DRY POUR Concrete or WET POUR Foundation? | Shipping Container Workshop 

Lucky man to have a wife that is willing and able to do this kind of work, and a beautiful one at that!

Love the channel guys. Keep it up. Us Louisiana people got to stick together, eh?

OMG…”the juice wouldn’t have been worth the squeeze”. Love it…I’m so stealing that line…lmao

Well... To hell with work, Cajun Country Livin' just dropped another video!! 🤣🤣 Great to see yall again! Ill probably have more comments after I finish watching! Soooo happy to be in early this time. Yall thought you could fool me but that aint happening!! See ya when Im finished with the video!

the little helper was doing her thing, so cute... another part was finished, now for the other part of moving the containers

A Louisianan winter is sounding good right now…as I look out my Canadian window and the fresh 6 inches of snow on the ground….I gotta move….great slab!

Your own airport or drag strip. Nice work. Some cut in expansion joints for concrete shrinkage and expansion for heat and cold, then they put down water seal and clear epoxy.

That is huge!!!! But sure looks great

My back hurt just watching ,, liquid stone is hard work. Looks good and your daughter gives me a giggle , she is so cute.

Smiles from ear to ear with this video!!! That Fore Ladly is one tough project manager!! I have never seen someone work a shovel so hard as to have it break down Wonderful video, incredible family, I dare say -- The Souths Gonna Do It Again

great job by all and the little inspector run over ever inch of that pour she just adorable

Oh!! Awesome! Y'all could put a shopping mall in there. Love that child. She's gonna have her own race track for the Jeep now.

Wow that's amazing and Ladley stole the show, she's precious ❤❤❤❤

Quelle construction que cette dalle de béton. Il y a de la surface pour aménager. Courage les cousins cajuns il y a encore du travail. 👍👍👏👏😘🇫🇷

Great job! Ladley is so cute!

I am the same way. I fish in crocs and wear them everyday. That weather, I was the same way. Had a jacket, shorts and crocs on and was fine! 😂

The 'big gray rock' looks great. Ladly needs roller skates. Great video.

So exciting to see the slab get poured. Can't wait to see the containers on it and the configuration plans you have for them.

Adorable ending

Awesome as always. Your selection to music is the best of any you have any video I watched.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Great looking slab! I get such a kick out of watching that little one out playing while you're working. I hope ya'll got her shovel back up and running again after it broke down.

One big step closer! So fun to watch it all coming together. Blessings

Happy to see you growing

It looks so amazing and it will be a game changer for your storage and working area. Of course Ladley is the first one to drive on the slab 😊.

Looks simply amazing, they did a great job as well as you making this possible. Ladley is the team leader for sure. Can't wait to see y'all again soon 💓

the baby is getting so big and soooo cute.

Good morning Ernie from NYS. That was an extremely large concrete pour during a rain storm that worked out well for you. Enjoy your videos.

Megusta su cocina muy linda seve Bonita y el trabajo de afuera esta quedando bueno

That looks great. Thanks for the video

Video quality very good!

Ty4Sharing 💜 Prayerfully U Have a God Blessed Day 🙏

Nice job on the pad Jim & Lydia

It looks huge..... But looks great at the same time. Ladley,you are too cute...

OMG!!! Your lil gal is the sweetest!❤

My favorite family how go's it looking good keep up the good work

Great video good to see y'all

Looks good. God bless yall.

I worked with Brown and Root Construction back in 1973 after graduating from college with an Art Education Degree. I have always been an outside person and loved watching and learning construction..I worked on the board crew ,we laid roads and platforms for the rigs to set up on. I was the second woman in the Oil Field at that time..I loved it . The guys were good to me..but, I did not take advantage and EVER say ,,'oh I can't do that...' I said all of that to say I never saw anything like this..I enjoyed it and watched parts of it over and over..thanks and many blessing to you guys. lov from south alabama.

Cajun family, this is absolutely amazing. The progress is incredible. Always moving forward. Don’t you ever stop!!! 💙❤️❤️

Wow that was amazing! I’m so glad you got this done. Give that little girl a cookie. 😊

That is a wonderful phone case!!

That’s about my luck .. pour concrete on the day I have a down pour possibly a tornado or hurricane but we don’t have many of those in the ozarks. Glad y’all got the concrete done.. that’s huge

really nice looking mix

That is a huge slab for sure! What's funny is, I immediately thought "that would be perfect for Ladly to drive her power wheels on!" Soon after, Lad shows up with her power wheels 😊

Concrete looks good.

Can't wait to see it come together.

