Thank you so much for this. As a woman and a keen DIY person I often mix concrete the way my father did, but this is much easier so thank you. Don't know why anyone should leave negative comments when you are being so helpful.
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply and in such a positive manner. As for the negative comments, I leave them up but they don't worry me too much.
Thank you so much for this, Michael. Yesterday, I did my first ever concrete mixing and concrete paving edging. Your technique was fantastic. I also love your gentle, humble way of explaining yourself. You are clearly very experienced but not patronising or arrogant with it. Hats off to you, Sir!
I am now also a subscriber, as I see that you’ve got some pond making videos too. That’s another project coming my way later in the year...am very happy to pick your brain cells on that front too! 😉 Keep up the great work, Squire. 👍❤️
My dad and I did exactly this when I was a kid. We poured a walkway around one side of our house and then another with steps coming off the porch. This works people, I can still see the work my dad and I did 30 years ago on Google maps of our old house.
So he's making it from scratch, as it were, as opposed to just mixing quikrete with water? Not sure how that's easier. The way my dad taught me, we use a pulaski, which is an axe-type tool with one blade horizontal which helps it cut through the concrete and mix it really well.
Im glad i saw your video. I started making shed base. I have no mixer. I use my wheelbarrow to mix, Mixing will be easier tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.
So simple - but great idea - - not only are you not breaking your back -you're making the incline in the wheel barrow work for you - -great stuff and thank you !!! - I will definitely be doing this !
Mr Collinson you are a genius sir. I struggled today mixing concrete on the ground and could only get through half the job through tiredness. This method is far simpler and far less effort. I was dreading getting back to it tomorrow but now I can't wait to get cracking!
Like others here who wished for an easy way to mix concrete, I was delighted to see this little video by Michael. I was not looking forward to the job but this makes it look quite easy. Many thanks. I can now go forward, armed with spade and barrow etc and impress the neighbors !! But I will mention you - Michael the Mixer!!
Many thanks for your kind comment, although I made this video 6 years ago I mixed up a couple of barrowload a few weeks ago and I'm now nearly 78, it is never "easy" but this is definitely the easiest way I've found. Thanks for watching and good luck.
I did not know anything about cement or concrete but after watching this video i did my pavement just like this and it worked. I was tiered as hell but it worked! with steel arming at the bottom! THIS WORKS!
I've always mixed using a barrow for small jobs. Then I started buying concrete molds to construct a Roman garden and decided to invest in a mixer. Well I used it two or three times then went back to the barrow because I wasn't that impressed. What's more, it made a noise like a WW1 tank with half it's track missing. So I'm back to plugging away with my wheel barrow and loving it...and that method you used is fine...
I always wanted to buy concrete mixer to finish my back yard project.. watching this really changed my mind.. thank you for sharing this great technique
I was going to buy a concrete mixer, but according to reviewers, the installation instructions were a challenge. So I figured why not mix it in a wheelbarrow, and came to RUclips for proper instructions. I'm so thankful for people who take the time to explain the best method for DIY tasks.
Beloved, thank you. So many people have no idea how to do this and whats worse they make video, so other people are doing it the wrong way. i can see that your way works. i will definately be trying.
@@12thDecember Good on you, although I used a shovel a lot of people have commented that a hoe might be better for the actual mixing. Good luck and let me know how you get on.
@@oldtimer43 Thanks for the follow-up. I have both tools and will let you know which works better for me. Fence post removal and replacement will be in the next two or three weeks.
Well well...... I was so close to ignoring this but had nothing better to do so watched it.........that is so simple and obviously a back saver....why haven’t I seen this before or even given it any thought. Thanks for posting and opening my eyes 🙂👍
If you don't mind my saying, your strength, stamina, and determination for a person of your age, is a hell of a lot more than the young folks I see today.
Thanks, You have just made my day, I have recently hand dug 130 tons of soil and clay for foundations for an extension so not too bad for someone over 75!
I've also mixed 100s of bag of concrete in a wheelbarrow by hand, & now going to buy a concrete mixer as I'm getting on in life 68yrs old in the next couple of days !!!
this is such a good tip! first time mixing concrete and I'm so glad I watched this suggestion. I've found you can also lever the shovel off the back of the wheelbarrow to flip the wet side of the mix.
