A few moments of holding my breath in this episode - the porch blowout and the truck backing down the hill. And who said laying concrete was boring? Not today!! I keep up with three father and sons concrete vlogs. There is nothing more beautiful than pristine newly laid concrete!!
We had this happen last year. We poured out 10 yards with the front left tire of the truck 6 inches off the ground. We held our breath and knocked it out. Those smart levels really make it easy. Ours are the STABILA brand. Great job and awesome video!
You are the concrete Czar, you would make a good chess player juggling the material delivery, form bulging, rain, truck rolling heart attack, and steep inspector problems all in one day. But it makes the world go round, love it.
The Header of this video caught my attention. When I was growing up in Kansas, many of the house in the new subdivision we lived in had full basements. I watched a concrete truck roll over into a basement during a pour. Quite a experience!!
Wow, another awesome concrete job! The builder should pay your company extra for the professional work and craftsmanship that you take into consideration pouring the concrete!
Building elevation almost seems arbitrary to some builders. All you have to do is measure the distance between the road and the garage slab and multiply that by 15%. That number is the number of feet you make the slab above the roads elevation...
My hobby is just reading the comments to see everyone who knows more than Tom. Thanks everybody for not disappointing. Oh, and I am still waiting for any of the critics to actually post a video of their own…
Morning Hauses! Boy that's steep! Yea witnessed a roll over 25 years ago into a pond,wasn't good,driver made it though,so Btw your son got a new sub,I'll.check him out later!
I have poured my own sidewalk and parts of one of my old house driveways. They look good to me. But not like your quality. But I am excited to see the hill pour. My driveway hill gravel washes out every year. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Digging a few holes in the steep part of the driveway would do a good job of keeping it tied to the hill. Dig a few holes 2 feet deep. Just a thought. GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS ‼️‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸
FYI, roll-overs are not only potentially expensive (lost drums, product loss, time, tow trucks, etc), but very hazardous. Our concrete division had several rollovers from excessive speed on curves (exit ramps), and uneven job sites. Our sister company had a rollover that caused a driver fatality. That one was caused by dry rot tires on the truck at a job site. We now throw out 10 year old tires at the recommendation of several major tire manufacturers (they are all dated), to avoid disasters like this. Keep spotters a safe distance away and reduce risks whenever possible. You may even have to refuse access to really unsafe areas. It's all funny until it really happens!
@@dericksmith2137 Tom didn't answer me but i read a slew of other remarks about it. he said it was womanized cedar which is common to have in direct contact with concrete. i researched it and he is right but he should prolly do a five minute explanation on it in a future show, t y
Grade could have been calculated at the time of setting basement footings from the plan and the road elevation. No reason to have it surprise the concrete sub at time of pour. It is on the general.
@Concrete with the Hauses Just a thought on the near roll-over with the truck ....... shouldn't the chute have been pointing the opposite direction?? Not a massive amount of weight but moving it from the one side to the other would have doubled the net effect.
Yes, I’ll have I work for a concrete company for 30 years and I seen them roll over many times with 10 & 12 yards of concrete sometimes some r rookie driver, some r accidents
Leaving that discharge chute hanging off the downhill side of the truck was cringe worthy. I operate a backhoe and leaving a boom like that would have unbalanced it enough to tip. Happens real fast. Lucky you.
Yes. I saw one roll over with a full load, well it looked like a full load. It was an emergency stop as a kid ran out into the road. Full brakes and a swerve and over it went. Concrete everywhere!! Took two of those big wreckers to right it. They used a front end laoder and dumps trucks to load up the semi cured mix. Then it was washed down. Apollo 13.
Actually I have seen one upside down in a basement. We were pouring a driveway across the street from these guys, and they were going to pour footers for a new house. Instead of backing up to the basement, they pulled the mixer along side the dig and the dirt collapsed below the mixer. Quite the sound and site. The contractors left the job as soon as it happened. Mixer driver was shaken but not hurt.
