How to Pour a Concrete Slab for your Shed! 

That is the nicest shed slab ever. Great work. Love the dedication to getting perfect results

I know from experience I would have used a vapor barrier under the slab, what you have made is a big sponge and your substrate ( dirt ) will be more than happy to transfer water and minerals to you slab causing mineralization, staining and cracking in my humble opinion.

I know what this job takes... and I give credit to your lower back... cuz you sure as hell got one strong lower back..... RESPECT

You definitely make it look simple and DIY friendly. Doesn’t seem so intimidating.

Well done! Thank you for sharing. I just did my 1st concrete slab, 5' x 7' x 3.5", did a "dry pour", it is curing now, looks o.k., but some rocks on surface. After reading your comment about crumbling, will likely forgo "dry pour" and go with traditional mixing in the future.

Clean and tight slab for sure - should last many decades!

Thanks guys. Starting my shed soon so perfect timing.

5/10/23; great job, lots of hard work, you learned very well from your dad. Excellent job! Give us more!💪👍👏✅️

This is an art form. Nicely done.

I like your dedication for what you love to do and bring those greens!!! Great video/tutorial.

Beautiful work - I tried a bit of screening last year and didn't do too badly but I love what you've done here as a professional in your trade. Keep it up and thanks for the insightful and educational video. Well done ❤

Nice job. Clean work and I am glad you worked the excess concrete off of the bottom of the pour after you stripped the forms. Good clean work.

Work of art right there!

Very clean I did one if these for my Mom's few years ago

Very nice. Im a DIY guy. Never pissed w concrete. Plan on doing something about this size when the weather breaks. Thanks for the tips

Beautiful job. Always great work! Video well put together too. 🤙🏻👍🏻

Enjoyed the vid. My brother and I are going to pour a pad for his shed. Neither of us have done it before, so this should help. Thanks!

Awesome job. You do amazing work.

Dude! Perfectionism! Nice work!

Last year I poured a slab for a new shed I built what a difference over buying a shed with a wood floor. Tuff shed had no problem with building over the concrete slab they tied into the slab with the walls and now it's liking walking into a small garage.

Nice job!! Awesome!

Great job Tyler!

Great job Tyler, good work 👍

This is a work of art! Beautiful!

so relaxing and satisfying to watch!

looks very nicely done

Another great video, Tyler! Keep Going!

ODELL always showing us the good stuff; much love from Canada

Looks great man. This will help me a lot! From one tradesmen (electrician) to another, clean work!

Can you give us an idea how much would that cost? Parts and labor. Thanks! Great work!

Great work. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful job!

Nice Job!! 👍

Looks great!

another professional job

A very professional looking slab. You should be proud

You made that look easy. Cool video, thanks

I did my own pad like this last summer. Got a couple quotes for around $2500 in Canada. Ordered mix from a company that charges by the 1/4 yard. Cost me $550 and did it myself in a day total (prepped the day before and poured the next day) I wet cured it for 3 weeks and when I drilled my baseplate in, it was by far the hardest concrete I've ever drilled through.

Great to watch you work Tyler. Like father like son in so many ways. Top notch. Thanks for sharing.

Planning to build a 16x24 shed this summer. Will bookmark this video for sure

I use the " 50 50 broom " as well. Best broom IMO for most jobs. Leaves great lines. I'll use the 100 % plastic broom on certain jobs though too.

Great Job!!

Lovely job

Awesome job dude!

Great job.

Awesome video! Thanks for the detail in it! Gday from Australia

Well done 💪👍

Nice job 👍

Nicely done. New boss!

Looks good.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Nice work brother.👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great job! Thank you.

Nice tidy job ,,, Northern Ireland

Great Work Bud 👍👍

From all the concrete RU-vid peeps I watch, I like the 50/50 horse 🐴 broom best. I’ve noticed it gives it a smoother finish, and still maintains a matte, satin reflection on the concrete while still providing traction. Other guys, with different brooms it seems too coarse texture with deeper lines which looks lower quality

You do amazing work. Wish you were in my neighborhood.