What a great video Michael so many people break their bloody backs mixing various aggregates & your video is going to help a hell of a lot of people thank you!
thanks Michael - i have mixed a few barrows of concrete over the years - found it relatively easy using SOME of the technique shown here but I can see how I can improve my 'method' even more - especially now I am 65 with a crook back!!!! lets get out there!!!!
👍👍Old school mixing, I think it's cool that people still do it. Nothing wrong with that, I'm old school in a lot of ways & it blows some people away on some of my accomplishments. Good video & thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the comment, I wouldn't want to be doing it all the time and still use a mixer for large quantities but for smaller jobs it's fine, you are right about accomplishments, I have just finished a 500 sq ft extension to my house just by myself and have just started a large pond/waterfall in the garden and I'm just turned 77 yrs old
One wouldn't really think there is all that much to mixing concrete. But there is. Your method looks to save a good bit of energy, and faster too. Thanks.
method looks good , helps to mix dry first follow same materials input formula layered dry mix then mix all dry then follow by adding the water in the same manor, great barrow mix every time
I've mixed concrete in a wheelbarrow many times but next time I'm going to follow this method. I used to mix it dry before adding the water, which is quite hard work, but I can see the method in this madness, it looks like half the effort. Simples :)
Good technique. One of the first things I learned about concrete was to always add the dry to the water, never the water to the dry - and this method makes that possible in a very easy way. I don't mix much of it, but sometimes I need to set a post or something and make up a tiny batch. I have to buy those teensy sacks that hold about a half gallon of dry cement. It's expensive that way but I can't lift the others LOL :-) Tina
If you only have a very small amount say for a post, I've just seen a video from a 86 yr old man showing a very easy way, take a look at ruclips.net/video/mQAdmX57aRU/видео.html
I put the sand or sand and gravel mix into a wheelbarrow, make a well in the middle, add the cement and water, and mix thoroughly with my hands (thick gloves essential as cement is irritant). Result - in two minutes I have a uniform mix that sets perfectly. (Though I would use a smaller quantity than shown here.)
Ahhh what a pleasure Not many good old traditional methods knocking about like this on RUclips This is what happens when you’ve got the youth of today with all the technology but the lazy milenniel attitudes Great work mike
Spot on, for small amounts this is an easy way, as you say I made this 6 years ago but mixed a wheelbarrow load for a post only a couple of weeks ago and I'm nearly 78 now. Thanks for watching.
Good information. When I was a child, my dad mixed his in a wheelbarrow, but used a garden hoe to do the mixing and could only mix a small amount. Your way looks like you could mix much more at a time.
Nice one mate! I was taught the same method when I was a kid (From an English Bricklayer). Definitely the easiest way to mix concrete, mortar and render. We have light all steel mixing shovels here in OZ that are a bit straighter that yours. I find the angle to be good for mixing in a wheel barrow. Actually, the two biggest wheel barrow makers here in Australia make their tubs with sharp internal corners so the shovel can get right in there.
Mixing concrete by hand is bloody hard work. Use buckets to measure the materials for the mix, guess work will result in a poor mix and ultimately a poor finish. Weigh a full bucket of all in. Then reduce the amount in the bucket until you have half the wight in the bucket, then mark the inside of the bucket with a small hole. You can then use this bucket to measure the all in, cement and the water. BTW, your mix is slightly too wet and needs a little bit more cement.
thank you for posting this! it is very beneficial to a useless office type city slicker like myself who is trying to learn practical real life applications for the back yard / cottage.
Other videos: • wear a mask and stand upwind of the mixture • calculate your mix ratio • mix dry together ingredients first • add water slowly and methodically • take care not to spill on your surrounding area This video: • there's a football game on in 10 minutes and I'm not missing a damn minute of it
I just laid slabs for a shed base, my mix was two bags of sharp sand to half a bag of cement. Some stones. I mixed the first bag of sand with the cement like soup, proper wet, added the stones then added half the other sand then the last sand, a big full barra worth. Still a hard workout not gonna lie. A mixers no fun, proper work by hand. Cheers, I like this technique also.
