Nice job as always Mike. Being a contractor as well, I rely on weather every single day and obsess about it when planning days out and so many times the forecasters blow the forecast so I learned to just rely on doppler radar when it comes to watching rain systems come in as well as snow for that matter because we can never rely 100% on what is forecast that's for sure. Thankfully it didn't pour torrential buckets on you so that you had to deal with huge puddles and inches of water being built up in there on you as that would have been much more challenging to deal with.... In the summertime in New England we know that thunderstorms can spawn at any time even if they're not forecast as is another reason why I always just use doppler radar above any weather that was forecast because then I can see real time what is actually incoming and how bad it is based on that.... Nice job once again Mike as always!
Great video Mike. Lots of information {HOW TO}. I did this for many years commercially. You have put together a great crew to help with the pour {placement of concrete}.You make the cutting of the slab issue look easy.
I didn't see your description of the winch that you use to lift your helicopter off the concrete. I'd be interested to know more. It looks like a simple device.
Good pour Mike ….. my flat Work guy comes pretty well prepared as well and if I have to do poured walls for a addition that I do I have one company that I deal with and he is very well known throughout this area. Crookston poured walls. They do a great job I’ve known Denny most of my life along with his four brothers who all own some kind of construction business.. Stay Safe Mike and Crew 🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🔨🪚
What's your thoughts on rebar in garage floors where there will be heavy equipment, say perhaps a cat 420f backhoe? Do you have a video where poured a floor for heavy equipment use?
Thank you for pointing out that not many 'even knows' the difference. And all this time, I thought 'every1' was just talking colloquially, not that they'd mistake gravel for a 'big pet peeve' that you would complain about.
@richc3437 it's a huge difference, order a tone mix when u need a gravel mix. Or get a whole trialxe load of gravel when u need crushed stone. U obviously don't know the difference still so I don't even know why I even replied back
I don’t take any notice of weather forecasts re. rain, I look at the actual cloud maps (met office in UK) and make my own judgement from that. Recently had sand/cement/lime rendered the front of new build house, renderer said too much risk of rain, no I said, got a lovely finish on that overcast day.
That would be the contractor's responsibility and not Mike's. I'm a general contractor and I always clean the existing foundation sidewalks up before the slabs are poured. Mike was hired as a subcontractor to do the floor and that was what they were there for and even the foundation contractors aren't going to care about anything more than where they're pinning their foundation to the existing foundation but one would think that the general contractor of the job would want that wall cleaned up prior because that will now be the interior of the new structure? But again, that would be why Mike didn't bother with that, because that's not his responsibility and that should have been done before they came in to do their work......
Good pour Mike ….. my flat Work guy comes pretty well prepared as well and if I have to do poured walls for a addition that I do I have one company that I deal with and he is very well known throughout this area. Crookston poured walls. They do a great job I’ve known Denny most of my life along with his four brothers who all own some kind of construction business.. Stay Safe Mike and Crew 🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🔨🪚
Here's the truck crane I'm using: amzn.to/4eSLYd7 and this the winch I mount to the truck crane: amzn.to/3CS5KrD
Nice job as always Mike. Being a contractor as well, I rely on weather every single day and obsess about it when planning days out and so many times the forecasters blow the forecast so I learned to just rely on doppler radar when it comes to watching rain systems come in as well as snow for that matter because we can never rely 100% on what is forecast that's for sure.
Thankfully it didn't pour torrential buckets on you so that you had to deal with huge puddles and inches of water being built up in there on you as that would have been much more challenging to deal with.... In the summertime in New England we know that thunderstorms can spawn at any time even if they're not forecast as is another reason why I always just use doppler radar above any weather that was forecast because then I can see real time what is actually incoming and how bad it is based on that....
Nice job once again Mike as always!
Thanks Steve
Great to hear about the mix used, the pump cost etc, helps in laying how the best way to do jobs elsewhere.
Awesome, glad to be able to help!
Great video Mike. Lots of information {HOW TO}. I did this for many years commercially. You have put together a great crew to help with the pour {placement of concrete}.You make the cutting of the slab issue look easy.
Thank you!
Great job !!
I didn't see your description of the winch that you use to lift your helicopter off the concrete. I'd be interested to know more. It looks like a simple device.
