Day 21 - we dry poured our own sidewalk (part 2)

Day 21 has us finishing our DIY, dry pour backyard sidewalk! We are very excited at how it turned out.

[@mito0055]

Nice job, guys. Maybe paint the dipped part yellow just in case you have deliveries and that persons can see it.

[@outdoorinfluencer]

Awesome video I plan on doing a dry pour just like this. Learned a lot from your video thanks for making it

[@ProjectRoulette]

So glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

[@fretworkpeddler]

Great video! Thank you for making it.

[@ProjectRoulette]

Thank you so much for watching! As you can probably tell it was originally part of a series, but I miiiight have an "official" version coming out at some point!

[@1armijo]

A pipe under walk for drainage is better than a trip hazard

[@ProjectRoulette]

Good point! We will definitely consider something like that in the future! Luckily, it's been about 8 months now since we finished this sidewalk and we haven't had any trips! *knock on wood*

[@kd-wl9yk]

I’m going to make a video of a real dry pour sidewalk. Not inside my yard but the sidewalk that people use every day. Haven’t seen that video yet..

[@ReshardsAutomotiveWorkshop]

It looks awesome, and I would definitely trip.

[@ProjectRoulette]

Thank you! And thanks for the feedback on the trip hazard :P We haven't had any problems yet, but we may still have to paint it bright yellow!

[@isabellavision]

Keep watering it daily for at least a week, a couple times a day unless it rains, it's coming out more and more that full strength of concrete (whether wet mix or dry poured) needs to be "moist cured" for maximum strength. A week will do you good, but 28 days of curing is needed for best strength, but it's mostly cured after a week. The point is, it needs water to cure, and it will only use as much water as it needs, but if it's not kept moist the inside will be weaker. Good job!

[@ProjectRoulette]

Thanks so much for the tip! We’ve been watering it but we didn’t realize it required that much watering. Luckily we haven’t walked on it yet. 👍

[@karensolgardhomeloanadviso2040]

Looks great! If anyone would trip it would be me.

[@ProjectRoulette]

Thank you! We will probably paint it to make it more noticeable!

[@jefferyburch4808]

Awesome job both of yall.

[@ProjectRoulette]

Thank you!

[@timbob987]

I hope you didn't overwork your spouse. All that driving, edging and watering may have been too much for him. But on the flip side, damn you are a worker. Very impressive.

[@mikestrate1468]

Other videos r saying u need to water every hr or so leading u to believe that u need to water throughout the night. Im assuming thats not the case

[@langy1318]

What are the diagonal lines across at two points (I think)

[@ProjectRoulette]

Good question! We just had to review what they are called :P basically they are called control joints and they are meant to create a weakened plane to regulate the location of cracking. So if there is a crack in the sidewalk, it is designed to happen at those joints.

[@olderolderman4603]

Don't the sidewalk to high it might put marks on your highy