DIY Patio Step 2: pouring the concrete 

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All together they paid about 1000$~ prolly. Including equipment rental and all products bought (I’m giving an educated guess based on what they had and used). If you don’t mind how much was the delivery(and how much crete)?

Concrete always cracks, relief cuts are what hide them - expansion joints are only needed for much much bigger slabs

The natural crack provided by separating the slab into sections will provide a constuction joint , but an expansion joint is not necessary unless the concrete was poured against the house .The edges where concrete was later going to be poured against should have been tooled with a roundover trowel on first pour edge , and then after concrete was poured against it could have been retooled with either a joint trowel or roundover again to make that construction joint look better . but note that there is a difference between a construction joint and an expansion joint .

@@jamesdeclan7538 no you want about 10 x 10 squares. and with how big this slab is it will crack somewhere so put those joints in make it look a lot better in the future

you can saw cut them in after it hardens or do it while it is wet with a groover (which imo looks a lot better) but saw cutting for sure is better for a home owner to do because theres no rush in getting it done. snap your chalk line put a 2x4 down hold the board with your foot as you cut, and cut about an inch or so deep boom done expansion joint made.

Shrinkage cracking can be limited by keeping sections no greater than 10 feet in either direction.

ya no i run my own business would probably cost ballpark 2-3k for me to pour this

I can see it pulled up in a few shots, I do the same with my pours, so what no big deal only takes a few small tugs

thjey were lifting i watched you can see it was higher in the concrete

ya these guys poured an alright slab like it will work but the big thing is they wasted like 500 bucks on concrete when they could have got a truck to bring it for a lot cheaper

@@thresh9606 could have. But some people like to do things on their own.

Yeah that sounds like a scam they prolly just charge few more dollars per bag for “crack resistance”

All concrete cracks. That’s just some crap they put on the bag to charge a few extra bucks

A wise man once told me while we were tooling construction joints into the wet concrete , " We know the concrete is going to crack , we are just showing it where we WANT it to crack " . 😁

it just means it has fiber mesh in the mix

@@urmama9845 😂

concrete don’t take that long to set and harden

Thanks!

How much concrete have you used? How many bags?

double to be exact im a contractor have a price sheet for my area 10x14 at 4 inch thick calls for about 1.5 yards i always order extra though so 2.5 yards. costs about 538 bucks for a truck

She saved money and gained experience.

@@Justinegallows you can't buy back time

@@Justinegallows she actually wasted about 500 bucks with going for bags. truck comes to about 538 before tax (in my area where im at but it wont change much area by area)

@thresh9606 I just called my local concrete delivery. They wanted $900 A 60 pound bag of concrete is like $4. 150 bags × 4 = 600

Don't quote me but I think they would only need a permit and have city look at it if it was a liveable structure of some sort. Example. Garage,house, guess room, add ons,

it would have 538 bucks to order a truck

Yes, there's a step one video

i mean you can but always rebar it in and always cut your joint where it should be

ya they were pulling wire officer these guys are good haha

you can just use water always should actually soak the ground your forms everything before you pour.

That slab looks to be 12 x 12 x 4 inches thick , Qwikcrete calculator confirms that to be about 160 bags so a 12 x 12 x by 4 inch slab would equal 1.76 cubic yards of concrete . Most concrete companies have a 4 yard minimum , No company is going to deliver less than 2 yards of concrete unless you agree to purchase the minium , more than twice as much as needed so at least twice the cost . Some people don't have money like that to throw away .

@@leskobrandon3497 actually this is false most companies just have a minimum load charge like my company i order from i have to order at least 1 yard and if thats all i need i pay an extra 110 bucks for it. i get out of the load charge at 5 yards but if i order more it gets cheaper. for this i would order 2.5 yards. and it would be 538 buck for concrete. call around a company will help you out and if they refuse business because they only want big loads find another company.

actually if they got a truck they would have saved 500 bucks they arent the smartest

Just use diesel

Cum

its about 6 bucks a bag do the math its over 1000 DOLLARS in concrete for no damn reason trhey wasted 500 bucks when they could have ordered 2.5 yards on truck thats (in my area) 538 dollars if i ordered that.

Its like a yard of concrete. A truck holds 10

It would’ve been quick all you hadda do is pay delivery

Truck holds 9 or 10 yards , this pour needed 1.76 cubic yards estimating the size to be 12 x 12 x 4 inches thick , which would be 160 bags of Qwikcrete . Most companies have a 4 yard minimum delivery

@@mickmcmickerson7718 ok and????? ive ordered a truck when i need 1.5 yards because it quicker and cheaper. also no the math on it comes to like 1.75 to 2 yards ALWAYS ORDER EXTRA so order like 2.5 yards its 538 bucks vs over 1000 for bags not including the mixer could have used that money to get a power buggy

@@leskobrandon3497 its a 10x14 which calls for 1.78. i explained to you how your wrong in another comment with the load minimum

no you use a screed to get it level you use a bull float and a mag to get it smooth

big waste of money would have much rather rented a concrete buggy and ran that back an forth

its a huge waste of money in my area you would have saved 500 bucks did the math for a truck it would cost 538 bucks to get it to you.

just use diesel bro works better

Think of some reasons why someone might not be able to do that.

@@LizMorrow they don’t have a phone to use. You either had the bags and mixer delivered or didn’t multiple trips with a pick up truck, the adding bag after bag. Ready mix is a faster, easier and superior product. Work smarter not harder

As a concrete contractor DIYer wouldn’t be able to pour this in one shot and need to wheelbarrow it since they don’t have buggy or pumps.. A slab is a slab

@@toja1988 Yes truck is faster and easier except your forgetting do the have access to get truck in? What the price per yard of concrete plus what the min. order or the min. charge? So all that can add up to a lot of extra cost over bags. And if you can't get to site and have to pump that another $150 to $200 a hour as well.

@@CerretaniOutdoorsLLC You can rent buggy but cost of the concrete and other things makes the batch truck more money.

they were picking the wire up i was watching them

Provides minimal strength but reduces shrinkage cracks

@@90000cg Wire mesh provides an increase in concrete’s flexural strength. That’s how it prevents cracks due to expansion and contraction. Learn what the word strength means in engineering and how it relates to concrete.

honestly who the hell knows they would have saved 500 on concrete by getting a truck total for a truck in my area comes to 538 bucks which only will change a little from area to area

if i had the measurements i could tell you how much it would be to bring a truck in for the concrete in my area at least. (ITS A LOT CHEAPER)

so looked at there step 1 video found out its 10 feet x 14 feet x 4 inches thick with five inch corners. did the math i would order about 2.5 yards for this came out to be 538 bucks for me to order it in my area where i do contract work

4 yard minimum . They needed 1.76 yards for a 12 x 12 slab 4 inches thick

14x10 is 3-4k

... if you have 30 years under your belt. You would know that they poured the two outside pads, removed the inside forms. And then poured the center section. Like she said in the video.. no wood stayed in the concrete.