HOW TO POUR A CONCRETE SLAB... for the first time

[@tonyl1984]

Fair play to the concrete mixer driver for giving you a helping hand at times Tim, looks good 👍🏻

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Perhaps he saw the desperation in my eyes! 😂

[@s-doherty1976]

Is that Morris’s from Taunton? They’re just up the road from me.

[@reecehasell5475]

@@s-doherty1976Its Morris and Perry, the main quarry in Gurney Slade. Hes been working for them for years, and also one of the best drivers!

[@dixy1967]

Wow! Great job Tim. Always a panic time when concrete arrives. It’s the stress of timing as well as the hard labour that drains you. You, your dad & your mates did a fantastic job. Well done to you all. Pouring concrete is all about prepping, timing & stamina. Fantastic job. 👍👍👍🍺

[@richardivens1174]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! Fortunately I just have a 4x3m base to make for a garden shed, but now I feel really confident my son and I can do it with no trouble. We're a way off the nearest road, so I guess we'll have to use a concrete mixer. Great way to keep fit!

[@myatix1]

I totally feel for you on this one! We had the same experience last year when my wife and I did the concrete poor for our 80m2 extension. Really glad the driver gave a few tips and the odd helping hand. It's a pretty stressful time in a build. Good job! :) Next time try and get a concrete mixer with a conveyer belt on it. Usually reach about 15 meters!

[@universalmind72]

Great work guys! We had a similar situation with lack of experience for timings etc when we did the pour for a large shed base 13'x10' I think. We used the same method of skimming first with a length of timber then bull floating. Unfortunately we now have quite a large puddle form by the shed door every time it rains due to going too early with the bull float and causing it to dish slightly. Oh well you live and learn.

[@trevhaydon5090]

Another success to notch up for yourselves. It is hard work as you rightly say, but oh so rewarding when it's done. I am really enjoying following you on this journey of yours. Keep up the great work. All the best from North London, UK.

[@jiffthejiffmanjaffa]

Top job! That’s no small amount of concrete! I struggled with a 4x4 basis! All that and not being regular, no wonder it was hard work!

[@leelipinski4667]

Oh man, that looked like a hard days graft. Can't wait for the workshop series. Great job as standard

[@benny353]

4:02 the face of DIY! Great effort Tim, really enjoy the content.

[@MarcGray1990]

Fair play Tim! Hats off to you fella...that’s a hard days graft for sure... looking forward to seeing the progression on this. I’ve done a shed base in the past... only a small one down my garden for a 7 by 5 ft shed and that was enough for me... didn’t help I mixed it all in a big plastic bath as I didn’t have a mixer to hand. 2 man job all the same! 👍

[@davidjennings9253]

Wow!!! Thats a hell of a lot to deal with when you are a DIYer - An excellent DIYer I might add. Well done! Another great video - keep em coming.

[@petemoring67]

20+ years ago I screeded a floor at the local Wargrave vineyard - as it was then - Rock's Wines - (no more) We ordered 2 x wagons of read-mix screed but what turned up was 2 wagons like yours, except the mix was a 'lot' drier. We complained, they wouldn't budge. I had just one labourer and had to screed this dirty great bottling shed before it got dark in the evening. Had to keep wetting it down to keep it useable ..... One of those days you wonder 'how' you got through it. We had to have a couple of days off after :-( So I can certainly empathise with you boys, and just 'how' hard a day it was for you :-)

[@AMG63]

10/10 bud, done really well and I'm looking forward to seeing you get the workshop built 👍

[@okcantbelieveit294]

Good job. Have a mate who did it full time. He had a lot of trouble in the end with his shoulders. Rotator cuffs etc. I found using a petrol powered float saved me a lot of time and backache when I did my garage. Came up like glass. Hired a one cubic metre cement mixer and mixed my own concrete. A few mates and a slab or two made it easier. Social occasion? Almost. 😁

[@coffeefortwosolly]

Loved loved loved it! The video and the finished concrete...I know your building on top of some of it and it looked like really hard work...but it will be worth it! It reminds me of a tree and its roots apparently some trees roots are as big as the tree you don’t see it but need it for the beauty to be appreciated...roll on workshop!🤗🤗🤗🤗 well done ALL OF YOU,

[@bobcharlie7982]

Mixer drivers like him are brilliant

[@EIRONA]

Great work. I've got a 70sqm slab coming up with no access closer than 50 metres amongst child care and the daily job. Think I'm underestimating the work involved but I'm stubborn so it needs doing

[@jamestepesh355]

Nice job on the concrete Tim, its a long time since i did the same so i know how you feel takes it out of you if its not your regular job, but looks great. :)

[@petemanley4221]

Love the videos. I learned an important lesson with that. GET SOMEONE IN FOR THIS ONE.. (I would have been on my own - and I can clearly see it would have too much to do a 5m x 4m alone) I will have the slab built ready .. and do the "home office" build myself Well done. And thanks

[@jabrown7325]

Well DONE Great job - looking forward to the build.

