CONCRETE CURB REPAIR (Part 4) Mike Haduck 

Hey Mike,love your videos.I the same age as you,I’m a retired mason in NJ. I was drafted into it because my grandfather,My dad,my uncle,my brother worked together. I was the youngest son son so I was the laborer until I was older. But I agree with that teacher you quoted about being aware and Listening and watching. I would go an hour early with my dad to get the mud going,scatter the blocks you set up! I kept ahead of them so I could listen and watch and learn(my brother really didn’t want to learn it but he is 5 years older than me so he pulled rank on me so I had to be the laborer. Sorry for gabbing here… I think I got the best masonry education watching and listening,they never had to ask for anything from me everything was waiting for them. But my point is that being able to listen to what someone is trying to teach you is Very important!

Nice job Mike! All of the videos are a huge help. Just this morning I was watching the stone pillars (part 3) video. I can't thank you enough for everything you have done for us.

Mike Haduck is the Bob Ross of Masonry. 😀👍

Thank you so much for these videos Mike. I've been watching them for about 5 years now and love the way you approach things. Thanks for passing on all your knowledge! - Bill

Always love a Mike Haduck vid. I didn't know you could hold a concrete form with concrete blocks. We live and we we learn. God bless n peace to all.....Darren.

A snow plow is no match for Mike, it’s no big deal! Nice job as usual Mike!

Yes Mike, your videos do help those of us starting out in doing masonry work on homes! Highly appreciated!

I tried to watch this yesterday, the video would not play. Glad it's working now. Always enjoy, thanks for the video

Mike... You are TRULY helping MANY MANY people that you will never see... You are even helping those who never watch your videos because so many of us share what YOUV HAVE TAUGHT USE. GOD BLESS BROTHER ERNIE USN Ret

Just like that! No big deal... I love your videos Mr Haduck, I learned enough to tackle some repairs. I only wish the cement bags were smaller...

This is my 2nd year patching around my house.Where did I go to school? The Mike Haduck University. I mix small amounts ,I keep watching the videos and am very happy. And boy my wrists have gotten stronger from the mixin.Thanks Professor Mike

There is something that makes watching cement work by hand fascinating, and seeing how it turns out. I bet I liked playing with mud pies as a kid haha

Hi Mike! thank your for you videos! I'm 5th generation mason, ALL things masonry, wish we could get more people into this trade. If anyone watching in the Kokomo Indiana and wants to learn a trade contact me!

I can tell you been there Mike your part looks better than what was there! Nice job Mike.

Mike Haduck fixes others mistakes, no big deal!!!

Great job Mike 👏.

That's a neat fix smoothing it out with portland. Beautiful job.

The Scotty Kilmer of concrete.

Mike, always and I mean always to get it to stick get it wet, as always, "NO BIG DEAL" when its easily done by a pro like you...tanks for sharing

As usual Mike gives us fans a great video! Just hope he keeps making them!

Thanks so much for sharing these. VERY helpful!

Your videos help a lot. Two years back I watched a bunch of your repair videos and went through and repaired my front porch and steps, fixing some parging, chipped edges, and a spot where a brick-size chunk just fell out. Two Canadian winters later, still holding strong and looking good. Thanks.

Hey Mike i come from a family of masons and can i just say i love your videos and the very valuable knowledge that most modern masons don't carry around with them I'm glad there are still masons like you around to keep this ageless trade alive without all the modern day bs although it does work most modern day techniques are simply inferior to how it was originally done

The master! So great to watch you work, Mike.

thank mr mike for nice work

Another fine job, have a great day Mike.

I wish I lived near you..most companies that deal with cement/brick near me only do large jobs (city/state). Your videos are so helpful!

Thank you Mike

This is exactly what I needed, my friend. You have such a wonderful spirit within you, and we all can see it through your creativity here. This is what I needed after a long and stressful day at work. Finding peace and like-minded people is what makes me want to keep moving, working, and improving. Thank you and wishing you the best ;)

Thanks for the tips. I loved the scripture passage as well. I’ll leave you with this; 1-Samuel 9:6

Great video again. Mr.Mike. 👍🏽

Looks good Mike, u make it look easy. Rebar is a curse when it begins to rust.

Thanks Mike im ready to build a swimming pool now😉

Thank you for your knowledge

nice work. Glad to see you had some help. I've seen the damage from snowplows...no good.

great video mr mike

I always enjoy your videos. Thank you!