I do one bag of ballast (mixed sand and aggregate) to 5kg of cement (5 to 1). I put ballast in wheelbarrow. I have weighed/measured what 5kg of concrete is beforehand (up to a mark in a bucket). I have done the same with the exact amount of water I will need. I then mix the concrete into the water in a bucket, gradually, whisking like cooking. Then I just pour the liquified concrete mixture into the barrow and easily mix with a garden hoe. This way keeps energy expenditure to a a minimum, just shoving about easily and the bare minimum. Girlfriend does the concrete and water measuring, me mixing as she pours in the powder, and I mix in the barrow. A nice steady human pace and you can do loads.
thank you Mr. Collinson , it was like watching my dad mixing up bags of concrete . he passed in 93' so this was cool . now to all the jackasses puttin' their two cents in on the 'other' six and one half dozen ways of doing this . do you have any clue on what respect is ??? or appreciation ?? jeezus ! learn that "one" before adding your "two"
Nothing disrespectful in pointing out an easier way to mix concrete in a wheelbarrow to the man .What would be disrespectful is not pointing out an easier way to him and letting him struggle on using that shovel .a draw hoe or an American mortar hoe is a far better and easier tool to use to mix concrete or mortar in a wheelbarrow . Having said that if all you have to hand is a shovel his demonstration was excellent .
bric bybrick the disrespectful comments I referred too were from smart alecks talking down their noses to a man who didn't whine to his dad that it was too hard to do with a shovel. working beyond his years,and making it work. having said that,i suppose he may have paused and said , "oh,I never thought of that"
+gary schraa generally speaking if I'm doing a small job that requires only 2 to 3 barrows of mortar or concrete I leave my mixer at home, it's not worth my while even loading it up. When I'm hand mixing I bring a barrow , shovel, and my hoe .the hoe I have is a very old one that a friend of mine picked up at a flea market in America ,the blade is fairly wide . it has no holes in it.so if I happen to forget to load a shovel (which would not happen are they are always left in the van) I can both put material into and take it out of the barrow and into a bucket with the hoe which I would then use to fill small forms . I would also have bricklaying trowels with me in the event I had to fill small forms . Hope this helps
I work for a basement company. I mix pallets at a time all by hand. Lemme tell you that their is a huge difference between aggregated cement and just add water quikrete. This is simple because the rock helps break the sand up. All sand cement is a pain in the ass and I promise their is no easy way to hand mix.
RE: 03:50 About to mix my first batch of concrete in some time as a DIYer. Concrete looked a bit soupy at the handle end as the video finished. Is that fairly normal / acceptable or should it ideally be given a few more turns until the consistency is uniform throughout the batch?
Ye but you only have a half barrow mix. To mix full Barrow make half mix chuck in water to make a soup then add sand and mix/turn until get proper consistency a lot easier and quicker plus you get full mixes
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Thank you so much for this. As a woman and a keen DIY person I often mix concrete the way my father did, but this is much easier so thank you. Don't know why anyone should leave negative comments when you are being so helpful.
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply and in such a positive manner. As for the negative comments, I leave them up but they don't worry me too much.
Thank you so much for this, Michael. Yesterday, I did my first ever concrete mixing and concrete paving edging. Your technique was fantastic. I also love your gentle, humble way of explaining yourself. You are clearly very experienced but not patronising or arrogant with it. Hats off to you, Sir!
Thank you so much for your lovely comments, you have made my day!
Michael Collinson ❤️
I am now also a subscriber, as I see that you’ve got some pond making videos too. That’s another project coming my way later in the year...am very happy to pick your brain cells on that front too! 😉 Keep up the great work, Squire. 👍❤️
@@nicolawright3051 Thanks for subscribing, I have another pond video coming up soon .
My dad and I did exactly this when I was a kid. We poured a walkway around one side of our house and then another with steps coming off the porch. This works people, I can still see the work my dad and I did 30 years ago on Google maps of our old house.
So he's making it from scratch, as it were, as opposed to just mixing quikrete with water? Not sure how that's easier. The way my dad taught me, we use a pulaski, which is an axe-type tool with one blade horizontal which helps it cut through the concrete and mix it really well.
@keith cunningham Well, damn, guess I shouldn't have ordered that entire pallet.
I wanted to say thank you for this video, it literally saved my back! Thank you so much, this is why I respect age and experience over youth!
I'm glad it was helpful
Helped here as well. Thanks :)
Great, l'm glad it was useful
Im glad i saw your video. I started making shed base. I have no mixer. I use my wheelbarrow to mix, Mixing will be easier tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.
