to avoid spalling (surface deterioration). Once the hydration cycle is finished and the concrete is set, continued slab hydration over the next seven days is recommended to help with the curing process.
I would recommend some mulch glue for the rocks. It will keep them in place and keep a lot of the weeds from rooting deep!
So I'm 40 and have a bad back and neck. Have been wanting to put a outdoor living space. The catch is it cost and building alone. Watching your videos have really given me more confidence that I am able to achieve this. Thanks a bunch for creating this content.
your quickcrete is so much smoother than what I see in a bag here in FL, there barely looks like there's aggregate in yours which is the major problem with dry pour finishing from what ive seen. Great job looks good
This is what I wanted to comment on. I just did 2 8'x6' pads and screeding was a nightmare due to the boulder sized aggregate and the results were still less than ideal. Where do you find this particular small aggregate concrete?
Have you tried gently smoothing out the surface with a new paint roller before the initial misting?
You need to shimmy the screed board more to pack the aggregate down. Then dry paint roller the surface.
Second this. My yellow bag is also very rocky. Can we just use mortar mix for top coat?
@@cheyennewu9193 Yes we can use Mortor mix for the top inch or so, Different parts of the country fill their bags differently as they are manufactured in different places even if its the same brand
Happy fathers Day Michael.
I would never have thought that dry pour would have any strength.... Please revisit this next year at the same time with a durability update. Meanwhile I'll be looking at your other vids on the subject :)
I grew up just knowing that you used it for fence posts. This is a neat way to do finished pads.
It isn’t
Good Morning @MichaelBuilds - checking to see if you’ve seen any structural integrity issues where you drilled the gazebo posts. Looking to do something similar next Spring and wondering how the sway/movement of the gazebo has affected the concrete.
This was great thanks. Now I just need to have a party so I can build something like this.
Thanks for making this video, I'm really glad that I saw this. I'm going to be dry pouring a 5x8 slab this weekend. Good to know about doing the watering at the end and not at the halfway point.
AWESOME! Email me the pics after your done!
Nice job, love the patio. For your grout lines, what if you would add concrete in the bottom before putting the rocks in?
Ooooh. Just a small amount would help with the weeds!
As a weed stopper or to help keep stones more stable?
@@emilcasas2707 I meant it as a weed stopper, but it would probably help stabilize the stones too.
OMG! Super! Fabulous! You are amazing Mike! I really hope you had - at least a little - help off camera. Thanks much for making another great video!
Happy Father’s Day! This project turned out great! And for sure my patio is going to have corners. 😜 No extra work lovelyness for this gal.
I watched you for the dry pour work, thank you for the video. I just put together a gazebo from Domi, 10x 12 curved roof line. With some help from my wife and 20 plus hours it is complete. Apparently not as talented as you though Dome suggest 3-4 helpers. Agreed the instructions, labels and packing is good. Less impressed with the suggestion to leave all bolts loose until the end, fought myself and things not aligning. I am 68 and slower than I used to be. Impressive effort and final product. In fairness to Domi I looked at many other gazebo kits and settled on them, their construction and information was better, and happy at the outcome.
NICE! I’m so glad to hear that you and your wife got one! I love mine so much especially since I don’t have to take it down haha. Had a pop up tent that we used all the time and putting it up and taking it down got real old real quick lol. Thank you so much for the comment Clark!
Dude… I can’t believe you can edge it dry…mind blown
Where do you get quickrete this smooth? Ours is full of rocks
I wanna see what this thing looks like after a year. I'm really skeptical dry pour concrete will last
Best tip here was wetting the ground before pouring, nice one.
Fantastic work on that concrete pad & gazebo build Michael! . Been really excited for this one and it didn't disappoint. Looks great!.
Never knew you could dry pour and get that great a look. Thanks!
can you do an update video on the slab’s condition now that it’s almost 1 year later
I agree on the weed barrier. One good solution is to use weed preventer before pouring the gravel.
Q: Will you make a video on painting/ staining fence? 🤔
Looks good. I’m gonna suggest that you keep your metal reinforcement at least 1.5 inches from any edge. Thanks for the video.
You should try dry pour concrete edging/curbing for your yard. That seems like something that could be perfect for dry pour
Would love to see that. I'm thinking about trying myself.
DUDE!!! YOU ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED IT!!! EXCELLENT!!!❤
Lol, you put the gazebo together by yourself! People always tell me I will need 2 or 3 people to put together a large gazebo like this. This is a big motivation for me, I will be putting together a gazebo soon.
Oh and Happy Father's Day Michael! 👊
Curious, does a dry pour take more product(concrete), like percentage wise, anyone have numbers on that??
I hear if you use Mortar mix on the top layer it prevents the gravel from rising up when you soak and makes a smoother surface.
So we just did a big pad and I have to say my quikrete had a lot bigger chunks of rocks in the mixture than yours appears to have. I had like .5-1" thick rocks in my all over.
This video was Awesome from start to finish! Definitely the best dry pour video on RUclips!
