Monolithic Garage Slab 14x24 How to Excavate Form and Finish Concrete 

The homeowner is lucky to have you working so hard to do a great job!!!

3x more thought and effort went into this job than 99% of pads poured I’ve seen. Hard to find people so dedicated to doing things well. He did this job like it was his own property.

Great job Mike even with all the issues. Hate to see bad things happen to good people Thanks for sharing 👍

Doing what you do with perfection. Good job Dirt Boss Man.👍

Concrete work apprenticeship class! Thanks Boss I really enjoyed watching and learning. 👍

I love watching you finishing concrete. Great job.

When the day starts off bad the whole day goes bad great recovery have a better weekend 👍🏻🇺🇸

Great job Dirt Boss! I hate to see anyone trying to make a honest living have problems. But in my honest opinion, you did a beautiful job. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

Hey Mikey I was doing the same thing last week. Excavating and forming so I can have my concrete crew come and finish up. Came out beautiful.

Dedication to the customer, that's good workmanship. Well done.

Nice to see the truck running you around after the transmission job awesome Mike!!!!!

You absolutely know your stuff when it comes to concreting I take my hat off to you

I was waiting for the power trowel to whip you into the trees the way your day was going !! Great video, nice job stepping us through the install 👍🇺🇸

Awesome video man. This is helping me alot as I’m going for 24x57 this summer!!!

Impressive getting that initial level with the skid steer by eye. Nice job.

The Alaskan slab king Great job dirt boss I’m learning a lot from you👍 Tough luck with the rain Same thing here in Ontario 🇨🇦 Rain has been brutal last half of the season

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That job went just like every job goes, it has issues, we overcome them and get it done. It's why some guys call it Easy Money!

Beautiful job as always Mike. Sorry about your machine. Hopefully it will not be too much to repair. Have a great day and a great weekend. Thanks for sharing.

Days like that separates the men from the boys and you still did a hell of a job💪

Whats up man, I was referred by muddy feet! Anyways can't wait for the video

It's great that you go the second, third, and forth mile!

You are an inspiration brother, keep it up!!!

Laser never lies! Great video!

Conscientious work with integrity the kind of person you would I have confidence in to get the job done right

Awesome work Mike, hey accidents happen on the site, ya know your scrambling to get done, an stuff happens, I was on a big paver job one time an got in the skid steer to do some grading, well I didn't notice the expensive wet saw on a expensive stand behind the skid steer an backed up almost over it, awesome job on the slab Mike, looks great, look forward to seeing your next video 🇺🇸💪

This was a great video Dirt Boss. Super educational and I learned a couple new things, thank you. Nice job on the slab and that sucks on your tool. I hope you can bent it back and fix it.

Mike....you are very good at that concrete work. Very good

Instantly felt for you when seen you ran over your screed . So sorry man. Thank you for video. Looking to do more of my own slabs this year and just confirming and learning. 👍🏽

Great video hopefully I will be pouring a 48x48 shop floor next spring.

We all have days like that but we keep going nice job .

Good job boss man . that is how we do it ..never quit no surrender baby

good job bud , i learn something new with every video, thanks

Very nice poor Mike. Sorry about the issue. You're very good at what you do.

Way to hang tough..a tough day great job!

Dig It!!

God most definitely helped out with your weather issues🙏 You made put in the end. You possibly were due for an unexpected and brutal rain and hail storm that as usual doesn’t show up on radar. You are blessed my friend ❤️🙏

enjoyed watching and learning.

U guys ever use turn buckels to straiten those boards, u said whallers when I think of whallers I think about forming walls the old fassion way w plywood a bunch of holes in it and ties and frog legs and stiff backs

Nice job. Good video.

I have been doing full construction 30 years...never had to preload my forms. Install enough stakes and there will be no problems. I am all about perfection from laying out the footings, laying out plastic, pouring concrete, setting up rebar, building walls, running wiring, plumbing, building roofs, installing windows, flashing, tyvek, sealed perfectly, installing siding or brick, etc.....My houses are built like no other, I don't cut corners to save money, I believe in doing everything right. I will never stray from building it right .

Dude! I honestly felt sorry for you on this one. I know what it's like to work your butt off and have everything to work against you. You're a trooper. I would say the quote that "hard times make tough men" certainly applies here.

Enjoyed thanks

Good job DB even with all the setbacks.

Another fine job Mike

Earned your money on that one

Great video 👍🇦🇺

We use to do concrete work, I’m sorry about your power screed, great job you’re a good teacher 🙂

Great job brother it looks good sorry bout all the problems but you overcame them my friend !!!

Some days is like the old he ha song.( If were not bad luck I have none at all.) But you still did a great job. Thanks for sharing.

Good job, I like the music too,sounded like a old Clint Eastwood western movie . Lol

Looks good

Fun stuff.

Great job👍. Came out mint 👌 sorry you had a tough time. Some jobs just go that way I guess 😢

I got a monolithic video u should check how we do things in indiana " the title is "Concrete boom pump jk how to pour a monolithic slab" Grubb Mudd we do things alot the same except forming is a little different, nice to see a regular concrete truck!

Lol.... he said hes got it scienced down. Im gonna use that.

nice job,

I'll be doing 20x20 pads next week 60 of them just wanting to figure out the formula to properly square them, thank you sir

Mike there’s only one problem that I can see!!!! And that’s you don’t live by me!!!! HaHa 😂 I could really use you to do a job like this for me!!!!! Awesome job as usual!!! See you in the next video!!!! Max was awesome helping you fix the truck that was really great 👍!!!!!!

Everyone been fighting it these last two weeks , winter can’t come soon enough!