So simple - but great idea - - not only are you not breaking your back -you're making the incline in the wheel barrow work for you - -great stuff and thank you !!! - I will definitely be doing this !
Mr Collinson you are a genius sir. I struggled today mixing concrete on the ground and could only get through half the job through tiredness. This method is far simpler and far less effort. I was dreading getting back to it tomorrow but now I can't wait to get cracking!
Glad to be of help :)
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Like others here who wished for an easy way to mix concrete, I was delighted to see this little video by Michael. I was not looking forward to the job but this makes it look quite easy. Many thanks. I can now go forward, armed with spade and barrow etc and impress the neighbors !! But I will mention you - Michael the Mixer!!
Many thanks for your kind comment, although I made this video 6 years ago I mixed up a couple of barrowload a few weeks ago and I'm now nearly 78, it is never "easy" but this is definitely the easiest way I've found. Thanks for watching and good luck.
I did not know anything about cement or concrete but after watching this video i did my pavement just like this and it worked. I was tiered as hell but it worked! with steel arming at the bottom!
THIS WORKS!
I'm glad it was of help, thanks for watching
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Brilliant.....heartbreaking to think how much time I've wasted over the years. Like all great ideas its very simple. Thanks Michael.
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching
I've always mixed using a barrow for small jobs. Then I started buying concrete molds to construct a Roman garden and decided to invest in a mixer. Well I used it two or three times then went back to the barrow because I wasn't that impressed. What's more, it made a noise like a WW1 tank with half it's track missing. So I'm back to plugging away with my wheel barrow and loving it...and that method you used is fine...
I always wanted to buy concrete mixer to finish my back yard project.. watching this really changed my mind.. thank you for sharing this great technique
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching!
I was going to buy a concrete mixer, but according to reviewers, the installation instructions were a challenge. So I figured why not mix it in a wheelbarrow, and came to RUclips for proper instructions. I'm so thankful for people who take the time to explain the best method for DIY tasks.
Yes, it's a quick fix and improvising in a way. A mixer does the job faster, neater and with even consistency.
That is absolutely the best method I've ever seen for hand mixing. Works beautifully. Thank you
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching
Beloved, thank you. So many people have no idea how to do this and whats worse they make video, so other people are doing it the wrong way. i can see that your way works. i will definately be trying.
You are so welcome, thank you for taking the time to watch it.
All these years I've been doing it wrong. Your method is both clever and efficient. Thank you for sharing!
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching
@@oldtimer43 Ordered my wheelbarrow yesterday, and looking forward to replacing those leaning fence posts. Thanks again. :)
@@12thDecember Good on you, although I used a shovel a lot of people have commented that a hoe might be better for the actual mixing. Good luck and let me know how you get on.
@@oldtimer43 Thanks for the follow-up. I have both tools and will let you know which works better for me. Fence post removal and replacement will be in the next two or three weeks.
Well well...... I was so close to ignoring this but had nothing better to do so watched it.........that is so simple and obviously a back saver....why haven’t I seen this before or even given it any thought. Thanks for posting and opening my eyes 🙂👍
I'm glad it was of some help, thanks for watching
If you don't mind my saying, your strength, stamina, and determination for a person of your age, is a hell of a lot more than the young folks I see today.
Thanks, You have just made my day, I have recently hand dug 130 tons of soil and clay for foundations for an extension so not too bad for someone over 75!
I've also mixed 100s of bag of concrete in a wheelbarrow by hand, & now going to buy a concrete mixer as I'm getting on in life 68yrs old in the next couple of days !!!
Very simple, very smart. After mixing 8 wheelbarrows full today this will hopefully save my back a bit tomorrow.
I'm glad it was of some help, thanks for watching and good luck tomorrow.
this is such a good tip! first time mixing concrete and I'm so glad I watched this suggestion. I've found you can also lever the shovel off the back of the wheelbarrow to flip the wet side of the mix.
I'm glad you found this useful, many thanks for watching.
What a great video Michael so many people break their bloody backs mixing various aggregates & your video is going to help a hell of a lot of people thank you!
Thank you!
Just been mixing concrete as described....so easy. 👍 Thanks for a great tip....saved my back!🤗
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching.
thanks Michael - i have mixed a few barrows of concrete over the years - found it relatively easy using SOME of the technique shown here but I can see how I can improve my 'method' even more - especially now I am 65 with a crook back!!!! lets get out there!!!!