Heeeeyyyyy Michaaaeeelll! I love the patio and the pergola! You are a MACHINE!!! GREAT JOB!!! What a BEAUTIFUL set for relaxation! 💕😊
Lol well this machine is takin the day off and shuttin down lol 😂
You are a madman and I know you slept good that night. lol! Thanks for the video.
Fantastic job! Your work ethic is impeccable. Love what you do. Give this guy a TV show!...👏👌👊💥😊
Nice. Learn how to pull my walk right easy. Thank you🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂
Hi MIke. This is the first time I have watched your channel and your build on this is awesome! I just did a very small concrete patio for my grill and did a dry pour for the first time. I used the quick drying concrete (commonly used to pour into fence post holes). In hindsight I wish I had used the high strength kind you used and just let it dry and cure longer. I look forward to watching your channel.
I was wondering how you'd do the curves. That was a pretty good trick.
I’ve watched all your videos on dry pouring and just completed a 12x16 dry pour patio. It was so much harder than everyone’s videos made it look. Then I watched this video and couldn’t believe how much nicer your concrete mix looked pouring out of the bags. I used the same Quickcrete and mine was so rocky! We fought with it the entire time trying to screed it smooth, it was torture. I feel cheated after watching the smooth powdery mix used in this video! I don’t understand why mine was so full of gravel and this mix looked like powdery perfection.
ruclips.net/video/bN6FWNpPdAw/видео.html&pp=ygURZHJ5IHBvdXIgY29uY3JldGU%3D This guy will show you how to make it smooth
I have had bags with large amounts of rocks and bags that had little amounts of rocks. And that was after I bought bags then needed more. Thean at the store said it depends on the batch of concrete and how long you wait to come buy more. I guess one has to buy their bag's the same or next day to ensure the concrete comes from the same pallet in the store
I'm here for the hard rock music! ❤❤❤
I wonder if you throw powdered dye on the top before watering ,to achieve a color finish finish
Great job! You did your slab better than 2 professional concrete men I watched on YT!
You are totally hilarious, entertaining, and a great builder. I initially thought about release agent for those forms, but the toxicity wouldn't be appropriate for the application, and you managed to get the forms out without anything bad happening. Here's hoping everything stays nice and level and true beautiful design.
Awesome build! Happy Father's Day!
Hey Michael. Nice job, I've been pondering about doing a slab for a shed and you just made it easy. Happy Father's Day!
Would putting in sand or aggregate even in the bottom layer not increase the strength but also reduce the cost (less neat cement mix)?? 60~80 bags at £6~7 a bag is alot of dollar
I am really enjoying your videos, Michael. Just found your channel today (researching dry pours) and have subscribed. You have a charming personality. Fun to watch.
Yet another awesome build. Just one question: How would you keep the individual slabs from shifting in relation to each other and making the entire project uneven over time?
I’d imagine that all has to do with prep work: leveling the ground beforehand, tamping it down, making sure no rain drainage will go directly at/under parts of it, etc.
You can add concrete stain to give it some color as well in the center square and leave the border alone.
You should use some pea gravel binder you can spray it on with a garden sprayer and it freezes the gravel solid...
Beast mode! Looks good bro!!
At 7:54. You put. “Wrong” on the video for mid saturation but end product looks good. Why does it say wrong??
Fantastic work on that concrete pad & gazebo build Michael! 👏👏👍👍
I'm curious about how to keep it from heaving in winter in the freeze thaw cycles.
Move to California.
Mike another great video. Keep them coming, and i like the dry pour segments.
MAN GREAT JOB CONGRATULATIONS IT LOOCK AMEZING GREETINGS FROM WISCONSIN U.S.A. ❤❤😂😅😊
Thank you so much George! Also, I LOVE CHEESE! 😂
This was fantastic and beautiful! I'm going to try the dry pour concrete method this summer.
This is soo nice! Enjoy your stuff! I just wonder about after you remove the wood & dry poor is dry, going back and filling in the space with concrete (becomes some degree of a solid circle, but still maintain the pattern design)..... or buying/building step stones and using them to create your framed space? Could put gravel/stones onto wet concrete in the seams and would prevent the weeds... graveling the top is what they did to our pool desk and some drive-ways.
Would love to see an update video! Contemplating doing something similar for a grill gazebo
Hey so could you come on over to Utah and do one of these for me around 25 feet dia. I have never pulled a board without pulling up everything with it, but i'm still watching you, learning. Your email helped on my old pathway, jackhammer and going to do new walkway.
As someone who grew up working with his father and his concrete business... please send a video of how this concrete is holding up in a coule of years.
Definitely want to see that.
That's the right way to do it
Yah that was awesome. Like I said Mike I can't wait to show you my pergola. I'm taking notes on all your videos and will be starting as soon as the parts get here.
You nailed that build. Awesome
THANK YOU! 🙏 ☺️
I found that the empty bags can be dipped into a bucket of water and they can be easily folded and roll up and stuffed into one bag. That way it decreases the mass volume in the trash can. Also they tend to blow all over if there is any breeze.
