Miscalculated Concrete... Avoiding Complete Failure

[@rom14141]

Wow, he's human. Knows how to think on his feet and make it happen. Nice job to the boy for making dad proud, nice job to the dad for teaching him right. It's refreshing to see real life happen with success and failures on your channel. It gives weekend hacks like me hope knowing that miscalculations doesn't mean it's all lost.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Well said! 🙌 Thanks for watching!

[@JEK]

Don't panic, get your a-ss to HD and make it happen. Nice recovery.

[@AmericaVoice]

I love how humble and admitting to mistakes! This makes me admire you even more! Depending if Concrete truck could get up close to big picture window I would have removed it and then put it back after the Chute could not get into the house! Also if you run into a problem for outside concrete like this you could rake to 4" and then pour 2" of different concrete or pour on top of the 4" pour even if you have to let it set enough to allow for the other concrete on top while making it a very rough finish on bottom concrete to allow the 2" to grab and adhere too. Maybe allowing or putting some slight connection rebar above 4" bottom slab to connect to top just like one solid piece. You will need to put in more stress Crack lines to ensure less cracking. Customer satisfaction will be much better if you keep them informed even if you don't want too. If you are up and honest, they typically will not cause problems! If you try to hide mistakes that is a disaster waiting to happen!

[@bubberrand]

"Should be an easy one." Famous last words.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Very true 😂

[@Pharphette]

I wish we could have seen them scurrying to dump the wheelbarrows in. That kid learned a big lesson. Lucky he was able to recover.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Yea me too.. I went in to panic mode and dropped the camera

[@valerienaylor1069]

Great job you guys 💪💪👑👑

[@LandRoverLR3]

Super nice job after running out of concrete. Great job!!!

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Thank you!

[@mikeymckenna1647]

I know David Odell's dad Cal and his brother Doug and worked for Doug a few times. The Odell family are legends when it comes to concrete👌

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

TY

[@mars6433]

2 inches makes all the difference.

[@coolHandLuke5150]

Thats what she said

[@spoonsnaper]

Ew

[@paradisefalls37]

Great video! Amazing skills! Thanks for sharing.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Ofc! Thanks for watching

[@joha7484]

👌👌👌💝💝💝💪💪💪 Good job Tyler!!!

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Thank you jo ha!

[@robertkressaii7046]

Those red bags from Home Depot go off scary quick. If it's 90+ degrees outside, that stuff will harden up right as it falls into the form. I like it for small patch jobs where I need to get in and out in a couple hours. Good choice indoors.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Oh yea It’s unreal how fast that stuff sets man!

[@kurtfrancis4621]

As I do small jobs, I've mixed many HUNDREDS of bags by hand. Mostly 5-gallon buckets (recommend HD over Lowes buckets), but I've added a 3-1/2 gallon mixer that will comfortably mix 150-200 lbs of crete. Mixing about 300 bags on a current, multi-pour job currently in rebuilding an exterior foundation. No big deal, but good job on the quick thinking.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Great tip! That sure is a lot of bags to mix by hand. Keep up the hard work

[@viankalobosvalenzuela7456]

Excelente trabajo saludos 👊💪💯

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

gracias

[@tii2015]

Nice save! It'll be just fine.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Looks like it will huh? Thanks for watching!

[@johnnyd2375]

For interior work like this, on existing slab with no-damage, surrounded on all sides, with 3500 psi, was all that rebar needed? I usually don’t specify any rebar for a fill in like this.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

You don’t NEED it, but definitely makes for a stronger end product. Only took me about 20-30minutes to do all of this rebar solo.

[@mehmet284]

amazing job odell

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Thank you mehmet!

[@charlie-s_life]

Great job and happy holidays

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Happy holidays! Thanks for watching

[@brokenbeetle]

Thanks for the video, its great learning how to recover from mistakes. Wondering why in this case you don't need an expansion joint, whereas other projects you would put the expansion felt when the new concrete is locked in like that?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Good question!

[@Sierrapoolco]

Nice work! You should do a pool deck!!!! With some brick 🔥🔥🔥

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Sure TY

[@themasonrycompany.]

Must be on your toes when dealing with all aspects of concrete work. Greetings from the Inland Empire The Masonry Company

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

True

[@timjones147]

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Nice save. Cool video, thanks

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Ain't that true 🤙 Thanks for watching

[@Stevenowski]

H-bombs... don't forget the H-bombs.

[@86OEd]

Great recovery!

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

I concur

[@Stevenowski]

I have a sunken living room that I want to raise up too. This video will help me remember to measure twice. Humble Pie isn't always tasty, and it's nice that you shared with everybody else.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Great way of looking at it, definitely measure twice! Thanks for watching.

[@landmarkcreations1183]

Great recovery. May have taken longer but thank goodness they saved it

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Yes

[@ICarr08]

I watched the whole video, did I miss where the error occurred in measuring? Would like to hear. Mistakes happen and that's alright, would be nice for others to learn from these mistakes as well. But as always, great work guys! I hate sunken living rooms

[@MrGeekoffdastreet]

Watch it and you’ll hear the error buddy

[@Screch]

6:35

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

We calculated it for 4inches depth but it was actually 6inches deep. So we ran a yard short

[@chumbue6537]

@@MrGeekoffdastreet Do you not understand what the words "I watched the whole video" mean? Were you dropped on your head as a child?

[@Djm9393]

Full sending never lifting 😏 🤙 mobbin deep 🙌 and experience in my personal opinion is nothing but past failures keep moving forward g you go this

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Thank you!

[@darylullman7083]

Need to time travel so people have a chance to re-think this whole sunken living room thing.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Very true.. bad design

[@doctoroctos]

I know right. I have a 9' ceiling and my time machine is 9'6". Doesn't fit in my living room. If I had that sunken living room it would totally fit.

[@JEK]

idiotic design

[@hombredeacero3131]

Nice save

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Thanks 👍

[@MikeHarris1984]

I HATE hand mixing bags.... Kids do come in very handy to do this though! lol. My old house, I added on a master bed walk in closet (about 150sqft) out of an old master porch. So part had a 3-4" slab, but it was 4" step down, and a roughly 2' deep footer dug around the wall, laid in re-bar and wire mesh sheets on dobbies and mono-poured 86 80lb bags by hand (well a big 5 bag mixer) but I was dead 1/4 of the way in, my son who was 14 at the time was a major help. No way I could have done it on my own! I did come up about 3 bags short, so the corner back where no one will ever see it sloped down a hair... I just used a ton of thin-set when I laid the tile down (it was way in the back corner under cabinets, so no one ever will know and no hollow pings under the tile either :).

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Good job

[@californiacritic9779]

Whoever thought of sunk in living rooms must have been deep in thought.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Maybe shrooms

[@uguud]

Is concrete without fly ash more expensive? What, if any, are the advantages of “city mix” over fly ash?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Fly ash is a cheap additive they put in concrete to stretch the product out. So if you opt in to remove the cheap additives it would be more expensive per load. Advantages are stronger concrete inevitability.

[@acraftman2823]

Good save!

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Indeed! Thank you!

[@joeschlotthauer840]

Are they going raise the floor the fireplace hearth, with another row of brick?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

They have plans to remodel the hearth but I’m not quite sure what they will do to it

[@elonmusk8667]

This is so much better.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Thank you!

[@samiarti]

Oh it reminds me of me running out of concrete in a slab. That moment of disbelief. