I did my 16'x24' house, same size screened in porch, and same size carport. My house is on 4 cinder blocks and porch is at the same height on 4x4 posts. I poured it 2" everywhere except where my truck drives on the carport. There its 3.5" thick. Took over 500, 80ib bags of concrete. I poured them in 4'x16' sections, over 2yrs. This year I pour my last slabs for a 12'x16' screened in porch addition in (3) slabs of 4'x16'x2"
You two truly ARE the Pioneers of Dry Pour Concrete. At least the first to really show us how to do it on RUclips. Those turned out amazing just like your other projects.
YES!! I would totally love to see a video on how you built the forms. We have some steps we have to replace, and I would love to try our hand at building our form and pouring ourselves.
Love it! Helped a friend do his driveway last year and there has been zero issues with it. Had a neighbor come by during the process and told us why it wouldn't work and there is now a dry poured walkway in his backyard 😂
I knew it was gonna be good with the tissue box! Y'all rock, dry pour saved me big time to do a couple AC pads... I tell people about it and they give me a hard time, I can only imagine what you get!
I drove a concrete truck for my summer job when I was going to college. I pulled up to many job sites that poured steps. I didn't ever see one that size where they used pure concrete. I saw everything from hay bales to dirt used as filler for the steps. Some even used wood for the filler and sacrificed it. If you used rebar on every step level, and some vertical rebar on the sides, a good foot of concrete should be plenty, especially in a place where frost is not an issue, like it is here, two hundred miles south of Canada. If you are worried about strength, go 1.5 feet. It would have save your back and a lot of money. I have used your system on two patio slabs and it has worked great. keep up the good work!
@@CajunCountryLivin No Problem ---- also, I used a reciprocating saw as my vibrator for the sides. Take the blade out and put the foot on the forms ---- it might just help you avoid some of those rough spots you had. Works just like a concrete vibrator only from outside the forms.
Hay bales and wood as filler is about the shottiest work I’ve ever heard of 😂 (hay and wood rot for those that don’t know that’s a big no no leaveing anything that can rot under the pour as when it does the concrete will crack and sink) dirts fine if compacted that’s standard.
Okay...but what form was used to hold the hay, wood, dirt that did not rot over time. If the form is not made of concrete or brick...the guts would spill out over time from wood rot.
The steps turned out so great, you guys! Not that we had any doubts! You have a way of taking intimidating tasks and breaking them down and showing us all how doable it really can be! I’m sure the dirt dr and his wife are VERY happy with their new staircase! It looks so great in front of their adorable porch! Thanks for another amazing video!
I loved your ending comments. One of the greatest things I learned from my dad was to not be afraid to do a project. You can do the project as well as and many times better than a professional and the mistakes are your mistakes because you own it!
My husband and I love to watch y’all. Your little girl is an absolute angel. Keep doing what y’all do best. After watching your videos we are going to dry pour the slab for our cook shelter and I can’t wait until it’s complete. Much love and prayers Shirley aka Country 2 Coast!
Dry pour and wet pour both work great. Wet pour tends to be 25% stronger, less chipping, and just less issues all around, but if you know what your doing, dry pour works just fine. Good job all around on these steps
@CajunCountryLivin is it possible to use coated cardboard or insulated foam board with kleen kote release instead or wood for a sidewalk form or a single step? I don't have all the tools you have and I was quoted $450 for a single 24 inch step.
That there was extremely educational and totally awesome dry pour video!! Great great Job Lydia and Jim!!! Y'all rock this project out of the park!! 👏👏👍👍🎉🎉 Looking forward to next video!! Excited to see what's next with upcoming projects. Finishing the house, the patio, the storage container barn, and maybe a fancy dog house build would be cool to see. 😁 So, enjoy seeing y'all what ever y'all come up with!! 💖💖💛💛🥳🥳
The King and Queen of dry pour does it again. 😊 This one is going to be hard to top. 😊 I've seen so many other people that have done a dry pour project that stated they got their encouragement from you.. 😊 I'm glad you were able to do this for the Dirt Doctor. You know I'm going to be watching. So if you top this one I will see it 😊 Jim Nothing like having a chicken to pet while you're sawing wood. 😊 Glad to see you both doing okay.
The steps look impressive. I couldn’t wait to see the finished product ❤😮 I’m honest I had my doubts, but yeah they are really good ❤ until the next video ❤
U guys are very likeable. That dramatically helps keeping the haters at Bay. Stairs turned out awesome. Am wondering if the core of the stairs will ever cure and if it even matters. Would love to see a 5-year follow-up video. Keep up the good work.
Jim I'd love to see how you built the forms. A video will be great.. I actually need to build a small step off the back of my home. This gives me more options. Great work as usually guys.. What may also be an interesting video is how you determine how many bags of concrete you need..
Love it. I learned from this. No blow outs, no bulging, super strong concrete. Its remarkable how a light spraying of water will saturate through the whole steps.
This is amazing!! You two should come to Texas and pour the driveway out on our ranch so that we dont have to use kleet anymore. Looking forward to more videos. 🙂
@@CajunCountryLivin If I would have known that I would have put off our deck(patio) pour and saved a lot. I think it would have been a pleasure for my wife, a Cajun twice removed, to have done some cooking for y'all.
Well done Jim and Lydia, looks great and I'm sure your brother and sister in-law are very pleased with their new steos. How satisfying is it to be able to return help. ❤
I’m thinking about doing a 4” small patio at my back door! I’m going to try this method! Thank you for sharing Lydia and Jim! 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻💯💯💯
You two are amazing! We would love to know more about building the form for these steps! We've been building our house in AZ for years now, just the two of us, because we've done "pay as we go" on materials to avoid a mortgage. We are almost ready for the final Certificate of Occupancy inspection, (YAY!) and would love to build these stairs with curved fronts. Your foundational form expertise would help us so much. Thank you both for the wonderful help you give all of us out here!🥰P.S. The sound of roosters crowing--we have some ourselves and love the comforting sounds of "home" that they make in your videos.
You convinced me. I've been looking at a slab project for 2 years and have been afraid to start due to not having mixers and helpers. I've been greatful for your videos and am presently cutting lumber for forms. I can certainly do dry pour by myself. Where can I find your water in schedules. They seem to be acceptable for success. Thank you for your time producing these videos!!!!!
I havent sent a photo of the dry pour project i did. I learned how to do it from you guys ans i did a 60ft walkway stamped with a cobblestone stamp. It came out amazing!
Beautiful set of steps! I was very nervous about pulling off the sides because I was afraid there would be uncured powder under the plywood! Never underestimate the curing power of Louisiana humidity!
@@Theoisx We were renovating this house and ran the septic right into the fill area under the stairs. The night before pour day we had a party where the main course was deviled eggs. It only took 3 bags of concrete to cover once it was all filled in with stuff.
Jim and Lydia, y'all have really out done y'all self's this that came out beautiful!! I love the way it came out, and it got water all the way, throw! Y'all are truly the dry pour king and queen 😉😉! Yes, that heat is draining. I know I am doing asphalt in this heat, so I know exactly what y'all are talking about! Just stay safe and drink plenty of water 💧! We will see y'all on the next one, friends ❤🙏🙏
Your meticulous work on the dry pour concrete steps is truly impressive, setting a new standard for craftsmanship. Your attention to detail and determination shine through. And I am Floating Village Life
Hi Jim and Lydia, I missed my Cajun family! I trust all is well with you both and Ladley ❤ We have had a lot of heat here in the Central Valley also - 105° - 112° for the past 3 weeks or so. But the big difference is we don't have the humidity like y'all do. This was a bold project, but I never doubted my Cajun family for a second. It turned out great! I was a bit off with my guess on the number of bags - I was at 107 bags. I'm sure you are still busy working with your elected officials and leaders trying to make a difference with Dashers Law. I'm sure the momentum you created is still going and encourage you to continue to fight the good fight. Jim and Lydia, you two have hearts of gold, kind and caring. I am honored and feel fortunate to feel as though you two are my friends 🤗 Have a blessed week and keep doing what you are doin'. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.
Good job and innovative use of dry pour. I would have built a wedge shaped form maybe two feet in on all sides to create a void to reduce the amount of concrete needed.
If you spray your form with an oil, can even use cooking spray, it helps the form release from the concrete. Also, something that heavy needs a packed base of gravel under it. If not, the steps will sink into the mud when it rains
YAY!!!! Best birthday present ever!! The intro... YALL... Hilarious!! Question, It kinda looks like there is a slight bow in the steps. Is that just camera angle or did the weight of the concrete still bow the form a little? Either way, I think it turned out fantastic. I did see one huge mistake that I am hoping was caught and we just didnt see it on camera. I didnt see the little supervisor at ALL!! Im hoping she was just off camera and still supervising or else yall know these steps arent gonna hold up 😂😂 Jim, for those of us that havent ever really had to do this kinda stuff, I always find it interesting to see how you build things. I also love that you do a great job of explaining what you are doing and why. Thanks yall. Have a fantastic rest of the day!
Happy Birthday Bodie!!! I told Lydia when we were filming “I bet Ole Bodie will get a kick out of this intro”😂😂 Your eyes were not deceiving you about the bow in the steps. They liked the look of the slight bow so we used the thin strips of plywood for strong backs. It was an absolute bear trying to get them all to fall out correctly though. Kinda did it on the fly.
I would love to see a video of you building the forms. I'd also love a break down on how you determine how many bags you need for different thickness slabs. That would be super super helpful. Thanks!
Congratulations on another great project! Very informative and loved the positive message at the end! Keep on doing the great job you all are doing! Looking forward to seeing amazing new projects in the future. Stay Blessed y’all!
Love the dry pour method! Just curious about that top step not meeting the wood decking. Will the wood decking be changed to meet the new top concrete step elevation?
Thank you both for all the dry pour videos. I've done a couple of small projects around the yard with your system, and 6 months to a year later, they're still rock solid. I'm retired, and doing the work by myself, and I was wondering- on larger slabs, (4x8, on average 4" thick) can I pour and screed the dry concrete one day, then tarp it and come back and roll and water it the next? The ground is pretty dry.
I like this dry pour stuff, and will be pouring a small pad for a shed using this method. I'm curious on this specific project, would it have made more sense to pour a wall on the perimeter of the stairs, fill inside the wall with fill dirt, then pour the steps over that? Seems like it could have saved you a bunch of bags?
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Just poured my 16x20 concrete patio and I’m gonna need some of that tissue for the haters in my area! Turned out FANTASTIC
Love it!! Congrats Chris!!
Think I could dry pour an 8 foot extension on my driveway where the heavy ups and Amazon trucks short the corner and created a mud hole?
In this video we actually showed a couple that did a dry pour driveway!
Curious, how many bags did it take?
I did my 16'x24' house, same size screened in porch, and same size carport. My house is on 4 cinder blocks and porch is at the same height on 4x4 posts. I poured it 2" everywhere except where my truck drives on the carport. There its 3.5" thick. Took over 500, 80ib bags of concrete. I poured them in 4'x16' sections, over 2yrs. This year I pour my last slabs for a 12'x16' screened in porch addition in (3) slabs of 4'x16'x2"
You two truly ARE the Pioneers of Dry Pour Concrete. At least the first to really show us how to do it on RUclips. Those turned out amazing just like your other projects.
Thank you very much!
YES!! I would totally love to see a video on how you built the forms. We have some steps we have to replace, and I would love to try our hand at building our form and pouring ourselves.
Love it! Helped a friend do his driveway last year and there has been zero issues with it. Had a neighbor come by during the process and told us why it wouldn't work and there is now a dry poured walkway in his backyard 😂
That’s so awesome!! 🫶❤️
I knew it was gonna be good with the tissue box! Y'all rock, dry pour saved me big time to do a couple AC pads... I tell people about it and they give me a hard time, I can only imagine what you get!
I drove a concrete truck for my summer job when I was going to college. I pulled up to many job sites that poured steps. I didn't ever see one that size where they used pure concrete. I saw everything from hay bales to dirt used as filler for the steps. Some even used wood for the filler and sacrificed it. If you used rebar on every step level, and some vertical rebar on the sides, a good foot of concrete should be plenty, especially in a place where frost is not an issue, like it is here, two hundred miles south of Canada. If you are worried about strength, go 1.5 feet. It would have save your back and a lot of money. I have used your system on two patio slabs and it has worked great. keep up the good work!