[@steveadams1013]

Nice job Tim, you should be proud of yourself😀😀😀

[@ratchriat1716]

that's a massive job you taking Tim looks great and definitely is not a one man job the baby looks cute happy Sunday Tim.

[@Walking-the-coast]

Nice job Tim. 👍🏻

[@zamanicanaan4733]

Great job!!! New subscription added all the way from South Africa. Keep up the good work

[@jonathanschearer7778]

Not bad for a first slab that was complicated. My first time was a square patio and I was pathetic with the hand float. I left my mistakes in place as a reminder that I should have practiced first. I would have been useless trying to use the bull float but you did well.

[@anneberrington2294]

Yay man did good. Well done you.

[@carlthorpe4059]

Awesome job, really looking forward to seeing how it all pans out

[@HalfManThirdBiscuit]

A concrete pour video dropped the same day as the Essential Craftsman, my other favourite channel!

[@rewind12354]

I have Just found your channel and I love it.

[@lee-ww2lr]

That looks like a great result Tim. Serious days graft there too!

[@chriscardwell3495]

Fabulous, great job.

[@gavinharding8970]

I've never seen that before ... the driver helping!!!😯

[@zedman442]

Good effort, concreting is hard graft. I once laid a small slab by hand but was absolutely shattered. That was mixing by hand too, never did that again lol

[@sofrostybuilds458]

Great work tim, I bet you’re excited to get the workshop started. Struggling with mine atm

[@almath9987]

Well done 👍 looks great

[@LukesVanLife]

Wow Tim! You work blimming hard mate! Great job. Very entertaining vid as usual 👍

[@alansmall9071]

Looks great you’ve done a good job I’ve got to do a koi pond base 4x3 Meters but I’ve got to mix by hand as cost too much for ready mixed and pump as would need to pump 150ft from road 🤦‍♂️ keep up the great content and don’t forget to let the kids do hand prints in the concrete 😊

[@fritz4345]

Great work. Having worked in concrete myself, I know this is a lot harder to do than it looks.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

It’s definitely a work out!

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Well done guys! 👍🏼

[@clarac4491]

I know this doesn't have anything to do with the concrete, but I just noticed how similar you and the baby look with the hairstyle and colour 😉😋 But anyway, great work!

[@carlsiddorn3340]

I was thinking the same

[@clarac4491]

@@carlsiddorn3340 really quite cute 😊

[@darrengreen2265]

Haha yip i thought the same, mini me🤣🤣

[@petergarton5629]

Well done to you for taking that on. Keep the good work up. Like watching your videos.

[@ashyclaret]

Did a great job by the looks of Tim,bet you're truly knackered.lol Nice to see mini-me making an appearance too!

[@mattsidebottom7603]

Hard graft that is. Would a concrete polisher be worth a look for the finished workshop floor?

[@SocialistChampagne]

Good shout

[@maggiesue4825]

Another great step forward!

[@tonitaylor5485]

🙌🏽 & a 👊🏼 great job all of you, driver included. Wondered why 🤔 you wheelbarrowed through cement ✔️ check that question off 😄

[@martineg8398]

Great work and great info as usual

[@felixreali7101]

another great video. cannot wait to see the building that's gonna end up on top of it :-)

[@jonathancooper1823]

I Had a thought TIm, when you said you didn't bother to hire a vibrator for around the edges. Perhaps an SDS drill in chisel mode with the end cut off an old chisel bit sunk into some hardwood as a vibrating hammer would do the trick. Maybe next time you can give it a go :) Good work.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Yeah that would work. I used a bladeless recip saw on another project which worked ok. Having de shuttered now it turned out ok. 👍

[@tomstovell7425]

Snowball in hells chance that I would do that myself! Well done - cracking job.