Perfect for my needs, a simple video getting straight to the point - thank you so much.
I'm glad it was useful for you, good luck with your project and thanks for watching.
👍👍Old school mixing, I think it's cool that people still do it.
Nothing wrong with that, I'm old school in a lot of ways & it blows some people away on some of my accomplishments.
Good video & thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the comment, I wouldn't want to be doing it all the time and still use a mixer for large quantities but for smaller jobs it's fine, you are right about accomplishments, I have just finished a 500 sq ft extension to my house just by myself and have just started a large pond/waterfall in the garden and I'm just turned 77 yrs old
I’ll be trying this out in the next few days. It certainly appears to be more efficient than how I’ve done it in the past. Thank you.
I am in my late 70s so If I can do it I think most people could
Love the comments about the correct ratio. These guys are not errecting a block of apartments ! Ease up a bit people. !. Great video , thanks.
Thanks for commenting and for putting things in a bit of perspective! lol
One wouldn't really think there is all that much to mixing concrete. But there is. Your method looks to save a good bit of energy, and faster too. Thanks.
Thank you, you have saved me a trip with the mixer! I have a lamp post base to cast in an awkward location. This should make it a lot easier!
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching
Thank you. clear and well-filmed. Will remember this when I need to use a barrow to make concrete, I hope.
Thanks for your kind comments and thanks for watching
method looks good , helps to mix dry first follow same materials input formula layered dry mix then mix all dry then follow by adding the water in the same manor, great barrow mix every time
I mix it dry, add water, shovel around then use a garden rake to mix it properly.
Thank you sir, you explained it elegantly and have now given me confidence in doing this.
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching
Watching this is like the asmr of concrete mixing!
😂
Thank you Michael, it's very kind of you to share....greatly appreciated
My pleasure!
Thank you for sharing this video. It will make my life easier the next time I mix concrete.
I've mixed concrete in a wheelbarrow many times but next time I'm going to follow this method. I used to mix it dry before adding the water, which is quite hard work, but I can see the method in this madness, it looks like half the effort. Simples :)
I'm glad it was helpful, many thanks for watching.
Thanks so much, laying a small patio tomorrow so really grateful to you for posting.
Have fun! and thanks for watching
Sir - you are brilliant. I have been laying a driveway slope today, it was a lot easier than my own way of mixing. Thank you👌👍.
seriously you make this look so easy! i will definately do this when i mix cement for my projects! great Job!!!
Thank you. I'm glad t's been of help
Thanks for a very good demonstration. I've got to install some steel posts and just happened across this. Very timely very effective.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Thank you, at last someone making sense in making up concrete, now will put into practice.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Good technique. One of the first things I learned about concrete was to always add the dry to the water, never the water to the dry - and this method makes that possible in a very easy way. I don't mix much of it, but sometimes I need to set a post or something and make up a tiny batch. I have to buy those teensy sacks that hold about a half gallon of dry cement. It's expensive that way but I can't lift the others LOL :-) Tina
If you only have a very small amount say for a post, I've just seen a video from a 86 yr old man showing a very easy way, take a look at ruclips.net/video/mQAdmX57aRU/видео.html
Thank you... nifty concept. Here's to continuing to live normally as long as we live! :-)
Excellent tip, well explained, reminded me of attenborough
Thank you, I'm glad it was useful
I put the sand or sand and gravel mix into a wheelbarrow, make a well in the middle, add the cement and water, and mix thoroughly with my hands (thick gloves essential as cement is irritant). Result - in two minutes I have a uniform mix that sets perfectly. (Though I would use a smaller quantity than shown here.)
This is brilliant could mix 10 wheelbarrows in half hour
Maybe a bit optimistic but I like your style!
@@oldtimer43 haha i want to build a shed base at my allotment no power over there so do you reckon this would work?
@@alizcool1 I'm not saying it's not without effort but I've done bigger jobs this way.Good luck
I thought let's see another try to reinvent the wheel. Let's have a look I thought. But this is a great tip. Hats off old boy. 👍
Hey, not so much of the old, I'm only 77! :) I'm glad it helped and thanks for watching
Michael Collinson. Never stop the graft Michael. Very important to keep that brain working.