Thank you for sharing this!
@@CajunCountryLivin No Problem ---- also, I used a reciprocating saw as my vibrator for the sides. Take the blade out and put the foot on the forms ---- it might just help you avoid some of those rough spots you had. Works just like a concrete vibrator only from outside the forms.
You dry pour south of canada?
Hay bales and wood as filler is about the shottiest work I’ve ever heard of 😂 (hay and wood rot for those that don’t know that’s a big no no leaveing anything that can rot under the pour as when it does the concrete will crack and sink) dirts fine if compacted that’s standard.
Okay...but what form was used to hold the hay, wood, dirt that did not rot over time. If the form is not made of concrete or brick...the guts would spill out over time from wood rot.
Cajun couple are unstopoble!!!! You guys have helped a lot of people.
Thank you 😊
The steps turned out so great, you guys! Not that we had any doubts! You have a way of taking intimidating tasks and breaking them down and showing us all how doable it really can be! I’m sure the dirt dr and his wife are VERY happy with their new staircase!
It looks so great in front of their adorable porch!
Thanks for another amazing video!
Thank y’all so much!!🫶❤️
I loved your ending comments. One of the greatest things I learned from my dad was to not be afraid to do a project. You can do the project as well as and many times better than a professional and the mistakes are your mistakes because you own it!
😊😊😊
My husband and I love to watch y’all. Your little girl is an absolute angel. Keep doing what y’all do best. After watching your videos we are going to dry pour the slab for our cook shelter and I can’t wait until it’s complete. Much love and prayers Shirley aka Country 2 Coast!
That sounds like a fun project!
Dry pour and wet pour both work great. Wet pour tends to be 25% stronger, less chipping, and just less issues all around, but if you know what your doing, dry pour works just fine. Good job all around on these steps
Wow, that's a lot of bags of concrete. Great job. Thank you for the mention. We are so happy with our dry pour.
Our pleasure!
Love how y’all are so keen to detail that makes your projects perfect or near perfect at least. Well done.
❤❤❤ yes please make the video about the forms.
Sounds good!
I loved the look with the forms on it it was a great look for their house in particular ❤
I love how you both didn't give the impression it would be EASY work.......but that it's ACHIEVABLE work! Well done!!!
Yes a nice video on how to build the forms would be great….. thanks guys ….great job!🎉
You got it!
@@CajunCountryLivin Thank you so much for agreeing to do a video on building the forms! You Rock!
@CajunCountryLivin is it possible to use coated cardboard or insulated foam board with kleen kote release instead or wood for a sidewalk form or a single step? I don't have all the tools you have and I was quoted $450 for a single 24 inch step.
I love your banter and how sweet you both are to each other!!!
Loved the tissues for all the criers! Nice work! Your brother and family will love it also.
🤣😂😅
Like your other pours, this one turned out super. Let the haters hate, this is a great project and a cool way of doing it.
Thank you so much!
I love your jean shorts, never seen anyone wear them so appropriately.
That there was extremely educational and totally awesome dry pour video!! Great great Job Lydia and Jim!!! Y'all rock this project out of the park!!
👏👏👍👍🎉🎉
Looking forward to next video!! Excited to see what's next with upcoming projects. Finishing the house, the patio, the storage container barn, and maybe a fancy dog house build would be cool to see. 😁 So, enjoy seeing y'all what ever y'all come up with!! 💖💖💛💛🥳🥳
Thank you so much Mr. Thomas! Very happy that you enjoyed it!
I'm pretty convinced there's nothing you two won't tackle and accomplish. The best to you always
Thank you so much!
I want updates over the years! I’ve dry poured quite a bit over the years and I’ve liked it so far!
The King and Queen of dry pour does it again.
😊
This one is going to be hard to top.
😊
I've seen so many other people that have done a dry pour project that stated they got their encouragement from you..
😊
I'm glad you were able to do this for the Dirt Doctor.