[@crackerboy2694]

Great Vid Tim - well done! I'm about to concrete for a patio - never done it before. Is the thickness of the steel mesh you used - I notice they have different thicknesses available - and is it easy to cut? Best wishes, Antonio

[@mandyleeson1]

Nerve-racking! What a tough day and I thought a pretty good result considering what you were up against. Is there any way we can contribute to the camera lens that got broken? We benefit so much from your videos. Let me know here and we'll get it done. Thanks for all of your work and sharing it with us.

[@mintylarge8944]

Nice work but did you not need an expansion joint???

[@ArdenDIY]

Great job,thank you for sharing the video

[@kennyboyle700]

This was going to be my next diy job. Haha think I will save my back and get a professional to do it!

[@davidpalmer8591]

looks good - fair play

[@thomasszozda5247]

What do you do for a living ?

[@Mark...]

Myself my brother and my cousin poured a slab 7inch deep and 12 feet by 20, because of location we had to mix the concrete ourselves in a diesel mixer, split the job into 2 parts, probably the hardest I’ve ever worked but strangely it was enjoyable.

[@mofaz3475]

Can you have a half'n'half shed base that's half concrete, half wood posts? I have an existing 6x4 slab and looking to replace 6x4 shed with a 6x10. Getting more concrete in for a full slab is next to impossible due to location.

[@007issyable]

We got a big our soon and we already decided we going to use a pump but also order a mix that mixes on site on the truck. Less waste and only pay for what you use.

[@marcopetrillo6867]

Just done mine today for a garden studio, only 2m3 so much less than yours but was a graft between two of us. Started hand trowelling the corner and then gave up, whole thing is having a finished floor put on top so no bother.

[@taylorsmith72]

The little mesh men are designed for 10mm mesh and are ment to be placed in cross section on the mesh that’s why there are two different hight’s. is the ox rake any good in comparison with a normal rake 🤔

[@completelydistracted5825]

You did gr8, and your dad is a hero. Rookie mistakes but hay, you won't repeat them will u😄😄💪🏻💪🏻 how's ya back?😃

[@elcam84]

Concrete is one of the things I really don't like to do. I have done enough decent size concrete pours for friends and it is really not fun and you never have enough people on hand. It's right up there with roofing but more anxiety since you have to get it done before it starts setting up. My only issue with yours is why didn't you pour up against both sides of the drain channel?

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Just because the workshop slab is level and the drain isn’t. This way I figured the timber will come out easily and I can just back fill more accurately especially around the dpm. 👍

[@isyt1]

I’ve watched a lot of American vids on this and have noticed they always put expansion joints in to avoid cracks (looks to me like an inch deep line through the concrete at regular intervals). Is it actually necessary and do we do this in the UK?

[@TheRestorationCouple]

The main slab is pretty much as large as you would go without. If needed I’ll just run the saw through after. 👍

[@dannymurphy1779]

I think the rebar must help prevent it, they call it 'anti crack mesh' , they do lay internal floors in the solid after all. and on a barn conversion they can be even bigger.

[@dannymurphy1779]

Tim you just cemented your place in Diy folklaw :).

[@VampyRagDoll]

Cracking job.

[@macplastering]

looking good

[@athloneduke]

Awesome job and fair dues to the truck driver getting involved. But to the guy who gave you a thumbs down....why

[@briancollis9352]

Hi, really interesting. I am about to do a 16m3 pour for a 11m x 6m changing room and we are using a pump!! how many hours after the pour did you using the bull float? at 9 min into the video you were kneeling on the concrete and still trowling, how many hours after the pour was that? Thanks.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

It was summer so not as long but it was 10am pour, mid afternoon floated and then solid by evening.

[@randomcamerajunk6977]

David Odell would be proud

[@carlsiddorn3340]

Well done

[@darrenbrewster3345]

Tim Hard job is working with concrete bud I’m a uk based joiner and have worked on big shuttering jobs (75 m3 my biggest in one day🥴🥴🥴) One bit of advice bud take all the braces out of your shutters in next day or so other wise you will have a ( sorry for the French) twat of a job getting them off and out of the joint areas Concrete is classed as green atm which will hold its shape so the shutters can be as we say cracked so that air can get to the lower part of the concrete 👍👍👍👍👍

[@gowiththeflowplumbingsolut6688]

I love satire! Thanks for the laugh

[@anoneemouse4516]

Hero !