This guy works fast! 😳

Excelente y muy hermoso trabajo felicidades 👌👌

You guys inspired me to do multiple pads in my backyard and a retaining wall planter in the corner! Thanks for all of the detailed videos. In some of my first slabs, there are some low spots where water pools… is there anyway to fix it?

David O, Excellent result. You make this look so easy! PS. very good video presentation, too!

Good morning from Auckland, New Zealand. 🙂🙂🙂

Craftsman for sure !

Beautiful

Nice lil slab

Great video. Thanks

Nicely done ✔️

Nicely done

wow i do admire your efforts put on making this conc slab. you are making the master piece of the slab haha amazing. i could not imagine if you hired someone to do this work and granted amazing amounts of dollars

Great how to

Awesome 👍

Great videos, much appreciated. I notice that you don’t always use gravel and seldom vapor barriers. Can you tell us when they are needed and when they are not?

Great work! what kind of concrete machine pump did you all use for your project ?

Aren't you supposed to put compressed gravel down between the dirt and slab?

Tyler, you made this work of art look so easy. You nicely compressed 12 hours into 12 minutes for this video. I have never worked with concrete, but I want to make my own pad for mounting two 300 gallon fuel tanks. To be honest, it scares the bejeebers out of me. I feel like its a race against the clock so you better prepared and know what you're doing or you'll end up with two cubic yards of boat anchor. What are your thoughts on dry pouring? And, can you come to my house and do this pad for me? 😂😂😂

Very nice, How do you clean the under edges of pour once you take the frame off?

What a great job 👏 keep up the good work. My wife tells me I shop do this in are backyard. Seems to much work for me to do by myself.

Good job

Hi Odell, Would you recommend using a bull float for small shed slab 2.7m x 1.5m which is approx 8.8ft x 5ft. I have a screeder, a small hand mag trowel and a steel finishing trowel. Wondering if i need to hire a bull float or can I get away with tools I have. Thanks for your help. Channel is great by the way.

Beautiful job, body!

Very cool

I was wondering about why are you cutting a groove on the edges? Why are you cutting a joint at the middle of the slab?

Nice!

Did you do a fall from back to front and then cut a line across it ? Would a line not have worked better from back to front also - will water not pool now in that joint ?

Horsehair all day 💪🏾 good work

Looking to do my own concrete base for a SIPS panel garden room. I noticed that you didnt use MOT1 sub base, do you think it's not needed?

good job

Use hard trowel for sheds. Could be more intimidating if don’t know what you’re doing. You don’t need a joint for a floor this small. Just the rebar and fiber in the mud is plenty good.

Sweet 👍

Nice looking job but where is your stone base beneath the new concrete slab ?

Nice 👍

Curious what you thought about a cement mixer called the mud mixer? It mixes cement continuously instead of in batches. Kind of expensive, but for a one man job it seems cool. Trying to decide if I should invest.

To me the hardest part is the site prep and making sure everything is square and level.

와우~~~ 깔끔하네요.

What is the joint for in the middle? I was under the impression that if you want to make a joint for expansion and contraction, that you would need to cut down through the full layer of concrete, but in this case you almost just make agroove in the top but the two halves remain mostly attached to each other. Can you explain? I am a total beginner but need to put down a contrete slab about this size for a sauna build.

What does the broom do for the concrete slab? Is it just a texture/cosmetic finish or is it doing something else?

Looks Great! Do you ever use crushed stone and tamper it level before a concrete pour?

Would be nice to see it with the shed on it

Nice work 💯👌 I would of added another joint in the middle crossing the joint you made so it’ll basically be 4 squares so it doesn’t crack ,big pieces

Can you post a list of the tools used on here please?

Can you do a cost break down for this job ? I am looking at having a 13’ x 15’ concrete slab poured and would like to have a price point. Great job as always.