You know I'm going to be watching.
So if you top this one I will see it
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Jim
Nothing like having a chicken to pet while you're sawing wood.
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Glad to see you both doing okay.
Thank you very much Mr. Jim! Ole’ Silvia the hen always has to come check on me when I’m working on something 😂
Luv it, this is the fun part,,let’s see how all these dry pours hold up in a few years mmm..
Not a problem😘
The steps look impressive. I couldn’t wait to see the finished product ❤😮 I’m honest I had my doubts, but yeah they are really good ❤ until the next video ❤
Thank you Robin! Never doubt Jim 😘
@@CajunCountryLivin I always doubt Jims attire 😅 He should go Vin Diesel styles, with bike shorts for the ladies......ok may be not 🤣😂
U guys are very likeable. That dramatically helps keeping the haters at Bay. Stairs turned out awesome. Am wondering if the core of the stairs will ever cure and if it even matters. Would love to see a 5-year follow-up video. Keep up the good work.
Jim I'd love to see how you built the forms. A video will be great.. I actually need to build a small step off the back of my home. This gives me more options. Great work as usually guys.. What may also be an interesting video is how you determine how many bags of concrete you need..
Awesome!!
So you can actually google concrete calculator. It’s the same amount as wet pour.
Jim, would really like to see a video on the form making. I got some ideas to pour steps and sidewalk at my mother-n-laws. Loved the video.
I never would have thought this would work. Thanks for showing the process. Very nice!
Thanks Charles!
Time will tell.
Love it. I learned from this. No blow outs, no bulging, super strong concrete. Its remarkable how a light spraying of water will saturate through the whole steps.
LOVE THE STEPS! They look fantastic! This was quite the project ! Did you guys see Jay and Jen did one huge 7.5 inch step recently ?
Thank you! No, we haven’t seen it yet. Hope it turned out great!
Awesome intro lol! Could ya'll have ever predicted or dreamed that you two would become the Czars of dry-pour concrete?!?!
This is amazing!! You two should come to Texas and pour the driveway out on our ranch so that we dont have to use kleet anymore. Looking forward to more videos. 🙂
Y’all cooking? If so, sounds like a deal!😄
@@CajunCountryLivin If I would have known that I would have put off our deck(patio) pour and saved a lot. I think it would have been a pleasure for my wife, a Cajun twice removed, to have done some cooking for y'all.
Well done Jim and Lydia, looks great and I'm sure your brother and sister in-law are very pleased with their new steos. How satisfying is it to be able to return help. ❤
We absolutely love doing things for other people! Wish that we could do it all the time!
Your last comments to the ending of this video was inspiring. Thank you.
Thank you!
Another great dry pour video and we didn't even need Kleenex! Great job. Must feel good to help your brother
Love it! Haha thanks!
full water curing can last an entire month and it will be stronger! motivational speaker too! love it!
I’m thinking about doing a 4” small patio at my back door! I’m going to try this method! Thank you for sharing Lydia and Jim! 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻💯💯💯
You are so welcome! Have fun with your project!
It looks wonderful! I have the same basic size steps made od wood, but i see an upgrade to concrete in our future! Thanks y'all
Amazing job guys...lov from south alabama........MAKING CONCRETE STEPS GREAT AGAIN.
Thank you!!! ❤️❤️
You two are amazing! We would love to know more about building the form for these steps! We've been building our house in AZ for years now, just the two of us, because we've done "pay as we go" on materials to avoid a mortgage. We are almost ready for the final Certificate of Occupancy inspection, (YAY!) and would love to build these stairs with curved fronts. Your foundational form expertise would help us so much. Thank you both for the wonderful help you give all of us out here!🥰P.S. The sound of roosters crowing--we have some ourselves and love the comforting sounds of "home" that they make in your videos.
You convinced me. I've been looking at a slab project for 2 years and have been afraid to start due to not having mixers and helpers. I've been greatful for your videos and am presently cutting lumber for forms. I can certainly do dry pour by myself. Where can I find your water in schedules. They seem to be acceptable for success. Thank you for your time producing these videos!!!!!