That new space is GREAT,great place for beer cooler. There’s going to be a lot of Daddy in the shop 😂

Hi y'all. What a great pour. Y'all lucked out with the rain. Slab really looks great. Now comes the fun part. Moving those huge containers 👍👍❤❤ ...

The "dream workshop build" is my favorite search on RU-vid... but yours doesn't come up... at least not on the first few pages - probably because you don't have that phrase "dream workshop build"... or whatever. I enjoyed your house build... but I'm going to especially like THIS build. Ever since Andrew Camaratta built his Shipping Container Castle, I've been intrigued with what people can do with those shipping containers... Pacific Pines Ranch is another one... just in case you need some inspiration/encouragement... to see how nice they can come out.

Wow Holy slab that is huge. They did a fantastic job. Not easy for how big it is. Hooray 🎉🎉❤❤❤

It's gonna be awesome work area 😁

200 K congrats 👍💪

That is a big ol' slab!

Love these videos

Looking good. I'll trade you michigan winters for Louisiana winters! 😂 love ladi the little helper!

I’m so glad to see your new project, it does looks huge

Looks great

Thanks!

I love watching concrete work being done. Last Feb we had our 30 year old driveway, sidewalk and patio replaced with all new concrete. It is very expensive but totally worth the results. Our last home we put in an entire driveway using the crusher run like you used around your slab. If you rent a plate compactor you can get it nice and flat and lock it all in to be just like concrete. The only bad part is weeds will grow up through it.

Love the videos. Thanks for sharing

Well, I watched the video earlier today and I am just now getting around to commenting! I’ll be darn if you didn’t answer every single question I was intending on asking! The only one I can now think of is how many yards of concrete did the pad use! I could figure it out with the number of bags but it’s just easier if you tell me since you did so good with the rest of my questions! Always a pleasure to have a new video from Cajun Country!

All I have to say is y'all been busy. Great job, 👍👍

Love the video. Your skill at producing these has gotten incredible. Also, congratulations on 200k Subs! I hope your channel keeps growing quickly.

The little 2 timer has the wrong handed shovel lol😊

Wow! It looks fantastic! Those aireal views really give an appreciation for the sheer size of this project. I agree, wet pour was the way to go.😄 I'll be 70 in about two weeks and have decided that it's much more fun watching ya'll work than me working. Problem is, I'm falling behind on my projects.😆😉

I really enjoy watching you guys.

Hum,🤔 I was trying to imagine you two out there doing the pour by yourself. All i saw were you two standing there just staring at the spot. Jim is scratching his head and comes up with that huge number of bags of concrete. He tells Lydia. Then she starts staring at him. That's when he decides I'd better just call the concrete company. I'm so glad you went that route. It turned out great Ladly must have approved of the way it turned out. I think she must have walked over every inch of that slab.just smiling away 😊 It was so cute seeing her end the video. Every time i see one of those rebar grids it reminds me of going to my grandparents when i was little. They had those old type mattresses with the metal springs inside that squeaked every time you moved. You couldn't sneak out of bed if you wanted to 😊 Excited about the next phase. As always wishing you the best .

Glad that storm blew by you and everything worked out well on you poor. I’ll bet it felt good to get that done. Good job!

Really nice sized yard rock. Jealous of how big that shop is going to be. Really happy for you guys. When it’s done you’re going to enjoy the heck out of it. But first, you gotta build it. 🤣

Ladley needs rollerskates for her new rink!

Well done, smart move having it wet poured and finished. I've poured and finished some concrete in my time and I don't fault you a bit on having it done. You could have dry poured it in sections and had it done by Spring. LOL Couldn't have done it the Boss Ladley, she deservers an extra cookie.

Wow big slab I would’ve went with the same way that’s a lot of concrete later y’all.❤️😎🇺🇸

You're fantastic cinematography and editing made this video of pouring a humongous concrete slab enjoyable to watch. I was actually a bit anxious in the beginning because of the weather. I could only imagine myself being concerned about the cost and the potential problems that could have arisen. I'm looking forward to how things progress from here.

Looks great ya'll! I know you must be excited to start on the shop. :)

Wow, y'all go big with everything! 😎 We are almost done building our 36 × 40 shipping container shop. We had a concrete truck come out and we did the 20 × 40 pad in two pours. Looking good!

Looks great guys, that’s a huge slab! Great video and work as usual fam! Keep up the good work

Fantastic job!! Major step done! Congrats on making your dreams come true.

It looks really good. A great foundation for sure.

Bravo y’all! Man that’s a huge slab. Will you be cutting in relief cuts? Lydia are you filming everything on your phone? Nice work, the sound quality is really good as well. I really liked the way you’re formatting the videos now, and you’ve really grown in your content creating. Also I just wanted to say that it’s good to see that you don’t let a little constructive criticism offend you, which it shouldn’t. Y’all take care of yourselves.

