RC44+strucrtral fibres have always worked for me. I have a 700mm thick slab on top of clay, with a 15ton CNC lathe on it, on 8 leveling feet, no sheets load spreading, and it hasn't moved a micron in 10 years.
What you are forgetting is it's not your yard, or your Dads - it's Davids'. He keeps coming back because the mixer sounds like a monster bag of Dreamies being shaken 😹😹😹
Good afternoon, Tom. And the concrete cat. The yard is taking shape. What a difference that will make and look good as well. Kramp stuff is great to have, and at least you will have everything on hand. No having to run off for a nut and bolt when you are busy. We'll done
David is the the quality control supervisor checking the concrete and recycling the workforces's waste food. Your probably doing the right thing with fibres rather than steel mesh.
I've never meshed concrete myself, but I've got it on good authority that it's a royal pain in the butt to work with. I've even heard stories about people getting injured from the meshing since it's basically a massive spring. It still has its uses for sure, but it's probably more effort than it's worth for what you're doing. Oh, and I really like the designer paw print concrete you have. :)
Thanks for sharing a great video. When I pour my own stuff here in Australia I use heavy mesh because its cheap insurance. We have reactive soils and extended eet and dry periods which isn't a good combination.
Tidy job with the racking and nut bolts. Concreting as moved on a bit since the 80s it's all so technical, probably the stuff that went down in 80s hasn't is being replaced. 👍👍🐈
Always love to see things being built by a talented work force and designer. Thanks for sharing all this with us. Oh, and please do give The Cat a gentle scratch behind the ears for me.
Those spaces in-between those concrete slabs allow for seasonal movement of the concrete. Water seeps into the concrete it gets cold and freezes making the concrete expand. Thanks Tom!
I love the racking and the reordering by app is a brilliant idea. The fibre in the concrete is a brilliant idea and saves time setting up rebar’s. You will look at the concrete in years to come see the prints and think of David 😂😂
As it was explained to me by the bloke who was in charge of the concreting when we built our big workshop: When a heavy weight is put on a concrete slab (e.g. a concrete mixer drives over it), the slab bends slightly. The top of the slab is under compression (no problem, concrete is good at withstanding compression); but the bottom part of the slab is under tension, which concrete is not very good at withstanding. Hence the reinforcing mesh should be below the mid-point of the slab, to help the lower part of the slab withstand the tension forces it experiences. As we've had zero problems with the floor in the workshop, I'll assume he knows what he's talking about 😂. What we do with excess concrete is pour it into reusable moulds to make standardised slabs (either 500mm x 500mm x 75mm or 1000mm x 1000mm x 125mm, depending on the quantity of excess concrete). Handy to have around the place for paths or for sitting stuff on (e.g. hot water sevices). Could be useful around your shipping container cabin. The nut and bolt sets look pretty good Tom, but I think the shelves should be closer together. 1) it will reduce the amount of dust and debris that gets in, and 2) you can fit more bins in, hence having more different parts available! We have a similar setup, though we don't have fancy barcode re-ordering. We just have to remember to order them, and have someone (whoever goes into town first after they arrive) collect them. Also if you have different types of fastener (metric, UTS, Whitworth, etc), then colour coding the bins is a massive help.
The little fibres work pretty well. At work we tested some structural tests on them and I got my little concrete cube from the mould still on my desk :D Which I chuckled at in a previous photo when they had the mouls. I spent YEARS calibrating those moulds at the place I work.
I just knew that David was going to vandalise somewhere. Then went on to burgle the workmans lunch boxes. What a Cat. The Concrete looks good. I have used that micro fibres before and that also micro rebar which looks like little springs make for one proper slab but be careful as Elon Musk may try to use it as a landing pad for his Space-X program. Nuts and bolts will be a lot more useful then you first realize as it's just so handy having new fittings on hand when your doing a job. Thanks for sharing....
Everything has it's pros and cons Steel I imagine is stronger than the fibres BUT like you said - It's only in the middle, and really, it's not flexible Fibres I don't know their strength; but like you said - they're 100% everywhere. Top middle and bottom of the concrete. AND flexible.
Spotted the Qualty Sprayer from Uncle Brian in the background of the video very clever, smart and alittle different. Will you do a walk round of it one day
12:57 great content again you need to make a sign saying cats keep off. I have noticed on some houses footing they have fibre in the concrete instead of using steel
Your concrete looks great Tom, it all depends on how heavy the machinery is that's driving on it and what's below. I've seen some companies do two layers of spaced rebar and put the structural fibres in the concrete.
I was just about to ask why you're not using mesh, and a second later you said "many of you are asking why I'm not using mesh". That was scary.. Answered my question though! Cheers.
Quality Thumbnail Pic ....Racking Sytems The Nuts ... BiG MaN ... Nice To See Dave The Concrete Inspectors On It ... Think He'd Av PuuR Furred A PAwed Finish Rather Than Ruff Power Float :) ... peace
Get a driving cup for the breaker so much easier than sledging pins in. I like the look of the bolt rack did you just get a fastener rack? Structural fibers are mint 👌 much easier than steel and cheaper at the minute. You can end up with hairy concrete which ruins the Instagram photo at the end but they soon wear off
David has made a paw job of that concrete 😂. Time will tell with the concrete and I can’t see it being any worse than putting mesh in it , if not better . Don’t let that Furze bloke near your new rack of nuts and bolts 😳😉
Hi tom, what are the fibers made from? I think the cats thinks he is on Hollywood boulevard and now he is a RU-vid star he is putting his prints I the paving 😉
Fibers all the way, never want to see a sheet of mesh again, only Ever use it if it’s in the spec, every farm silage pit lagoon, poured walls we have done are all struc fibers never had no come backs yet. all the best
Looks good, remember Rome wasn't built in a day 😉 Also I read that cats like to walk on new surfaces to leave there sweat scent that is released from their paws. The burning won't do them any good though but clearly doesn't learn! P.S. That new fasteners racking, did you get that free and pay for the fasteners as you use them or you bought it all. Very smart looking, couldn't make out the logo in the bottom right of the labels though.
Rebar always gets rusty and destroys the cement and it’s there to make the cement stronger but it destroys it? I see now they’re making fiberglass rebar, but they’re probably gonna have to make it out of carbon fiber or something and this way it can last not as long as Roman concrete, but using steel rebar has to change. We are rebuilding bridges after 30 years sometimes from the road salt.
@@Tomlamb980 I honestly cannot think of anyone who could do it from a framer's perspective. Only Clarkson and he's not got a lifetime of experience. All the best and looking forward to your next videos 👍
Mesh or fibres? You don’t want to open that can of worms🤣 each have it’s different characteristics. I’ve done some silage bays before on top of clay and used 2 layers of mesh and fibres. Your slabs will be strong enough for a farmyard. Only thing I would have done differently is to use dowels to tie the slabs together and stop them moving, but if you have a solid sub base then they’ll go nowhere.
i reckon the fibres are the business. but no better than mesh. im not liking the finished surface though, it looks rough with the fibres everywhere, does anyone know how the slab will look after a few months? will they rust? do they break off? i couldnt sell that finish to a client, yes its rough, probably finished with the pan to achieve grip, but the fibres dont look good
D-A-V-I-D 🐈 🥙 😋 Those fibres look a good replacement for steel mesh that is a pain to dig up and rusts away. Romans never used steel in their concrete with is still standing 👌🏼 Kramp is great! Olly has one of those shelves too, very handy for parts. Adblue such a con, German idea to get rid of their pig 🐖 urine for money 💸 no wonder they don’t want to end making engines. 🙄 small banana 🍌 😂 😂 😂