When you decide the size of slab that you are planning to pour and the thickness….. send us an email and we’ll send it to you.
Nice job! Y'all make it look so simple.
Thanks!
I havent sent a photo of the dry pour project i did. I learned how to do it from you guys ans i did a 60ft walkway stamped with a cobblestone stamp. It came out amazing!
That last comment was the epi center of the whole video.
You guys rock the country and the country!
Love how you two work together! Thanks for teaching me!
Beautiful set of steps! I was very nervous about pulling off the sides because I was afraid there would be uncured powder under the plywood! Never underestimate the curing power of Louisiana humidity!
Thank you!
What a beautiful couple! ❤
I like the bow affect on the front of the steps it looks nice that way.
Why didnt you use cinder blocks as filler rather than using so much cement?
To prove a point this way can be done all the way through.
I was thinking the same. Put in pieces of larger rocks to with cement between
@@Theoisx We were renovating this house and ran the septic right into the fill area under the stairs. The night before pour day we had a party where the main course was deviled eggs. It only took 3 bags of concrete to cover once it was all filled in with stuff.
Fantastic job! 😀
Jim and Lydia, y'all have really out done y'all self's this that came out beautiful!! I love the way it came out, and it got water all the way, throw! Y'all are truly the dry pour king and queen 😉😉! Yes, that heat is draining. I know I am doing asphalt in this heat, so I know exactly what y'all are talking about! Just stay safe and drink plenty of water 💧! We will see y'all on the next one, friends ❤🙏🙏
Thank you so much Cedric! Stay safe out there my friend! That’s an awful hot job for this time of the year!
@@CajunCountryLivin thanks!! Yeah it is but somebody got to do it 😉
now you need to do a dry pour porch for your brother😊❤ hell of a nice job
Thank you Peggy!!
I'd love to see the form build!!! You guys are stinking amazing! Please keep the content coming!
Great job but that made my back hurt LoL hope y'all have a bless day 👍👍
Thanks!
Your meticulous work on the dry pour concrete steps is truly impressive, setting a new standard for craftsmanship. Your attention to detail and determination shine through. And I am Floating Village Life
Hi Jim and Lydia, I missed my Cajun family! I trust all is well with you both and Ladley ❤ We have had a lot of heat here in the Central Valley also - 105° - 112° for the past 3 weeks or so. But the big difference is we don't have the humidity like y'all do. This was a bold project, but I never doubted my Cajun family for a second. It turned out great! I was a bit off with my guess on the number of bags - I was at 107 bags. I'm sure you are still busy working with your elected officials and leaders trying to make a difference with Dashers Law. I'm sure the momentum you created is still going and encourage you to continue to fight the good fight. Jim and Lydia, you two have hearts of gold, kind and caring. I am honored and feel fortunate to feel as though you two are my friends 🤗 Have a blessed week and keep doing what you are doin'. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.
Thank you very much Mr. Larry! Always enjoy reading your encouraging words friend!
Good job and innovative use of dry pour. I would have built a wedge shaped form maybe two feet in on all sides to create a void to reduce the amount of concrete needed.
Thank you! That would work!
Great job! I love your channel! Your channel is one of very few that my wife loves as well!
Awesome! Thank y’all so much❤️🫶
I would love to see how you built the forms! You give us all hope. Thank you.
Absolutely would love to see a video on the making of the forms. I have a similar project that this would be perfect for.
Sure will!
Great job you two. I’m one of your Louisiana neighbors and have a few projects in the future. Yes please make the form plan.
If you spray your form with an oil, can even use cooking spray, it helps the form release from the concrete. Also, something that heavy needs a packed base of gravel under it. If not, the steps will sink into the mud when it rains
Beautiful! The flaws in concrete make them more authentic to me. I love it. God bless!
Wow. steps look great The dirt doctor will be so happy/!
Thanks Gary!!
Nice set of steps!!! I need new ones too…
Wish we could come do them for you!
Good job you two. That looks Great 👍
Thank you!!
Wow, that’s looks great. it turned out soo awesome! 😊
Thank you Tammy!
Wow! That’s amazing? Did they love it? I bet they were shocked at the difference.