[@andrewjohn7952]

Well that brought the colour to your cheeks lol. Remember doing this years ago,, hard hard work. Looking good 👍

[@formula1chelsearangers07]

Can you set up an outside screen

[@Dan-tj7ft]

Was it’s Wright’s mini mix that wanted to sponsor you?

[@petew5272]

Once it's gone off, I've always sprayed my concrete with water, twice a day for about a week. But maybe that's where I've gone wrong because my concrete always got cat paw-prints!

[@rewind12354]

No, doing that makes the concrete a lot stronger.

[@petemoring67]

I see you do most of the Supermarket Dashes in your family as you've discovered 'pulling' is far more efficient than 'pushing' :-)

[@rodgerq]

Hard work moving concrete isn't it? I totally underestimated the weight of concrete first in my shutter strength and secondly in my own lol.

[@tammyfinch8577]

Way to go. My father poured concrete so I know how hard it is, especially when you were lacking in tools. What a lovely little one! ♥╣[-_-]╠♥

[@mrb1864]

With concrete a little too much is always enough . Ideal scenario is have a second fill like a small shed base or footing you can use up the excess . Other ideal scenario is plenty man power, couple more guys been useful and super useful if things start going wrong ... Job jobbed and sure finish be good enough, my first workshop was finished with just plank tampering it and that turned out level . Have a rest you look burned out ...

[@Mark...]

If your not happy with the floor finish you could hire a concrete floor grinder to smooth it out a bit, personally I think it looks fine.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Yes, Dad hires a big floor grinder to sort his old slab out before epoxy. I don’t think it’s rough enough to warrant that fortunately.

[@dannymurphy1779]

@@TheRestorationCouple Might you paint it Tim? If you painted it would aid sweeping and make it a lot less dusty too.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Yes likely painted or epoxy.

[@RobBoFr]

Looked like hard graft buddy

[@ВолодимирОлександрович-п2л]

why u dont cut concrete?

[@AllenGoldsmith]

you could of run a palm sander long the wood to help get rid of air

[@paulmcgeoch2603]

Wish I had your energy

[@AzH1988UK]

Great vid love you're work. You mentioned Glastonbury in you're last video I'm actually in Shepton Mallet myself are you Local??

[@TheRestorationCouple]

About 15 minutes north of you. 👍

[@AzH1988UK]

@@TheRestorationCouple it's a small world, keep up the good work 👍

[@celticstoneworks.construct4570]

Going off to quick happens to the best of us and not enough men. I did a job before and 2 fella where to help me ended up in small car crash on the way to the job and the concrete lorry just pulled up. Theres me with only 2 people with me and my 14yr old and the sun was splitting the trees. Lets just say i was fucked! Ended up lifting a section of it i wasnt happy with! Was embarrassed to say the least when the client was watching me trying to finish it in that heat!

[@robbydumoulin4127]

Start putting part numbers on your video's please !

[@moto_roaming2119]

Please don’t walk on concrete bare foot, it draws the moisture out of your feet and then your skin will crack. New concrete will also burn the skin, especially on small children 👍😄. Otherwise a great job, well done.

[@rossmale8715]

Just buy a truck full of agilia concrete from tarmac,doesn't need the poker just a once over with the dapple bar and job done and with a great finish

[@stevecraft00]

The BUILDERS who did my kitchen floor ended up having to mix up half a cubic metre on site as they hadnt ordered enough!

[@orlas5861]

I thought that these days we are told NOT to have surfaces that create ' run-off ' during wer weather etc. We are told be Building Control at Local Authorities to have surfaces that let rainwater seep through and drain naturally into the subsoil . Which does not contribute to ' localised flooding ' when water has no-where to go and floods at lowest points in the locality etc ! Other than for footings etc , this type of ' concrete hard standing ' should be avoided whenever possible . 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@TheRestorationCouple]

It will have a building over it though? As for the section of path, it’s just replacing the 70 year old one that was there before. You are correct as to driveway regs though. It’s more about how you manage the water than what material you use, ie install soakaway, etc to avoid adding to mains drainage or surface water runoff. 👍

[@combows]

Theirs no mistaking who's baby that is spitting image bald head and all lol

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Born with more hair than me though! 😂

[@combows]

@@TheRestorationCouple no less a man thou

[@2455-x7f]

9:24 this is what its like when you eat a cannabis edible

[@stevendunn3169]

I wish someone would bury me alive in cement