How To Pour A Concrete Slab For Beginners DIY

Mike Day Concrete (Everything About Concrete)

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In this video I'm showing you how to pour a concrete slab. I'll teach you each step from planning the pour, to calculating the concrete, to ordering the concrete, where to start pouring, how much to pour out at one time, how to screed the concrete, and how to bull float the slab.
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Комментарии : 68

@leequeenmusic6973 3 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m going to sign up for your course. I’m a contractor that started out in erosion and sediment control for large haighway projects. I had to get away from that and now do general construction. Pole barns, decks, fences some concrete. I’m doing a 24x30 pour for a pole barn after we set up the ground board and bring in 6 inches of dirt to raise the grade to match the existing garage. This will be my first big pour so you sharing your knowledge is a life saver thank you very much from one country to another. Keep up the good work.

@MikeDayConcrete 3 месяца назад

Awesome, let me know if I can help

@leequeenmusic6973 3 месяца назад

@@MikeDayConcrete how’s mike doing today. I purchased your concrete course. I love the videos packed full of straight to the point knowledge. I’m wondering how much roadbase/class 5 a person should put under a 4 in slab of concrete that is 24wx30l. It’s a pole barn and I planned on pouring after we put the ground boards on and using those as our forms. I am curious if you have ever done it that way before thanks in advance Mike.

@joefranklin9380 3 года назад

geodesic dome builder of homes and gardens. Ready to learn from Mike.

@mikeyboy7515 5 лет назад

Love the videos Mike! Im 23 and have been doing concrete work for 6 years and many more to come

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Awesome.

@jondocket7215 4 года назад

I'm just a carpenter but I like to learn as much as I can helps me understand what everybody's doing on the job

@cgindustrial1859 5 лет назад

I DO CONCRETE! In Ontario Canada, similar to Maine weatherwise. Poured 150 foot, red 2 step entrance to a tourist restaurant on the beach today...pouring rain, only the steps were under the overhang, we got absolutely soaked....If they weren't scheduled to open for the season this Friday, I would have taken a rain day!!

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

That's a bummer pouring in the rain. Hope everything came out all right for you guys!

@larrymilton3701 3 года назад

We did it the same way you do that one retired now don't think about concrete good job

@snazzyusername 5 лет назад

Those front end trucks are awesome. I usually pour 3-5 yards by myself because of the truck. Nice video!

@michealadams1206 3 года назад

Thanks Mike for your concrete videos! I'm trying to learn from your videos. I need to make a 6' × 12' × (what I think will be a 14" thick/tall slab, 7" above ground 7" below ground). A 6' × 12' lean-too shed will be secured on top. It will be an extra tall, upwards to 12 & a half feet tall. 2" × 6" boards will be used for the walls for extra strenght & rigidity, not 2 × 4's. I want to build the best concrete slab as possible! I have this project on my mind 24/7!!! 😬

@MikeDayConcrete 3 года назад

You can do it!

@thomascharlton4858 2 года назад

Appreciative for the excellent instruction, thanks for the knowledge, i do it on a small scale but find sometimes have to step out of the familiar pattern.

@danielsestina6457 5 лет назад

Nice work brother. 19 years in the business, started my own concrete company in February.

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

That's great Daniel, let me know if there's anything I can do to help you!

@danielsestina6457 5 лет назад

@@MikeDayConcrete I will definitely be reaching out to you

@jonathanbanuelos6811 4 года назад

Mike love your channel, you explain everything well , awesome thanks

@MikeDayConcrete 4 года назад

Jonathan, thank you!

@frankflanagan109 5 лет назад

Great video! I was taught almost the exact same way. We have both power screed and kick screeds..... but kick screed probably 80% of our slabs.

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Yes, we prefer kick screeding. I think you get a flatter floor.

@rodfrost5051 2 года назад

I've done these with 2'×8' forms laid down for larger honches works very well.

@noelnoel9950 5 лет назад

Thank you mike, great information.

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@DIRT-BOSS 5 лет назад

Nice tutorial and job! 👍👷

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@chrishoesing5455 5 лет назад

Hehe.. 5:12, bubba Gump shrimp sandwich, shrimp cabob moment. Excellent videos btw Mike.

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Thanks Chris!

@adanarriazasalazar2513 4 года назад

I like to get your curse! I am one of the many followers from San Bruno California SFO area I want to learn how to do this nice job you guys do! Looks very hard almost impossible for a FYI

@1276scooter 5 лет назад

Thanks for the videos Mike. Probably the best ones on RU-vid and I’ve watched a lot of them. I’m just learning and have a question. When I use the hand mag it leaves a line at both ends of the tool. No matter what I try I can’t get it to not leave a line. So frustrating. Do you have any tips on how to use the mag without it leaving a line? Thanks again

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

When the mag is new and not broken in, it will leave a line even if you're experienced. Your steel trowel will also. You just have to keep going over and over it as the concrete dries and the lines will go away more and more with each pass.