Have you guys ever tried a power screed? I wonder if a power screed can be used to screed dry concrete.
Great seeing my favorite Cajun couple!! You guys are awesome!!
Thank you!!
Fantastic Job. I gotta say tho, I loved the wood still on it as well
It did look nice!
That was a long process, back breaking process, skillful process tjat turned out beautifully 👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you!
I will take some of the tissues Jim still not dropping the hate for dry pour. lol have a blessed weekend
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YAY!!!! Best birthday present ever!! The intro... YALL... Hilarious!! Question, It kinda looks like there is a slight bow in the steps. Is that just camera angle or did the weight of the concrete still bow the form a little? Either way, I think it turned out fantastic. I did see one huge mistake that I am hoping was caught and we just didnt see it on camera. I didnt see the little supervisor at ALL!! Im hoping she was just off camera and still supervising or else yall know these steps arent gonna hold up 😂😂 Jim, for those of us that havent ever really had to do this kinda stuff, I always find it interesting to see how you build things. I also love that you do a great job of explaining what you are doing and why. Thanks yall. Have a fantastic rest of the day!
Happy Birthday Bodie!!! I told Lydia when we were filming “I bet Ole Bodie will get a kick out of this intro”😂😂 Your eyes were not deceiving you about the bow in the steps. They liked the look of the slight bow so we used the thin strips of plywood for strong backs. It was an absolute bear trying to get them all to fall out correctly though. Kinda did it on the fly.
Great video! Thanks guys
Watching you guy give me confidence to do my STEEP driveway in Austin tx.
Yes need a video on how you built it
Looks great! Thinking of doing a couple projects myself. You factored in leaving plywood back there, was wondering about that when you did the pour.
That’s great! We actually didn’t factor leaving the plywood. We put screws where we couldn’t get them out. 😬 oops! We know for the future!
Great Video! Did you wipe the boards with anything to allow the wood to release easily?
Nope! Just the raw wood!
I would definitely love to see a build video for your forms.
Sure will!
I would like to see how you built the forms !! You both done a great looking set of steps 👍
Can you give us an update on some of your first several dry pours to see how they have faired? Thanks
I would love to see a video of you building the forms. I'd also love a break down on how you determine how many bags you need for different thickness slabs. That would be super super helpful. Thanks!
Great stuff! You got yourself a new subscriber!
Congratulations on another great project! Very informative and loved the positive message at the end! Keep on doing the great job you all are doing! Looking forward to seeing amazing new projects in the future. Stay Blessed y’all!
The steps are amazing!! You guys really do good work, and are truly an inspiration.
Thank you!
Wow you certainly surprised Me on what is possible with a dry pour!! Great Video.
Love the dry pour method! Just curious about that top step not meeting the wood decking. Will the wood decking be changed to meet the new top concrete step elevation?
It’s how they wanted it to land. They wanted the steps to be slightly lower than their decking. 😊
When do you put the water in? Thank you for the video.
I think dry is ok for small projects seems fun to do 👍
This awesome! I poured 10x4 to extend my back patio and must say it looks good. Thanks and keep sharing
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you both for all the dry pour videos. I've done a couple of small projects around the yard with your system, and 6 months to a year later, they're still rock solid. I'm retired, and doing the work by myself, and I was wondering- on larger slabs, (4x8, on average 4" thick) can I pour and screed the dry concrete one day, then tarp it and come back and roll and water it the next? The ground is pretty dry.
That's a yes on how to build the form please
Yes, I have 2 sets of steps I need to build and at a loss as how to get started a video would be so helpful
Fantastic!! Beautiful work, Jim & Lydia! I'm a believer now.
So happy you enjoyed the way they turned out! We were very pleased with them!
Nice job y'all did for uncle wags. I'm sure he loves it too.
We hope so!
I can't believe it I have only done fencing and smaller footings on dry pour damn looks good 👌
the forms look prettier than just the bare concrete.
I like this dry pour stuff, and will be pouring a small pad for a shed using this method. I'm curious on this specific project, would it have made more sense to pour a wall on the perimeter of the stairs, fill inside the wall with fill dirt, then pour the steps over that? Seems like it could have saved you a bunch of bags?