Cut that screed off to be a sidewalk width and buy a new one for the large surface areas? Another good vid Boss!

at the end of the day, you ended up with a great product for the customer. But I've been there where everything is breaking, the parts aren't right, and the timing is off on the schedule. It's tough.... wish I was there to go out for a beer with you though. On to the next one!

Sorry about the rain bro, I know how that is, hate to see any1 have that happen to them

That driver knows their stuff

Good job dirt Boss your week sounds like mine has been I had an $1800 air gun quit then I had a drum jack it blew a seal search cost me about $2300 if we can update and Buying a new big air gun a new drum jack God bless be safe

no vapour barrier? and the garage door, was it sloped or just edged? didn't see the slope. Awesome prep work on it!

MAN! You gotta drag that Power Trowel up the ramp? That sucks! OK, SO, maybe not Brain Surgery to put in a floor like that BUT & UNTIL the VARIABLES set in like you got hit with. That my BIG GUY buddy separates YOU from others who can spread the concrete. (WOOD soaking up the water! - WHAT?; HEY, it's raining! - now what - wasn't spose to!) A lot of your pay is for WHAT YOU KNOW!!! Good one "DIRT BOSS"!

I think that sometimes Mother Nature abhors concrete work! My neighbor and I were pouring a driveway… one cloud floated in and parked over us. We hand troweled on our knees for a half hour under a tarp. Got it looking decent. The cloud moved on… blue sky and sunshine… 95degrees and 100% humidity. Then, We pulled the tarp off and got ready to broom it… then, the sky started clouding up again. So, we broomed and retarped…. crawled over to a bench and ate lunch. When the rain came it brought the wind… lost the tarp. Had to fix the finish in a few spots afterward. That was also the job where the idiot driver swung the chute over and filled my boot with concrete… the only thing he said was, “Oops!” My colorful vocabulary filled the void. That was one job I wished I hadn’t volunteered for! Boss, every once in a while you get one of those days where you feel like a second string actor in a B movie… with a script written by a sadist… You handled it well!

" Hope you guys enjoyed it, I know I didn't" lol. Nice work and video...

D-Boss! was this job by any chance on a monday, that looked like monday shananegins, that stinks about your screed, and i see you work like me…solo, at least your boy came by to help with the pour, that darby cam was pretty sweet! great job i wanted to get my skates, it looks like ice!

I started in the trades in the mid 80s and I can do about anything now. The one thing I've done a little, but avoid like the plague, is concrete. The main reason; even the pros have bad days and struggle to produce a good finish product. A novice is going to kill himself on darn near every try.

That sure wasn't your day - a royal pain. Thankfully, you overcame, improvised and got er done. Plus you filmed it! Excellent job, as always.

Look’s good. I’m getting ready to install a slab like this on a gradual slope of about two feet myself. I’m concerned during the pour of the wire mesh not being lifted during the pour causing it to lay on the bottom of the concrete and not doing any good. I’m not a concrete guy just watching tube’s and attempting to grade and form my own slab for a 30’ X 40’ metal building. What you say? Thanks for the great video and sorry bout your auto screed. JL

Add a little "Mechanic-in-a-Bottle" to the gas in any small engine and you won't have any carb problems.Ifyour card needs cleaning just put MIB in it and soak 4hrs and its clean. You have too many other things to deal with without that.

We always left some preload in piers or big footings to 👌👌 seems like when it’s something it’s everything 🤦‍♂️

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You can always use wood on the vibra screed in a pinch I have a 16ft 2x6 wrapped in aluminum siding I use and its almost as good as a legit screed blade

Looks awesome! About to do the exact same thing at my house--how much concrete did you order for the entire pour? Thanks

What a day! An uphill battle all the way. Were you able to repair the screed or did you have to replace parts?

Good Job Dirt Boss. Does the building department ever make you pitch the slab or put drain in? One city i did work in made me do one or the other so i put a channel drain in middle. Instead of making a framers nightmare on the perimeter.

I really wish the "finishers"that just done my 30x50 mono pour took the care to do the job like you do.Also,any issues on that kubota?Regen issues?

I got a viber strike but I don't like em, I mean the are cool for stuff like this, but not for outside pours "for me" nice angle w the camera on the bullfloat

U got lucky u put that calcium in it, wait what happen to the viberstrike

Nice work! He did not want a floor drain?

Phytagoras formula; a2+b2=c2 square root from c2 = sideline

where did the 27 9 1/2 get calculated?

can i ask why no vapor barrier Nice work true pro

Hate you had a shitty day bub. You still THE MAN!! How did you get that 27’9 figure for your right angle squaring up?

Boy that hurts when you damage the screed like that. Slab looks great and should be a nice garage for the owner. I hope you can get the screed back straight. Worst thing you get is a smaller screed for small slabs.

So since it took more stone that you estimated originally, how do you deal with that, Does the customer pay for the extra or do you eat it? I only ask because I’m dealing with exactly that situation now on a project and wondering how guys with more years of experience have dealt with that and do deal with it.

Interesting that no retaining wall was needed. Presumably it's been engineered, but still looks like it could dip/shift over time.

I'm sure i missed it but how thick did you pour that? Looks like only 4".

Things happen... but nothing you can do but file it in the experience file🙂

Sorry man bad days happen sucks running over stuff been there and popped the tire as well ... did you yell at the cement girl?? Always nice to be able to vent out a little

How did you come up with your 27 9 1/2?

How many hours did this take?

should only need to power trowel once! how all the other ones ive seen done! and this is the first time ive ever seen anyone bow the forms in! hmmm.....

What is a typical cost for a slab like this to the property owner?

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