We're Pouring 2 Concrete Pads and it's Freezing Out!

[@richard35charter]

Mike, I live in Minnesota. The body held up pretty good until I hit 70. Knees went first followed by hands. Surprisingly fast when it started. Arthritis is my biggest problem. Stay healthy and keep moving! 😎

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thanks, holding the arthritis at bay currently 57 now.

[@safffff1000]

Investigate, MD carnivore, lots of people says it worked

[@richard35charter]

@@MikeDayConcrete Your just a kid 😂

[@jackwilliams7738]

@@MikeDayConcrete try stem cells… it could help you in the future.

[@scottsharp9823]

I’ve been a pipeline welder for 38 years. I have knee problems know and a shoulder surgery on it’s way, but the first thing to go with me was my patience!

[@RagnarVIll]

Been watching your content for a long time now. Wanting to step away from my employer and start up my own business so i pulled the trrigger and bought your concrete underground workshop. Excited to learn more in depth! Thanks for taking the time to make your videos!

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

i have def refered some of my customers to your videos like this. One time i had a customer worried about the cold and i sent them a link because you explain things really well

[@concrete4477]

I am only 30. I do my own work. But I been doing concrete and construction since I was 17. Unfortunately, my lower back has already been starting to be an issue just last year. Just constantly lifting and tearing out concrete and thinking I’m on top of the world. Now I’m careful on how I rake, and how I screed. Walking around and moving and stretching definitely helps. Sucks, but I guess it’s part of it and have a long way to go and have a family to support.

[@johnds6621]

I live in NJ and am about your age. Shoulder went then hands and toes with Arthritis and now the hip is giving me issues. tough getting old and trying to say active.

[@SteveLockwood-s9l]

Excellent work I really appreciate you guys

[@johnfahey7215]

KNEES! My last job, a young fella was workin with me. I jumped off the back of the truck, screamed (as usual). He got scared, I was probly old enough to be his Grampaw! He said, You OK? I said Yeah, that always kills my knees. He said "well, why don't you stop jumpin off trucks!?" Where was this guy 40 years ago! Probly wouldn't have listened anyway. Wear those knee pads, Mike! The Old Retired Laborer

[@MikeDayConcrete]

I know, I know. I will!

[@4legdfishman]

Nice work, Mike and crew. I'd say your shoulders may give first, but everyone is different, so who knows. I wish these videos were available back when I poured my first and only concrete floor (my garage) 🤣 It's OK but not perfect. I will be looking to get it leveled some day, and I may be calling you for a quote (I'm in Livermore) Your work makes me feel confident that it will be done right. Thanks for sharing!

[@dementus420]

I gotta have my knee pads when I hand finish concrete. They're of vital importance to me. Have you ever had problems with tendonitis from doing concrete work Mike? I've got it in my right elbow tendons and it can be very painful, especially when it first started bothering me. It's been about 3 months and, knock on wood, I think it's starting to try to get better. Talking about pulling up chuncks, I absolutely hate it when you get a burnt out, slick as glass finish with a troweling machine just how you want it and when you go to remove the machine from the slab, the blades pull out a big @ss plug of finished mud. Then, you gotta scramble around and find some grout that isn't hard as a brick bat and put water on it and put it in the hole to make it look decent. It rarely turns out ideally, but we're all picky with our finishing anyway. I've tried all kinds of things to avoid the dang machine blades pulling those plugs out and it's not always an issue depending on a lot of factors, but it sure sucks when it does happen. Any tips you've learned to keep that from happening?

[@MikeDayConcrete]

I try to slide the machine before I start it to keep the blades from sticking. Works sometimes but had a big chunk stick the other day, floor almost done. Got it filled but was a pain. Some concrete sticks more than others, just a day by day thing.

[@dementus420]

@@MikeDayConcrete yep, that's been my experience too. Just something we've got to deal with and minimize as much as we can. Thanks for responding Mike. Have a good one from way down in Dublin Georgia.

[@davemueller6345]

I hit my fifties and my knees went my wrists and my right shoulder my chiropractor here just encourage me to keep coming back every month but a physiotherapist in Africa told me I was just weak so I started exercising working out watching the knees over toes guy doing push-ups now I’m sixty I’ve lost weight ran six miles working on my pull ups and dreaming of doing a pistol squat , I have learned you have to choose your pain there’s freedom in discipline love your channel

[@GrumpyAndCricket]

Yep, everything you said, been there and your skates look like mine one with foot bracket and the other broken off! LOL! Great job guys!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Haha, I know, I work them skates to death.

[@GrumpyAndCricket]

@@MikeDayConcrete Have a fun weekend!

[@bloodlinebloodline8553]

good job for picking up the wire wp.

[@miguelcalihua2941]

Me gustó cuando dijiste Creo interrumpí la cazeria en la mañana

[@jayvanwyck4717]

Mike if you check out The Real Truth About Health on KZbin. At 55 I had problems like you, knees and vertebrae in neck repaired themselves in my body with a lot of changes. Love your content!

[@CybekCusal]

Mike have you tried the battery powered heated socks?

