Pouring a Concrete or Cement Patio Slab

Time laps of a 5.5 hour job pouring 30 80-lb sacks of concrete to form a patio slab 6-foot wide by 12-foot long.

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Education

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• concrete
• slab
• patio
• cement
• time lapse
• pouring concrete

[sonikbo0m]

can you tell me what happens to the wood frame once your done? is it also embedded in the cement? Thanks.

[garyjburch]

@sonikbo0m You remove all of the wood about three or more days later.

[jfn1103]

the title is incorrect. cement is different than concrete

[garyjburch]

You say potato, I say powtahtow. To us moron home owners, same same same.

[dehumoproductions]

Nice work! I'm planning of doing a similar job for my patio, do I need to put those wires at the bottom? (sorry I'm new at this)

[garyjburch]

It's nice to add something if you can so that if the concrete gets cracks, it all shifts together as one, instead of crumbling.

[mistyngabe]

What did you use for the reinforcement? Should I go with re-bar?

[souleeze]

I'm just a moron home owner too lol I may have over done it and I know its not a permanent fix and may not last but a few years but hey...I'm not rich so cannot afford a new slab...to us moron home owners though I'm still proud of the job i did ...I have about $40 dollars in the entire job since i had most material so even if it last just a couple years its all good to me . Great video ..I appreciated it. God Bless

[souleeze]

@garyjburch I had to laugh at the way the comments went hostile from a guy posting simple video. I literally just got done pouring some concrete in a large crack in my garage 17 inches wide x 12 feet long then another section connected to that crack went 5 ft the other way. I had dug out all broken material down past original slab and added an inch of gravel , chicken wire on top of that, 1/2 rebar down center on top of that with cross pieces every 8 inches. Covered with plastic for curing.

[gumbo916]

so does anyone else see what im seeing? Is it possible to pour 72 square feet with just buckets?

[NotAHeroJustADad]

I think you showed the best version of how to pour a small slab. Great work and was that a broom u were using? is that a texture thing? I've only used the float never really thought about texturing. great job! 5 stars

[jasonmildward]

i would have laid down some chicken wire in that to make it extra strong but that;s just me.

[windycitygl]

@garyjburch

I'm wondering the same thing, it's such a tight fit though right? how exactly do you remove it without damaging anything? and then whe you fill it in, how does it not look like shit done at a later tim?

[macaulayman]

How do you calculate how many bags you need for a set volume?