Amazing as always! Keeping this louisiana boy homesick over here in Romania… like sitting with family….

Massive slab, right decision to get it done for you. Now you have energy to complete the project

Nice shop pad. That base rock costs $34.50 a ton at the pit in my area and worth every penny. Can't wait to see the completed shop. Good work y'all.

Wow. That would have been one BIG dry pour. Glad you have the shop foundation in. Journeyman shoveler Ladly sure had bad luck with her broken shovel. Must have needed some oil. 🤪

Its a workshop, so I would 110% go wet pour, @ 32 mpa, congrats on the 200K subs also, you guys deserve all the success.

looks amazing , on a such big poor , there is no stretch marks through out the slab to prevent it of cracking ??

I would leave the track marks to slow erosion.

I operate concrete pump trucks also we have the same version of that schwing at our company

Looks great and that would have been a lot of bags of concrete. That is making my back hurt just thinking about it. And I like the the Mud Season description of all the rain in LA. Could have used that when we were living in Houma. But we liked the seasons of Spring, Summer, Fall, Almost Winter.

Your wire looks so thin, way smaller than what we use here. We call it a pump truck Jim 😅😂 Definitely an epic concert pour, how many cubic metres? It’s Lydia big new play area? 😊 or Gus’s new dog house? 😂 Can’t wait until the workshop builds start. I assume the dirt doc will use a digger to shift the crates? Until the next video ❤😊

Everything turned out amazing! Great job! Was that Jimbo singing around the 11:38 time stamp? Sounded like it could be him 😊 thanks for a great video - we enjoy your channel so much

Going to be an awesome shop area!

KeeYaw Cajun Family!! That's a massive slab there!! That's a biggin enough for another house!! 😁 Sure glad y'all went with a wet poured for that one, y'all be layed up for weeks the other way. Jim to your brother that's smart idea around the slab !! Did a some like that on a driveway, except kouyon us didn't level it and it poured down Rain on it and thin it out 😁 .!! He did y'all right 👍👍. Looking Awesomeness!! Guessing y'all be getting some rain showers this weekend and a little cool front headed towards Louisiana again. Jim too bad they didn't make knee high Crocs for them muddy fields. 😊 👍👍👏👏😊🌟 Cajun 👨‍👩‍👧 Family 🌟 Catch y'all on the flip side or next time. 💖

that is a HUGH slab! how many yard did it take? and yeah you are right, some trades and jobs are so worth the cost to hire out. for us building our house it was sheet rock and roofing. Ya'll doing good but it is definitely a job for younger folks. I was in my 40's when we did our current house. in my 70's now. FL granma

It was definitely worth getting the slab done by a team of pros; as you said, it's a question of time, money, available supplies and wear & tear on your bodies; sometime it's just more cost-effective all around to pay someone else to do it!

You could build a hotel on that slab !

Interesting pour. I would have expected thicker edges with at least 2 courses of #4 rebar. My 24x32 monolithic shop slab in the Phoenix area required a 12" x12" "footer" in native soil with 3 #4 rebar on all the edges in addition to the 4" slab depth. My contractor went 5" in the slab with 6" #10 wire mesh and 3500# mix. There is a 4'x14' part to install A 2 post lift that's 8" thick.. How do you plan on supporting the weight of your welded pipe trusses? Thanks for sharing! You are such hard workers!

Awesome job great video

Good job explaining about cost difference between dry and wet pour. Definitely saved your backs and some bucks, For small projects like most of our here do l really appreciate you teaching us dry pour, concrete trucks have some sort of minimum charge. Both methods definitely have their place. Ladly has great shoveling skills. You guys have really come a long way since you had that early morning concrete pour for your house.

Awww Ladley is so darn cute 🥰. That foundation has come up a treat, so pleased you decided to get others in to complete it and save yourselves the hassle. Thanks Dirt Doctor for the drone footage. 🙌

Hi Lydia and Jim. The slab looks great! It's so exciting to see it there, it's like a blank canvas to an artist; gets my juices flowing. I"ve forgotten the dimensions of the slab. How many yards did it require? That crew of 8 were really humping and did a nice job to keep up with it all, they did an excellent job. It was the best money you spent on that part of it. Bringing in the crushed roct (granite?) aggregate was a good idea, will be very effective for errosion control of the dirt around the slab perimeter. I loved watching Ladly with all of her activites out there, such a cutie. I admire how you both always come across as being to calm and collected about things; I'd have been a nervous wreck with the wind and rain happening when the pour was starting. I'm wound a little tighter than you two it seems 😉 Have a safe and productive week ahead. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.