[@YinzerHouse]

Mike - In a couple of your videos now, you've mentioned adding accelerator in the winter (calcium chloride?) but you've also included wire mesh or rebar. Have you had any issues or concerns with corrosion? I know most accelerators will corrode steel embedded in concrete. Thanks for another great video!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

I've never had or heard of any issues using CC on any of my jobs, been using it 42 years in Maine.

[@lachlanitis2311]

Yes it does, it breaks the bond between concrete and steel allowing oxygen to the steel thus rusting the steel out. It's completely banned in Australia now and a lot of countries. There are different accelerators that don't corrode steel, CC should not be used in any concrete.

[@74stevedc]

@@lachlanitis2311 Yes its called excellerator non chloride typically a liquid added at plant, doesn't work as good then goes really quick in final hour at finish.

[@lachlanitis2311]

@@74stevedc you need different accelerators then. We use sure set and they work great. We can get a polished finish by 4pm on a very cold day. If you know about the detrimental effects of CC and still use it you need to re-evaluate your concreting practices.

[@nbco55]

@@lachlanitis2311.... he did say non-chloride accelerator. We do have many non-chloride accelerator choices in the States and many are required on state and federal jobs.

[@tractortinkerer11]

Great video. We poured on 11/05 this year inside with 39* weather in N. Michigan, watched some of your videos and used a few tricks and tips you gave out. Power trowel is tricky, luckily we had a guy who has used them many times before. Wondering how long you let concrete cure before you seal it if you do and what brand sealer you use for a smooth garage floor . Thanks for the videos.

[@bryaningle6034]

I started having problems with my left hip and right shoulder a couple years ago. The shoulder I can understand, but I don't know why my hip is acting up.

[@Iceehotair]

Mike, Can I come fly out for a day to pour some concrete?!

[@robertgentile6799]

Professional work!

[@moldsquadrestorationcontra6252]

I got a deck job in Chicago in this December winter. Can I pour footings in 20 degree weather? 42inches deep 20inches diameter Bc of 6x6 code

[@2point..0]

Little Chilly Willy!!!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Yup

[@gersonortega4097]

Hey Mike I like the vids man how you explain what you do. I had a question. I’m pouring a 12.5’ x 11’ 4 inch basement slab and there is no room for a bull float. How would I be able to float it? Do I just screed a bit and then float by hand at the same time? What do you recommend

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Yes, float it by hand as you go.

[@jamesm.8392]

mesh in the crete . . . what kind do you use, how much per yard, cost?

[@melbournestacker]

I’ve never worked in extreme cold like that, so I don’t know what’s worse, extreme cold or extreme heat? I work in Australia in sometime 40+ degree Celsius heat and that’s a killer.

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Extreme heat is tough also. We get to about 100 F (37C) here at times in July and August with humidity. Makes for very uncomfortable pouring and finishing.

[@melbournestacker]

@@MikeDayConcrete wow from one extreme to another, I’m glad we only have to deal with one extreme per year here, all the best mate I hope weather conditions get better for you soon mate 👍

[@jackwilliams7738]

Extreme cold is worse. You can always work in the morning time or at night when it’s hot outside. It’s just miserable with the cold.

[@melbournestacker]

@@jackwilliams7738 oh very true didn’t think of that, can almost be a business killer if your not smart and think of ways to beat the freeze so u can continue working.

[@jackwilliams7738]

@@melbournestacker plus if it’s below freezing the concrete won’t set up like it normally does in the heat.

[@steveosharrette2170]

It's never too cold

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Haha, I know! Don't tell my fingers that though.

[@andrewmitchell402]

Did you cover the slab when you left ? as frost is a slab killer, especially when the slab has no cover over it, ie, a building/roof

[@melbournestacker]

He said he was gonna cover with blankets.

[@egilslegzdins6145]

17:24

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Yes, it got covered.

[@floydwilliams3321]

Why are we not pulling the wire

[@anonymousprepper1463]

whoa! What slump was that??

[@MikeDayConcrete]

High range water reducer, it was about a 7.

[@mikeknoll1130]

You shouldn’t have any problems with your knees because of your light weight frame, shoulders: take care of them , it’s the cartilage between the bones that go.😊

[@MikeDayConcrete]

I'm holding up ok so far. Stay active and eat right I guess.

[@michaelolenick4078]

Knees especially without knee pads.

[@peters6850]

I want to start a concrete business. I've been watching all your videos and am going to join the concrete underground after Christmas or in late winter, but I've never done it as a job just a few times here and there. If I started small, like shed pads on the weekends, would it be something I'd be able to do or is it necessary to work under someone else first?

[@MikeDayConcrete]

You can start with small pads. The Concrete Underground will help teach you a lot about how to pour and finish concrete

[@volleydave2012]

Why can’t you drive a truck around the house? We always do?

[@nbco55]

Possibly a leach field that can't be driven in would be my guess.

[@michaelolenick4078]

Surprised you are not wearing very good knee pads.

[@patrickpoulard24]

Your knees are going to go first. 🥴🥴🥴

[@euankiller]

From personal experience Mike I wanna see you do this till you cant any longer. First things to go will be your knee's and back. Just do 5-10 mins a day and it will do wonders by working those areas out or doing one better and streching those area's out is even better but ayy bada bing leme lmao papa bless

[@MikeDayConcrete]

I work out 3 to 4 times a week, it helps.