SEPTIC TANK (precast) Concrete pour (Mike Haduck) 

Miss the old days when you did block and brick repairs, but will watch all your future vids! Your fans look forward to them!

Now that I've retired I've got the time to watch the stuff I enjoy - always a pleasure to catch a video, Mike. Stay well.

I see a notification of a video on septic tank concrete pours... I click.

I had two of these delivered about 10 years ago and put in the ground and all hooked up never connected them to the two houses on the property yet they're clean enough to get in and use as shelters LOL brand new

Thanks Mike for an informative video.

Many years ago my uncle played the bagpipes for side money. He got called to work a funeral one time for 150 dollars , but he overslept. He raced around town till he found the cemetary , 3 guys were filling in the grave .. He got out and played anyway ( amazing grace ) .. The diggers had tears in their eyes and they all thanked him.. One guy said " In all my years digging septic tanks , I never heard anything so beautiful".

Its a pleasure Mike 😊. Hope Florida is treating you well.

Easily got my thumbs up! No stupid music, narrated by an actual person instead of lame/lazy AI, and we got to hear the actual sounds of the machinery, tools, processes, etc. Thank you!

Lovely. Just what I wanted. My birthday is coming 😄😆😅 Glad to see you're still online.

I like thoose precasted septiktanks. I specialy like those precast blocks made like lego bricks. Just put them together as you need. Fun to watch how it's done. Thank you Sir. Greetings from Norway.

Good video. Thanks Mike.

Thanks a lot Mike. Thank you very much. I know you’re in semi retirement role, but keep them coming.

Good to see you again Mike, Great video hope your doing well

I'll never stop watching your videos. I actually like this stuff (how it's made... with your narration :) )

I pour, Vibrate, finish precast post tension wall panels and tank walkways here in Gap, PA. We stopped using the steel forms and just use wood now. We use animal fat on the forms. I think it’s a product from the company Sika. Great video! Love it

When i built my house in the Keys the concrete tank was built in Sebring Fl. It had 2 seperate compartments, the solids stayed in the first one and the liquid emptied into the second one. There was a separate pump that pumped air into the liquid aerating it as is done in sewer treatment plants. Then the liquid drained into a drain field. My present home has a fiberglass septic tank of 1500 gallons, the liquid drains off into a separate 500 gallon fiberglass pump tank. The pump is like a sump pump with a float that activates the switch. The liquid is pumped to an elevated mound containing 3 ft long 12” high plastic domes, a total of 400 lineal feet of them in 4 separate rows. There is no stone used and no drain pipes, just the domes, then covered with fabric then dirt. I installed both systems myself, with inspections by the county health departments.

Thats old school, concrete tanks used to be the norm. Where septic tanks get installed today can't get a truck the spot. Plastic tanks are the new normal. When we did install concrete tanks we got them in two halves. We'd put the bottom in put the tar seal then put the top on. Then mix up some gype and seal up the seam.

Nice video Mike, glad you’re still putting out content

Great Video Mike. Thank You

Very interesting video and process. Imagine making just one on site how fun it would be!

Awesome 👍

Mike, good to see your faring well. But, I'd like to see you "paint somthin with the portland" no big deal. I have learned so much from your videos, I feel like I know you. I think concrete has a spirit that is imparted into it by the finishers. There is nothing more fascinating to me than an old cinder block building. They are becoming a thing of the past. Thanks Mike

Where I live, across the backyard creek and embankment is the Factory Theatre, that building when I was younger made (indeed mixed their own concrete) precast concrete steps, hollow inside just like the septic tanks actually very much like them but with the steps included and sockets for railings to be added, various designs as determined by orders received. They sat out in the open curing and we kids - in off hours - played tag and hide and seek and generally jumped around - lots of fun had, but pretty dangerous with scrapes, bruises and no doubt a concussion or two (in the 60's that was par for the course).

Hey Mike, Interesting video! Very informative! Thanks for sharing! Blessings to you

Neat as a pin, clever way of doing things. We're all going prefab and modular in Australia too Mike. Apparently one company is going to recycle wind turbine blades as fibreglass for concrete since the dang things keep failing or burning out.

Glad to see another video Mike

Good to see you Mike hope you're well!!!!

Mike, I was really hoping that you would walk up to the concrete truck and "Honest Mike" would be behind the wheel. lol

I see a new Mike video , i click

Thanks Mike. I bet a lot of people don't know what a septic tank is for these days. #1 rule in plumbing: Poop don't run in a pipe uphill. -YOGA

Excellent video - Thanks!

thx mike

You're a gift to youtube & the world Mike, thanks for the education as always

Good video again Mike

I always enjoy watching concrete placement. Thanks for the video.

Very interesting video. Stay cool down there Mr Mike

Thanks for the video mike💪👍

179K great job Mike! 🤙

Tanks for the video!

Thanks! Way cool!

I always thought that there were just the solid metal cylindrical kinds. Thanks for sharing.

Cool stuff

I have some minor foundation and stucko repair due soon. Sure glad i found your channel.

I wouldn't recomend this technique for poopie but a friend of mine needed a gray water tank and at the same time he had to get rid of his rotted out 1971, fiberglass, cuddy cabin. So he cut the hull and deck about four feet from the bow. Upended the result and dropped it in a hole. Think of the possibilities of recycycling upside down boats!!!

not cold anymore, kinda sweating your off now, thxs for sharing...

Years ago my boss installed a new septic tank for a customer whose house was an island. It was delivered late in the day so they placed it in the hole and planned to hook it up the next day. Over night the hole flooded and floated the tank out of the hole and onto the lawn.

Brother, You have conrete in you blood😅. Very interesting process.... Most people have no idea what it is like to grow up off the grid... Even before septic tanks where i grew up as a kid (The old outhouse 🤨). Ernie

cool process, looks like it "no big deal" to make those things...

Good evening Mike!, 👍🇺🇸

Very interesting thanks for filming and explaining that.

I assume grave vaults are made much the same. Are in-ground pools made with the same type of concrete? Interesting stuff.

I wonder how many retaining walls have completely fallen down in Wilkes-Barre PA since you have moved to Florida, Mike?

Thanks Mike - Most interesting!

I think tornado shelters are made in a similar way. Only that the water has to be kept out.

Cool

Very interesting! Have you ever done one on making countertops?

cool

Nice video thanks

Nice. I thought the walls would be thicker.

Do they put any type of adhesive between the two halves? Another great video. No big deal.

Now, the mold release was said to be 'oil' what might that be: a light petroleum product, vegetable oil, some 'secret sauce', or detergent? In most of your forming videos I think you have used plain boards to fine effect, but these tanks seem to want something better.

very interesting , odd that a single gasket seals the two halves together and is water tight for a lifetime.

Hi Mike. Glad to see new content coming from you in your new home base in Florida. I’m up in your old state but I’m located in Northwestern PA. My question is about an outdoor concrete patio that I’m getting ready to pour at my camp. The only local ready mix company recently closed so I’m going to make my own concrete old school. I was planning to use a rich 1:2:2 mix with added fiber and liquid air admixture to help with freeze thaw. Do you recommend the 1:2:2 mix for this application in my area based on your experience in PA? Or would a 1:2:3 mix hold up to our winters ok too? Really value your thoughts on this one based on your real world experience especially in our climate up north in Pennsylvania.

Hey Mike👋 from Wisconsin. I don't remember what you said for combo ratios for different things but I will go back and reread. My ex husband killed my mare. I won't say anymore bc I am going to write a book! I will say she was the best for me, my friend and she taught me a lot. I want to make a cement cross for her.. my friends husband, well, he's my friend too, is making the cast holder? u know wht I mean..Its going to be 5' tall, yes it is, a foot in depth n 7" across. Wisconsin weather is cold hot humid. I want Flagstaff AZ. Sandy soil here. He is putting "a smthg" in the ground to keep it secure. I know I shldnt ask but if it was you...what wld.. u.. use. You go such awesome places n happy for u tht u do. I read those first. NEVER to old to learn. Also hope u like Florida..its, ahh, nice place. I ordered my chestnut trees from down there..tree lover..Ok then..I mean if u have time,.if not, I understand. Stay happy.

Bible bangers...

poor me poor me -pour me a septic tank !

How come they didn't just dry pour them? It's the greatest way ever for everything.

Interesting! What are the fibers made from?

Mike, how have you changed your concrete mix for outdoor applications since moving to Florida?

Why it s not separated

Mike, what do you when your contractor tells you you build site doesnt perk, then offers a $30,00+ solution (drip system)?

How much does one cost for a small home?

Is this a 21 century?!)

How much do they cost?

Bet that seal fails b4 anything else.