@aaronrcpilot 4 года назад

Hi, Great video,thanks. How to pour slab edge footings 16"x16" with steel reinforcement and the rest of 20'x25' area with 4" deep of foundation , can you pour the whole area at the same time with footing? I'm a newbie and it will be nice if you included in your course. Thanks for your time..

@maysb42 5 лет назад

Hey Mike. I'm 36 and starting an apprenticeship soon. I've done construction before but I can't wait to start concrete. What's the best advice for a guy starting fresh and new to the industry?

@javistacks3844 5 лет назад

When I started screeding concrete it was like that staying low and kicking but that with wet concrete, but when it hard like 4 to 5 slump we used a different trick u put one leg forward and the other spread back two pulls u get more leverage and cover more area and faster you can pour more and don't get as tired ,

@Jugtown_Junkie 4 месяца назад

I’m doing the ground work for a 24’x30’ mono slab. The concrete is to be 12 inches on the outside edge and 6 inches in the middle. How wide should the outside footing be before I start the 6 inch hump in the middle? Thanks

@thomassnyder150 2 года назад

I have a 16x9 dirt floor in a one car garage, I’m turning it into a room. What’s the best way Mike?

@philipdove1705 2 года назад

I wanna know about scoring concrete around a 10' x 80' walkway surrounding a garage. should I score 5' x 5' for the break lines or 10'x10?

@matthewmoilanen787 4 года назад

Lived in Fairfield for 13 years and know Colby well. Almost long enough to stop being called a flatlander!

@wcb22516 2 года назад

Hello about to pour my own gazebo and working on yhe calculations. I wanna know what does the number .037 come from and whats the meaning of it?

@JAE-ee4ne 4 года назад

I do small projects that me and 1 or2 other guys can handle like a garage slab or sidewalks and footers my biggest pet peeve when it comes to flat work is when a guy can't use the rake and I'm skreeting back 10 inches or having to stop and grab the rake from a guy and fill in holes.

@MikeDayConcrete 4 года назад

Yea, it takes some time to get good at raking. If they're going to be good, they should get it after about a week.

@JAE-ee4ne 4 года назад

@@MikeDayConcrete yea I prefer the jobs like footers or a sidewalk at 5 foot wide or less that I can just go at it by myself

@joshlopez1290 5 лет назад

we usually brace foundation every three feet. thats what works for us. great work tho

@antoniosantos1552 5 лет назад

I woukd like to see that course

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Click on the link in the description and buy it. It has a 30 day money back guarantee if you don't like it.

@cocopublicnews6766 4 года назад

What kinda slab should I use in west texas

@Linkerconcrete 5 лет назад

We kick screed our slabs. Been doing concrete for 7 years, been in business for myself for the past 3. Another trick we use is me and my guys have all the same mag floats and once we empty out truck one guy goes to one end of the form and puts his mag float ontop of it and another guy does the same on the other end and they pull a string line tight and lay it over top of their mag float handle and the other guy will float down the concrete until the string line is barely touching the top of his handle and mark it with a X like you do. BTW, awesome work!

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@cntslesfabrication 4 года назад

What can't you do in the winter because of the cold weather?

@MikeDayConcrete 4 года назад

You can as long as you protect the sub-base from freezing and the concrete from freezing after you finish it.

@erickpeters2074 5 лет назад

Do you guys always pour a 4000 for slabs or do you ever do anything less

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

We also pour 3000 and 3500. But always 4000 on exterior slabs, patios, sidewalks, pool decks. This guy just wanted 4000 for his garage.

@farmerbob139 5 лет назад

great videos Mike. do you usually have to provide the coal chute yourself?

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Yes we do. We always carry a 16', 12' and an 8' chute with us.

@farmerbob139 5 лет назад

@@MikeDayConcrete good to know, thank you.

@leticiasilerio2239 3 года назад

What is that yellow thing on top of the ground?

@bryanthomas544 5 лет назад

Do you have any videos using your laser screed?

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Bryan, Yes - check my video tab on my home page, I have a couple there.

@gilbertnunez2904 5 лет назад

we do everything old school. kick and wet pads..

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

Awesome Gilbert, sounds like we have a lot in common.

@gilbertnunez2904 5 лет назад

for me its easier and less of a head ach...@@MikeDayConcrete

@hammertime7349 5 лет назад

Can u show how u set it up

@MikeDayConcrete 5 лет назад

I have a course that teaches you the set up and how to pour right here: mike-day.mykajabi.com/offers/f2hJCH2C

@williamfullagar2117 4 года назад

I still kick screed, my 65 year old father still screeds with me

@larrymilton3701 3 года назад

I finished concrete for 17 years we

@adanarriazasalazar2513 4 года назад

I am Adam

@dman7425 4 года назад

We used to do the concrete then build the house i absalutely hated all aspects of concrete serms like when we did it nobody realy knew what they were doing it was so hard with 8 men we screated by sawing back and forth that wore the hell out of you. I hated it seems like you know what your doing.