No expansion around porch and columns, expansion also should be the type that allows for rip off of top and placing of caulking, sika for example...this will stop water from getting beneath your pads and "heaving"(as video stated). Are tampering of stone illegal in Pennsylvania (I see tons of stone but not consolidation of same)?
We often use an old technique to keep pads in place. That would be by using an auger and drill holes down 16" or so every so often, almost guarantee the pad will never move. I`ve seen pads 30-40 yrs old that never moved a speck done that way.
I have seen one go. Got to close to foundation overdig. It was quite the mess. We don't have front dumps. I believe they had to jackhammer the concrete or if the drum.
Just out of curiosity, would the driveway have been less than 15 degrees if you brought it up from the opposite corner of the property (where the red truck is parked) and across the front yard to the garages?
To answer your question, yes, I have. We were pouring concrete walls in a steep subdivision. We were just over the hill, and the driver missed a gear lost control and turned over in a yard at the bottom trying to make the sharp curve. 10 yards in their yard. We poured one wall on top of a mountain, and it took a dozer to pull the 6x6 up it. A 4 wheel drive could barely get up it.
yes, I have pooring a house footing, brand new truck backed over the curb, hit utility trench area, which was freshly run and backfilled, laid down like a dinosaur... full, the readi-mix company pulled it out that night.
nice job looks great. One question and it is about the garage doors was the door guy drinking because they are two different colors completely,>>>>funny looking.
Great job! However, I might have leveled that sidewalk a little and put a step or two onto the driveway. Back in the 1970's two trucks I dispatched cut corners a little tight. Those were early days of booster technology and when the inside duals caught the curb, the booster accumulators kept pushing down and tipped the trucks over. The fire department came and flushed out the concrete, a wrecker up righted the trucks, and we sent crews down to clean up the mess. Slightly less stringent environmental rules back then.
Had a cement truck tip over on it's side in the ditch about 40 years ago in front of our house. He got to far into the ditch making a left hand turn into our driveway. He may have been a little distracted. I was a child but as I remember his wife was two weeks overdue and there may have been a new baby on the way. I remember him crawling up and out the driver's window. Fortunately he wasn't hurt.
On a drive, like you did, I'd consider like channels across the drive to help lock it in up and down. More is better as we won't know if package trucks won't park in it and add weight to the concrete. Just a thought I had along the way. Martin
When I was a kid I worked for a construction company, I was loaned out to the concrete company for the day. We were pouring a floor for a legion. One of the trucks blow a hydraulic line for the drum. When they fixed the line they tried to turn the drum, huge mistake, as soon as it started to spin it laid the whole truck on its side. The movie line is from “Apollo 13”
Apollo13 if I'm not mistaken but being a ex ready mix driver I have been on some shady jobs and I have driven them all front discharge ,all wheel rear discharge and regular rear discharge and it does test a driver's nerves especially backing down a hill where all you see is the ground out the mirrors the weight shifts and the truck bucks like a bull
Just a question. why did you put expansion felt in between the pours on top? Eventually it will rot out and create a void, unless the owner is prudent and caulks it. Don't really see the need.
Just subscribed to Steve's new channel....already over 600 subs and I just now heard this this...a huge fan from FL, used to be PA for 65 years!! I would have wanted to be within 100 subs...darn!
Isn't it from Armageddon when Harry (Bruce Willis) radios into NASA and says "Houston We Have A Problem" and his daughter with crying eyes raises her head upon hearing her dads voice after he was presumed dead after the shuttle missed the landing grid ???
I saw the aftermath of a concrete truck tipping over, if that counts lol... I showed up one day to start work on a job I had looked at a few days before. When I got there, it looked like they were getting ready to pour a basement next to the one already done, lol... It was really muddy so I missed a good show apparently!!
Would concrete piers, like the ones that are put into stoops, help with the concrete slipping in the driveway?.....you could line 3-4 piers in a line just before the slope goes down to the road?? ..keep up your good work ....great concrete channel!!!!!