Ahhh what a pleasure
Not many good old traditional methods knocking about like this on RUclips
This is what happens when you’ve got the youth of today with all the technology but the lazy milenniel attitudes
Great work mike
Thank you, John, I appreciate the comment
You have just saved me from so much grief and aggravation👍 I used your method this morning for a couple of barrows it worked perfect 👌 Thank you 🙏💪💪💪
Glad it was of some help
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Thank you. Now I have an idea how to mix them. Will try soon.
Saved my back. Thanks a million
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching
Thank you, this will help me loads as a total novice.
I'm glad it helped,thanks for watching
Thanks plenty for the wise method of mixing concrete.
Using a spade with a small head is even easier but good tip pal.
thanks for watching and commenting
Just great. Loved it. Old timers know best.
I'm glad it was useful, thanks for watching
This is amazing ! Always watch the old-timers ✊
Wise words my friend.
I know this was 6 yrs ago but somethings stay a constant. Thnx
Spot on, for small amounts this is an easy way, as you say I made this 6 years ago but mixed a wheelbarrow load for a post only a couple of weeks ago and I'm nearly 78 now. Thanks for watching.
@@oldtimer43 78, good on ya 😁
Very useful video. Now I just need to get a wheelbarrow. 😂 Thanks very much
Happy to help!
Good information. When I was a child, my dad mixed his in a wheelbarrow, but used a garden hoe to do the mixing and could only mix a small amount. Your way looks like you could mix much more at a time.
No way around it, hard work. I saw guy use heavy plastic bag . .. Genius. thx for vid
Thanks for watching! You are quite right it is heavy work, that's why I try and make it a little easier
OMG, that is so much easier than what I was going to do
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching.
My old man used to use this method many years ago. I remember him doing it for his bricked driveway.
Thanks for the comment and for watching, have a good day.
Thank you Michael!
My pleasure!
Nice one mate! I was taught the same method when I was a kid (From an English Bricklayer). Definitely the easiest way to mix concrete, mortar and render. We have light all steel mixing shovels here in OZ that are a bit straighter that yours. I find the angle to be good for mixing in a wheel barrow. Actually, the two biggest wheel barrow makers here in Australia make their tubs with sharp internal corners so the shovel can get right in there.
Hi, Many thanks for stopping by and commenting
Mixing concrete by hand is bloody hard work. Use buckets to measure the materials for the mix, guess work will result in a poor mix and ultimately a poor finish. Weigh a full bucket of all in. Then reduce the amount in the bucket until you have half the wight in the bucket, then mark the inside of the bucket with a small hole. You can then use this bucket to measure the all in, cement and the water. BTW, your mix is slightly too wet and needs a little bit more cement.
it seeemed like that...thanks
Nice mixing Michael!
What a legend. Thanks for this, I will be putting this technique to use
Agreed!
Nice and simple. Thanks Michael, love it.
Very useful, about to make by first ever batch of concrete for a post, thank you!
Good luck! And thanks for watching
Thanks for sharing!
And thank you for watching
thank you for posting this! it is very beneficial to a useless office type city slicker like myself who is trying to learn practical real life applications for the back yard / cottage.
THANK YOU , this helped me out immensely !
No problem, I'm glad it was useful, many thank for watching and commenting.
Thanks matey, gonna use this method next.
Thanks for watching
I use a mattock. Just keep working to the front of the barrow and back again. Works fine
Other videos:
• wear a mask and stand upwind of the mixture
• calculate your mix ratio
• mix dry together ingredients first
• add water slowly and methodically
• take care not to spill on your surrounding area
This video:
• there's a football game on in 10 minutes and I'm not missing a damn minute of it
This ladies n gentlemen is brains over brawn or working smarter not harder ,
Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching
not enough vidz like this, too many about quickrete around. thanks, sir!
Thank you for the compliment,I'm glad it was useful
Nice video, it really showed an easy and very intuitive way of mixing concrete. Thanks a lot.
Thanks. Really helpful
I'm glad it helped, thanks for watching.
I learned how to mix concrete in a wheelbarrow by an old wise man
Use a pulaski. Easy peasy
I just laid slabs for a shed base, my mix was two bags of sharp sand to half a bag of cement. Some stones.
I mixed the first bag of sand with the cement like soup, proper wet, added the stones then added half the other sand then the last sand, a big full barra worth. Still a hard workout not gonna lie. A mixers no fun, proper work by hand. Cheers, I like this technique also.