@tomdawson2035 I pinned it to the top of the commnets
Awesome video
Good pour Mike ….. my flat Work guy comes pretty well prepared as well and if I have to do poured walls for a addition that I do I have one company that I deal with and he is very well known throughout this area. Crookston poured walls. They do a great job I’ve known Denny most of my life along with his four brothers who all own some kind of construction business..
Stay Safe Mike and Crew 🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🔨🪚
Awesome video as always Man great job.
I appreciate that
The concretors in us would not last 1 day here in Australia
Enlighten us... Why are you so superior?
How do you get into the house are they going to cut a doorway through.
What's your thoughts on rebar in garage floors where there will be heavy equipment, say perhaps a cat 420f backhoe? Do you have a video where poured a floor for heavy equipment use?
This video shows what we do for a garage with heavy equipment. Of if the engineer just specs rebar. ruclips.net/video/u6-aiQoL8aY/видео.html
4" w/#4 @ 24" o.c is fine.
Hey Mike, what crane and winch do you use in the video? Got a couple of links for it? Thanks1
I use my broom sometimes ti squeegee off my slabs. But removing the water is most important.
New guy doing good
He's doing good!
@@MikeDayConcrete do truck video on what tools you carry with you
Were do I get one of those t shirts
The edges of the saw cuts break off over time, whereas the trowel molded-in joints last forever.
You make it so easy
wow… you guys crushed that..damn
You can just use the little hook for a sight instead of resting that guide wheel
I think my crew got rained on at least 4 times this year 😂. Some were nice big 5000sq ft.+ floors. We also carry squeegees just in case.
Weather people aren't always right, bound to happen sooner of later.
Here on the west coast that's a "daylight" basement.
It happens to the best of us
inspiring thx Canada
Thanks for watching!
Mike, you should attach a GoPro to your power trowel!
In the south we call them daylight basement
How many rebar do you need to do a sidewalk
Most sidewalk is 4" thick and doesn't get rebar unless it is in a driveway and then it's about 6" thick and still, usually doesn't get rebar.
@snicklefritzd3612 in Illinois where I live they put rebar in the sidewalk
If you want to use rebar use #4 and put it 3 inches off the form boards all around and then every 2 ft to 16 inches. Up to you unless it's not.
Not many even knows the difference between Gravel and crushed stone, every1 just says Gravel, big pet piece
Thank you for pointing out that not many 'even knows' the difference. And all this time, I thought 'every1' was just talking colloquially, not that they'd mistake gravel for a 'big pet peeve' that you would complain about.
@richc3437 it's a huge difference, order a tone mix when u need a gravel mix. Or get a whole trialxe load of gravel when u need crushed stone. U obviously don't know the difference still so I don't even know why I even replied back
@@richc3437😂😂😂😂 this comment needs more recognition
The more you polish it the better comes out
I work in construction
any concrete guy thats been around for awhile has been through this aint nothing
I don’t take any notice of weather forecasts re. rain, I look at the actual cloud maps (met office in UK) and make my own judgement from that. Recently had sand/cement/lime rendered the front of new build house, renderer said too much risk of rain, no I said, got a lovely finish on that overcast day.
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So it did rain
I don't understand why you would pour concrete up against mold. 30 mins of pressure washing would have made your work look professional.
That would be the contractor's responsibility and not Mike's. I'm a general contractor and I always clean the existing foundation sidewalks up before the slabs are poured. Mike was hired as a subcontractor to do the floor and that was what they were there for and even the foundation contractors aren't going to care about anything more than where they're pinning their foundation to the existing foundation but one would think that the general contractor of the job would want that wall cleaned up prior because that will now be the interior of the new structure? But again, that would be why Mike didn't bother with that, because that's not his responsibility and that should have been done before they came in to do their work......
Pressure washing does nothing for mold. You can't drown
@billabong9215 that's fake news. You spray with bleach first.
Must live in Michigan with that type of unexpected rain lol
Coast of Maine. As unpredictable weather as any of the Midwest.
Yup!
@@Nate-bd8fg that makes sense too
Cat litter
Good pour Mike ….. my flat Work guy comes pretty well prepared as well and if I have to do poured walls for a addition that I do I have one company that I deal with and he is very well known throughout this area. Crookston poured walls. They do a great job I’ve known Denny most of my life along with his four brothers who all own some kind of construction business..
Stay Safe Mike and Crew 🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🔨🪚