This is monolithic pour (aka alaskan slab) for a post frame construction barn. 6" slab with fiber mesh, 5" slump, 4000 psi small stone mix. I use insulated blankets to keep this from freezing
Great to see you bringing your son on the job. It’s funny how those little moments, can become the vivid memories that stick with us for the rest of our lives. BOL
If I was the home owner, I would definitely use you. A very high quality cement pour. The attention to detail, shows up with a great foundation. You will always get work given the honesty & quality you put in to your business..
Interesting you don’t use reo chairs to lift the reo up into the middle of the slab. Also. A slab that size with no expansion gaps/pre cuts? I feel like this would be crack city right now? It’s great people share videos that others can learn from, I’m only asking because every slab I’ve been involved in, we use chairs to raise the reo and pre concrete saw it afterward to ensure that when it does crack (because it will), it does so neatly.
He explains what he's doing and make's sure it suits the building. That's going to be build on the slab. This is what I like about this guy.He even put's insulated blankets so the concrete to cure the first 500 psi so there's no cracking before its fully cure in about 28 days.Who else dose that accept me... Great job Jesse. Keep these great video's coming. GOD BLESS.
@@jmuller86 Yes. I done it for 35 years but semi retired from this kind of work. I'm a Computer/Electronics/ Electrical and Mechanical Engineer this is what I do now.
AWESOME. Another awesome Video Jesse. Well done on the slab too. Great tips and fun to watch. I see that foundation lasting longer than the building and never need to worry about anything !!!! WOW
That was fabulous, Jesse. We really enjoyed the 360 clip you inserted as well as those beautiful drone landscape views. That foam around the perimeter looks like a very good idea, and those tips about overlapping the rebar are very good as well. Looking forward to the rest of the build. Thanks for taking all the time to post this.
Great video! I love the Drone shots mixed in showing the project and the beautiful land and Fall colors! Very well produced and edited as well! If I ever needed a slab poured you would definitely be the man! Your attention to detail is amazing!
Thank you! Very informative, PRICELESS, and more informative! The PRICESLESS came midway of this video with your 'son' working with you - absolutely PRICELESS! Informative because you gave a ton of information of what & why you were doing something, so KUDOS on all that. WOW, really looks like a stick built home. Who would of thunk it! Nice work, hard word, snow sucks and keep the videos coming & big thanks. Sonny (CT)
great video thank you for sharing it is quite obvious why this homeowner keeps bringing you back to do work your attention to detail and looking out for their best interest is awesome
Very interesting Jesse! I see your a student of construction and always learning. I have worked with many know-it-alls in my 50 years of construction and have seen them stupidly repeat moronic behaviors because that is what some other moron taught them. Keep up the great work!
Yay. I have seen so many pole barn video's where they do the concrete slab after the building is up. At least this is a nice pad and done the right way :-)
many hoses on a skid steer are to big for a garden hose, i use a nylon woven sock, comes in many sizes in 50 or 100 foot rolls, cheap, just put a good tie wrap on at each end
Bobcat Smith That leak was not from any abrasion that could be protected by wrapping with any sort of protective layer. It was right next to a fitting which means it is caused by being flexed thousands of times as hydraulic functions are started and stopped.
there really is many ways to do it, I have tried a bunch of different screed guides and it works good too, I dont know why I like this method the best, just seems fastest
Main feed pressure hose is a common break down . suggest you stock an extra one. It allow flexs under the pressure causing addition wear that leads to a leakage. It is continuing being shocked by the pump with high pressure.
Nice thought process and execution of what was a difficult foundation and ground work, it turned out well Jesse, I wish you and your Family Merry Christmas and a great 2020 Russ, Germany.
When the hose broke on my Yanmar VIO50 I borrowed Crows Foot wrenches. That was the best way to get into the mess of hoses to loosen and tighten the fittings. I have since bought both metric and standard as the space limitations sometimes require a wrench that is slightly loose to get on and off the nut.
I watch kens carpentry when he pours slabs with the insulation he puts down plastic vapor barrier over the insulation to take care of the seams then his rebar
Love the in depth the long length of video. Most channels only do like 10-20 min video and u really don’t get much valuable info from them. So cudos to that. But personally I would rather here a voice over instead of the background music. Just my opinion
Morning Jesse. Another good video showcasing your trade and skill. I have followed you for a while now and must say I've seen a significant advancement in the quality and thought you've taken to present your videos in a true professional manor. Kudos! I just finished watched you and Andrew on his roof project.....Not sure you guys discussed this, but I'm sure you did...you could have used a couple of extra sets of hands! The last spancrete panel...looked a bit dicey to me but again Kudos for getting it done. Look forward to your next one.
lol me and Andrew will probably do most of the work ourselves, its just kind of how we roll, I had help on this slab but I went many years with no help. thanks
@@jmuller86 I figured that was the way you guys worked. Been there done that..LOL Question, I didn't see any expansion joints or will you saw cut the slab later. Out here on the west coast we do both..dependent on the situation.
@@robertsimmons3556 I will probably saw cut it when the guys are there helping me build it, I do both too, alot of slabs dont get the cuts around here but they hold up good with no cracks if the prep work is done right
This was an Excellent video to watch this morning. Very interesting and Educational! Thanks for providing explanations both during the video and in the comments below. Jesse: I totally appreciate all the thought that went into this pour prior to weighing all the options. There is a reason this guy keeps you coming back year after year. Outstanding results! Happy New Year! ...... Weav New Sub....
Very Nice Job Jesse.....Perfect content for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Thanks for your considerable effort in producing this video. BTW....did I see you giving Andrew a hand with his Roof addition?
Pretty good. I would have liked to see 'dobes or chairs and #4 or better #5 on a tight schedule since this is going to be a 'floating' slab. If it moves you really want it to move as a single unit made more difficult by the point load on the bedrock. Makes keeping it in an even plane when it cracks more challenging.
It’s better to pour the slab after the posts are set unless you don’t want the slab to aid in constraining your piers, which seems like a waste of material. As a structural engineer, I strongly do not recommend using gravel piers.
not a floating slab, I explained why in the video. in a normal foundation yes, but this is not frost free so its meant to move when the frost heaves it, if you pin it to bedrock then the whole thing needs to stay on bedrock or 4' down. this is only 12" down so it needs to not touch bedrock so it can move
Jesse Muller okay you do a great job, You explained after I commented. If rock is shallow why not pin the entire perimeter, rather than float? Thank you for replying.
@@maraudermitchelli the left side had deep bedrock, like 4 or 5 ft deep, thats how it always works when I hit bedrock, its always sloped so I can never do that without a big deal. rock is bad around here
@@jmuller86 Thanks for the explanation. For the life of me, I didn't understand why not really bonding to the Bedrock. Now I have honestly learned something first thing this morning!! Awesome video and EXCELLENT work! Happy New Year!!
Something you might try on setting wet screeds. Put the elevation pad in first with the laser. Then pour the wet screed. I watched the the crew who built. A football stadium do it this way and the slab was incredibly flat. They could empty a ten yard truck in les than 15 minutes
The pour was a 50x50 steel building six inches deep. Done in hour and a half. I think it went so well because one guy set the wet screed while the crew power screeded next to him. This gave the truck driver a sighting point and all the drivers did very well with it. Pouring crew was 4or5.. They had ride on finishing power trowells, a beautiful thing.
Wow that’s crazy not bringing at least 10 feet on the backside of the building grade up to the building I would think the back side would just start eroding and washing away. Undermining the building. Good video.