Thanks for the helpful video!
I do one bag of ballast (mixed sand and aggregate) to 5kg of cement (5 to 1). I put ballast in wheelbarrow. I have weighed/measured what 5kg of concrete is beforehand (up to a mark in a bucket). I have done the same with the exact amount of water I will need. I then mix the concrete into the water in a bucket, gradually, whisking like cooking. Then I just pour the liquified concrete mixture into the barrow and easily mix with a garden hoe. This way keeps energy expenditure to a a minimum, just shoving about easily and the bare minimum. Girlfriend does the concrete and water measuring, me mixing as she pours in the powder, and I mix in the barrow. A nice steady human pace and you can do loads.
thank you Mr. Collinson , it was like watching my dad mixing up bags of concrete . he passed in 93' so this was cool . now to all the jackasses puttin' their two cents in on the 'other' six and one half dozen ways of doing this . do you have any clue on what respect is ??? or appreciation ?? jeezus ! learn that "one" before adding your "two"
Thank you :)
Michael Collinson Best regards Sir ~:-}>
Nothing disrespectful in pointing out an easier way to mix concrete in a wheelbarrow to the man .What would be disrespectful is not pointing out an easier way to him and letting him struggle on using that shovel .a draw hoe or an American mortar hoe is a far better and easier tool to use to mix concrete or mortar in a wheelbarrow . Having said that if all you have to hand is a shovel his demonstration was excellent .
bric bybrick the disrespectful comments I referred too were from smart alecks talking down their noses to a man who didn't whine to his dad that it was too hard to do with a shovel. working beyond his years,and making it work. having said that,i suppose he may have paused and said , "oh,I never thought of that"
+gary schraa generally speaking if I'm doing a small job that requires only 2 to 3 barrows of mortar or concrete I leave my mixer at home, it's not worth my while even loading it up. When I'm hand mixing I bring a barrow , shovel, and my hoe .the hoe I have is a very old one that a friend of mine picked up at a flea market in America ,the blade is fairly wide . it has no holes in it.so if I happen to forget to load a shovel (which would not happen are they are always left in the van) I can both put material into and take it out of the barrow and into a bucket with the hoe which I would then use to fill small forms . I would also have bricklaying trowels with me in the event I had to fill small forms . Hope this helps
Thank you simples. The best is always appreciated
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Thank you, sir. Just what I needed.
I'm glad it was useful, thanks for watching
My back hurts just by watching this video.
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Your back would hurt far more mixing at ground level!
I work for a basement company. I mix pallets at a time all by hand. Lemme tell you that their is a huge difference between aggregated cement and just add water quikrete. This is simple because the rock helps break the sand up. All sand cement is a pain in the ass and I promise their is no easy way to hand mix.
Get to the gym and get some muscle then
Brilliant
Thanks for this vid
Was going out searching for a board but don't have to now
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You will find this far easier than mixing on a board, good luck and thanks for watching.
Exactly like my dad and his crew used to do it- and you're like 4000 miles apart!(Southern Africa/Britain)
Actually, I can assure you this is such common practice in west Asia.
Great demo, thanks from NZ.
Mr Collinson, that was the perfect tutorial - thank you!
Thank you. You definitely made it simpler for me.
Very interesting technique, might apply this at work however that barrow is not well mixed.
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Thanks alot, am inspired
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching.
Wery good job i love it i use 4:1 Proportions (gravel or sand, cement).
Thank you, yes 4:1 is a good strong mix
THANKS MAN!!
No problem, thanks for watching
Brilliant for the novice. Thank you
Thanks for watching, I hope it helped
Watching this video convinced me to hire a mixer =)
A mixer will always be easier, thanks for watching
RE: 03:50 About to mix my first batch of concrete in some time as a DIYer. Concrete looked a bit soupy at the handle end as the video finished. Is that fairly normal / acceptable or should it ideally be given a few more turns until the consistency is uniform throughout the batch?
I would normally made it a bit dryer but in this instance I wanted it to flow easily around the posts in what was a small hole, thanks for watching
Ye but you only have a half barrow mix. To mix full Barrow make half mix chuck in water to make a soup then add sand and mix/turn until get proper consistency a lot easier and quicker plus you get full mixes
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