How to Extend a Small DIY Concrete Patio 

Hey guys as a construction inspector in New Jersey for over 30 years I’ve seen it all and I must say you guys do a great job. Your attention to detail is amazing and how clean you work is absolutely awesome. Keep up the good work.

Doing quality work, you can give away trade secrets without fear of competitors, because the years of hard earned experience/ technique is what makes it look so easy.... Great job. Love the vids.

Always impressed by how much of the physical, and detail work you do yourself. Can tell that quality is high on your agenda! You really make it look easy...

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, very helpful.

they have a nice little patio now

Nicely done. So clear for those wishing to do a small DIY project, though the smoothing of the concrete is one of those things that looks much easier to do that it is in reality.

Finally a detailed job video that shows me how to extend my back patio slab using bagged products & drilling into existing slab👏🏻 My Q: Can you show a video on concrete a around trees. Like a circle

can you show how you're mixing the cement {ratio}.......Great Video

You make it look so easy; thank you for sharing your knowledge, very helpful.

Oh my goodness! You guys made that look so easy! Looks great!

Thank you for sharing your work.

You make it look so easy!

Excellent job you super Mr.Odell King of concrete

Another great video 👌

Thanks

Looks great..outside of the color it looks like it was all poured at the same time.

The barrel distortion on the lens is a hoot at the end of the clip!😆

Came out great! :)

This is great video thank you!

You guys add extra powder to that premix because it looks fairly strong mix, the premix we can get here in Western Canada its 3500 PSI.

Great job👌👌💪💪

Good job

Would love to do something similar to this. I'm curious, was there a reason why you didn't put a gravel base?

no expansion foam up against the existing slab?

One piece of rebar... wow... way different in the US to Australia. We would of had a sheet of cross bar in there for overall strength.

I have seen dowels in several of your extension videos, but how deep do you drill them into the existing slab? I am doing a small extension similar to this

Pouring on top of dirt isn’t an issue? Is it necessary to put gravel under the slab? Or not necessary?

This is a great explanation. Thank you very much! What is the concrete mix? How to prepare that mix? And if I am just one person, should I mix everything required for my project at the beginning or should I do it as I need it?

Is there no need to pack the dirt for a area this small?

How many bags of concrete did you need?

I'd like to ask for your advice, pls. I would like to extend my driveway by 20x20' by 6" depth. In the summer i like to add a portable car port and instead of being held by cinderblock or sand bangs; I like to drill flat anchor hooks in the cement. So would it be wise to have the concrete cure and set then drill afters *or* to just drop it on top of the fresh soft concrete so drilling isn't needed? Which will hold stronger and without crack in the long run in Connecticut weather.

Do I need to put Little Rock or sand first before concrete thanks best instruction

if only extending 2x6 would i need to use rebar??

Could you build an outside kitchen that crossed over the two slabs?

Nice video! Will this work for extending just a few inches, less than a foot? I want to extend my slab for a little larger shed.

Do you have to use joints when adding to the slab a little bit like this? Is it possible to extend and have it look seamless like one piece?

This still has to be permitted, due to being an addition to an existing slab, right? I don't know if that's a San Bernardino County thing, or statewide.

Great vid! Lots of info! I’m pouring a small slab but want to add the cement to quickrete -60lb bag how much cement should I add to that amount? Thanks!!

If you’re doing an addition to a patio do you not need to put a rock base down first?

You are awesome and thanks for sharing your knowledge. How many bags did you use?

What size rebar would you recommend for such a short extension such as this one? 3/8”?

Do you need to put anything between the existing concrete and the new freshly poured slab?

I’m about to try my first concrete project, a 6’x10’ slab, and have some questions, if you don’t mind me asking. 1) The slab will be in a corner with the house foundation on 2 sides and a wooden fence on another side. I can only put a form board next to the fence and on on the short open side. With nothing to rest a screed board on the foundation sides, how do I screed and level it? 2) I live in the mid-South. Is a gravel base needed? My local concrete supplier recommended it but I see many videos, like this one, without the base. 3) How do I edge the back section of the slab by the fence if the mix has not yet set up enough to put my weight on the slab. Do I just try to edge as we pour then come back and try to do a finish edge after it sets up? Thanks!

Great video from a Great Resource Person. I will be making my Car parking spot in my front yard. I am afraid that I’ll make mistakes. I will follow your vids to assist me. But I need to know the Cement, Sand & water ratios please. And the diameter of the steel bar.

Hey a bit off topic, my son is obsessed with the intro music? Is it a particular song?

Was going to say it took you guys a hour for that job! Is it easy for you to get rid of the dirt from jobs?

did you use a magnesium float before the hand trowel or is it ok to skip that??

How far down do I have to dig?

Why not a wider screedboard?

Just out of curiosity if I was to consider having a contractor do the work/materials included, what is generally considered to be the average price per foot for such a concrete project?

No stone or rock underneath?

What are those lines going across the middle and how you make them?

any recommendations on cleaning up dried cement splatter on older preexisting cement walkways or slabs from? i had a contract job done on my house and there was several inches wide of cement residue that dried on top of an older walkway next to where i had a slab put....

Do you compact soil before new pour?

how much does something like this run?

How many bags or concrete do you use?

May I ask please if I can do this method for my front porch? Me and my relatives want to extend the front porch ourselves, but we have yet to find a good tutorial how to do the task.

Are those 2x4's you are using to form the patio?

What does a job like this cost?

How many bags? At 4"right? What size bags

also, how big is that addition?

One of my bosses was shocked, when I poured a sidewalk with concrete that stiff. It was getting late in the day, and I knew that my partner and me could easily finish it. We had to reassure him that there would be no problems and that it would only make the concrete stronger. It was kinda comical, if you know concrete and rich kids.

Nice job. I assume an expansion gap is not necessary between the old and new slab? Also, what dia rebar did you use for the dowels and how far in did you drill them?

Add an extra room to house concrete

HOA conduit is suspect. I'd be concerned about what they are tapped into. HOA are well known for being criminal, so I'd be looking into where it goes and what it does. Of course I myself will NEVER have anything to do with HOA.

All I need is something simple like this but the quotes I received last year were horrible... if they showed up. I dont know much, but $6,000 is not it.

What are you spraying on the wood before poring?

Darn.... I'm going to do a footpath up to and around an old clothes line concrete base. Now I know to drill in some iron bars into the side of the old concrete. Thank you

How do you add those lines to match it up to the other slab?

How much did this job cost? I came across ya'll by looking up a concrete diy because what I want done in my backyard isn't exactly as nicely formatted and rectangular as all that videos I've seen on your channel. I have irregular areas around my backyard that used to be a garden but we don't keep up with it so just want it filled in. There ain't that much space, but there are a lot of plants with deep-ish roots. Would you guys be the ones removing the plants or would we need to get someone else to do that?

Another excellent video. Great job. If I lived in the USA in you’re area, I’d use your services.

David Great video now I know what I need to do Question I’m extending a pad for a metal frame pool on the Space Coast of Florida. Can I do this and also smooth over the cracks and lower spot of the existing pad(s) when I concrete the extension? Or how would you recommend I do that?? I want to get the most out of this and try and lay it on as smooth of s surface as possible -Thanks Dave

How much did you charge for that?

Tidied up certainly

how deep did you dig down?