Thanks Mike, another fine job!

Thanks Mike for all the good content 👌🏿!!!

Good video good repair in the heat

Yes, your videos certainly do help! This summer I had to do a patch up similar to this (although on the corner of a foundation), and thanks to your videos I could do it with confidence!

This is the first time I notice you liking the rebar. Are applications like this, along the ground, better than walls and structural applications of the rebar?

Great job Mike and a great system for the fix! thnx for the vid....God Bless ya Mike

Very enjoyable Mike

Love it Mike. Keep them coming.

For a man who dislikes masons using rebar you sure you use it yourself. Excellent video showing the average person could do his own curb construction. Would you use regular concrete to do a curb, garden curb also?

nice job mike H. awesome curbilation

Mr. Haduck, the old curb did not look like it had horizontal rebar in it. Obviously the vertical rebar is to keep it in place. Why did you put the horizontal rebar in it? Thank you again I enjoy all your videos. Helping me immensely with my own projects. Take care.

Thank you (great one ) steady n practical no big deal 👍

I'm liking that music at the end, good stuff.

Thanks Mike good viewing

good job Mike

Nice work.

Good Job!

Another great job Mike , you makes it look so easy. I was wandering what type of camera gear you use to film your videos with?

I adore you and your videos!!! All the way from South Africa. Wonderful that there are some honest to goodness artisan professionals left in the world. Someone who takes pride and cares enough to make these videos. I am already onto watching some of them a 4th time! Question. Our houses here in SA are plastered brick where the plaster is smoothed using a wooden plank so that it's perfectly smooth. You always smooth your plaster with a sponge. Wondered if you ever plaster large areas and smooth with a plank?

HEY SNOW PLOWS: CURB your enthusiasm in Pennsylvania! Looks great and I'm sure it will endure.Good scripture quotes from the Holy Bible.

So if I’m making flower pots and stepping stones is using Portland alone good enough 🧐

I will only use the layaway plan for my wheelbarrows now after once going underwater with big Rent-A-Center monthly payments on a fancy 6 cu ft double wheel. I don't know how you can sleep at night knowing you have come up with that payment every month.

Mike.........Nice work as usual. Just a comment on the shirt I bought. First of all I like the shirt....Ok. But being a Pa. guy like you, I was disappointed these shirts are not made in PA. or the USA. I'm sure there are a few PA. companies that could have made the shirts for you. Just a thought. Best wishes...........John

You used the fast setting concrete, and that if you thought you needed you'd put a little Portland cement in it. How would you determine whether you needed Portland cement? - what would that do for you, and how much Portland would (did) you put in it (i.e. what ratio?)

Thanks for sharing. Question Sir. The wood boards are they treated or wet? The ones used to support the concrete as it dries?

Mike, will the color be similar for the Portland you’re mixing to fill in the holes at the end?

Hi Mike, do you out any type of sealer on these small size repair jobs ?

In El Paso, Texas, I need to repair about a seven foot eroded section of curb that tapers into a driveway, similar to what your first curb repair was in this part 4 video. As a dyi, I’m not sure about working with the rebar, but what material cost do u think this project would be for me? I called three concrete companies to give me a price to do the job and not one ever came by to look at it, so I figured I might as well learn to do it myself.

No big deal! 👍

mike were are you ? we need more videos .

mike do they make a stainless steel rebar ? and if they do would it last any longer ? and what about the cost ?

How do you know how tall to make the new curb? Is it just your experience makes it easy?

Mr. Mike, how did you keep the bend in the plywood on the curved curb form?

is it possible to reuse the big pieces of concrete? In other words, fill under then put them in place and fill in between and around them instead of rebuilding from scratch?

Do you allow for an assistant or apprentice?

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Mike is there anyway I can send you a photo and you can give me recommendations on a repair?

You could've also cement over the broken sidewalk and smooth it over

What would happen if you laid a barrier between the foundation and the curb you repaired? My wife and I really enjoy your videos. Jealous of all that hair though 😩

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How much would I charge my customer for the Mr Mike? $460?

It’s a big deal! To do that big of a job with the fast drying cement. Big deal.

It might be time to write your next song… it’s a big deal.

Here in Norway we would have lifted the broken granite away and down with a new one 😂

Thank you Mike