DIY concrete driveway ramps

go build skate spots

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Sports

Tags:

• DIY
• concrete
• driveway
• ramps
• skateboarding
• Bradenton
• FL

[ccantwell6]

step 1. find a location where you can build without, city, neighbor or police hassling you. Step 2. Draw & cut your trannys as if you were building a quarter pipe. Step 3. connect trannies with a couple 2x4's set 2 inches below the arch of transitions, leaving enough room for 2 inch layer of crete. Step 4. Form up the inside of your quarter pipe with blocks, rock, sand, shells, anything that is a solid will work & free filler is always the best.

[ccantwell6]

Step 5. You can cut a 3 to 4 inch seam where the tranny meets the flat to give a flush seam & will avoid chipping and cracking. Step 6. Once you pack enough filler up to the 2x4 ribs, zip tie a piece of wire mesh to the 2x4's, this should still be within the 2 inch space under the arch of the tranny.

[ccantwell6]

Step 5. You can cut a 3 to 4 inch seam where the tranny meets the flat to give a flush seam & will avoid chipping and cracking. Step 6. Once you pack enough filler up to the 2x4 ribs, zip tie a piece of wire mesh to the 2x4's, this should still be within the 2 inch space under the arch of the tranny.

[ccantwell6]

Step 7. Drill 3 or 4 holes on the side of your template to insert 1 ft long rebar pieces so that you can attach wire mesh to your next section and connect the 2 quarters. Step 8. Use a mix of 1 bag of 5000 psi crete plus 1 shovel full of Portland, wheelbarrel & hoe work best, mix 2 bags at a time and mix thick, start packing it in at the bottom and work your way up. Screte with a 2x4, start at the bottom and work your way up, trowel away & once it starts to set you can mist with water.

[ccantwell6]

Once you start building, you get the fever & can't stop. There's a good bit of pics on the photo bucket link of what the driveway looks like & some skate art.

[zoulet]

nice RON PAUL bumper sticker.