I work in the lumber and building materials department at Home Depot and I like watching these so I can see what people do with the products I sell them.
wow, very professional prep-work and looks great. I just poured a 15 sq ft slab using 10 bags of quikrete by myself and it damn near kicked my butt. cant imagine taking on a project like this.
Probably one of the tougher things you can do, and these guys had the cat and a crew to get it done. A lot easier then a few guys carrying 80 pound bags of concrete around
Why didn't they clear the vegetation and weeds from the area before starting? Weeds die, rot, shrink. Slab gets voids underneath and cracks when car drives over it.
but the grass would only grow if there is a crack in the concrete through time, plus they used base type 3 as a subgrade and grass cant grow in that, also it was compacted as well.
They scraped that grass up at the last moment. But yes. Should have gone down to clay. Top soil can shift and sink. And that such a huge job and a a large span from one piece to the shop its gonna crack and sink. Should have done Soni tubes down to clay to save a few $$. . Would have taken 1 day and couple thousand $..
Concrete ninja dude, cracks are deliberately placed in a concrete slab to release stresses due to shrinkage.... u know something called 'engineering' exists in the world.
Very poor surface prep... Around here, you'd need to remove all the soil down 3-4', then replace with Sand and Gravel, before pouring the slab. In other places, you might not need to excavate quite as much soil first, but I don't know anywhere that it's ok to pour the slab over grass, like you just did...
Well, they fucking did it, didn't they? It's totally gonna function as a driveway. Get off your high horse, I'm sure it will be fine for years to come.
@@assordante2205 u ever heard of constructive criticism? The grass and roots will die and decompose under the slab. When grass decomposes its volume decreases which leaves voids under the concrete. These voids will cause the concrete to crack much more then if they were not there. Concrete will always crack, no matter what u do. But u still want to do everything u can to stop it from cracking
Couple questions why so many guys to do such a small job and why didn't you use poles to cut your control joints in it would have saved alot of time and you wouldn't of had to crawl to hole pad
If you have a crew of 8-10 and have that job to do, you do not leave guys at home you get it done faster, 4 guys could have not got that done in a timely matter, guys would have poured later and been finished in the night time!!
@Mr Sunshines…...Yes because all white men have never done a shitty job at anything, WTF seriously? By the way, given your logic I guess all white men can't construct a sentence either because you sure the fuck can't.
Yep, concrete will always crack. I will guarantee no matter how good a concrete contractor thinks they are it WILL crack. Thats life with concrete, you cannot stop it. IT WILL CRACK PERIOD.
Why dont they use mesh ??? Seems ANOTHER "we are Americans, we dont do that" even though it easier, cheaper and better .. we like our old ways. Where's my gun !
If you done mind my asking about how much something like this cost? I know it will very place to place depending on concrete and labor but just looking to get and idea. Wanting to put a driveway and shed on my place
are we talking about the saw cuts? Should've followed existing cut and then put another cut between that and other side, joints should be under 10'. I prefer 6' and under
Murat Oztas run a demo saw in the joints afterwards. And with that amount of rebar. No cracks my friend. Well visible ones. And unless he is driving a Mack truck in and out everyday. I think the pour came out good. From what I see.
What is wrong about the compaction? It didn't look like they added too much at once and he went over it several times and after they added additional stones after he compacted in certain areas. Please elaborate.
Philip Hurrell Most of it was removed, covered with rock and compacted with a vibrating plate. The trick is the install of rebar either #3 or #4 Bar not just plain old wire mesh , it will hold up just fine, it’s a driveway!
nice but a few shifts in the ground on all the work will be cracked and broken , should always Digg foundations to every concrete job bigger than a few feet..