Can’t wait to try the fry pour method! Your videos are very well put together👍🏽
You still need concrete footings underneath if you’re putting a gazebo on top.
I saw a really cool project where you can use landscape glue to spray the rocks so they don't come loose and grow weeds...
I'm really curious if these dry pour concrete methods could be applied to concrete counters, and if so what do you have to do to get that smooth as glass finish
Betting the smooth as glass really need a few polishing passes but I am a woodworker not concrete specialist so grain of salt ;p
Melamine forms.
All the time I've spent watching dry pour videos I could have been mixing concrete
Good job. I have a gazebo on the way. I'm a bit intimidated with the concrete. I have built forms in a grid already and put rock base and tamped it in. The dry pour looks easier. But the wet pour would be stronger. Maybe wet pour on the corners and dry pour everywhere else? I'll figure it out.
I have poured all my sections the traditional way. The only tools I used to smooth it was a 2x4 to screed with in the sawing motion. Then I used my little baby sledge to vibrate all the sides by tapping the forms. I used a wood float to bring the cream up. And and edger. At first I mixed my squares strictly by the directions on the side. 120# at a time. That really worked me and I wound up adding water to make the crete workable.Mixed all by hand because I'm cheap too. I have 4000 psi and added 25% extra water so I'm guessing its 3000 psi now. Foot traffic only with a gazebo will be added. I did install some 2 ft tubes where the post of my gazebo will stand. I did buy rebar and tie everything in together.My forms came out easy even though I placed the screws in areas I could't get to them. I just pried them out with another 2x4 as a long lever. I used some stakes as a fulcrum. We have rains now so the project is on hold. I have never done this kind of DYI job before and now it is behind me I can say while it was challenging for a old guy it was completely doable.
I just have to tell you that I love your videos!!❤ You always teach me new things and I thank you for that.😊
Discovered you dry pour videos yesterday. I said, "that would work great for my patio. Maybe i could pour it in 3x3 blocks with rocks in the gaps..." *todays video*
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You used the same High Strength Quickrete as Cajun Country Livin, but as you poured it out of the bag and when working it in the forms it looked as if there was less rock in the mix if any at all giving your dry pour had a much better finish even over the paint roller method they use. Can you comment on the concrete mix and also your link to Home Depot shows just a regular Quickrete but you did use the high strength. Thank you in advance
I want to try a dry pour countertop next
Hey Michael. Great video. I've got a question though - you said that you didn't put gravel down because the dry pour needs the moisture, which makes sense. However, I thought gravel was needed to drain the water. Is that not required? Or are there only specific instances that gravel needed. Thanks!
great vid... makes me think we could actually do this ourselves! also, thank you for the links to the products you used.
I got that concrete mix but mine had gravel in. Man i still poured. Looks cool so far
Awesome video! Looking forward to the (dry pour?) concrete table!
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Simply brilliant! Do you ever sleep? or lie in bed thinking what creative design you can make next? You should be on mainstream TV and would be a success, entertainment being standard no matter what you get up to. Keep up the great work!
Beautiful gazebo!
Amazing job as usual!! My only concern is the larger spaces between the slabs of cement.. if the rocks aren't compacted, someone could potentially twist an ankle in that large of a space just by stepping wrong
For 18 years, My entire walkway to my front door has 1.5' space between with 3/4" rock fill. No one has even fallen or twisted an ankle. Don't worry, go for it.
Yes I think you’re right. I’ve put in lots of gravel pathways and the comfort under the feet and the safety factor are very important. In this particular case I’d say no high heels under that gazebo 😊
Really enjoy all your projects!
Do you see a problem with adding an inch of polymeric sand before the gravel to stop weeds?
That marker on string is how many leagues lay in the curves for flat track roller derby. Chalk marker usually, but so damn good.
I’ve been waiting 3 weeks for this vid to drop after watching your first one (before I try it here at home)
Just found your channel, it's awesome. I am thinking of making molds for concrete fence posts and fence board next year. I wonder if i could dry pour those.
It looks sooooo good! I'm glad you're not poo pooing on dry pour anymore
Hey Michael! Great stuff man, you truly are the gold standard of everything concrete on RUclips. Really appreciate all the work you put it just to entertain a bunch of us strangers. Do you have anything planned any time in the near future that might include some sort of a concrete ramp? I'd really like to see the right way to do that.
REALLY..Gold standard of everything in Concrete.....In that case you would consider yourself the Gold standard of Logic...😂
@@yojo619 Correct.
I truly resonate with the statement of "I am very cheap and stubborn" 😂😂😂
Thank you so much. Trying this next spring!!!!
I just finished a 12x16 patio we did it in two sections. The first half we took a little time to finished and put too much water or mist it took some of the cement leaving gravel exposed. The second half we took our time it looks almost like it was wet pour. It will be nice to know how much time or how much water to get to the bottom in a 4 inch pour.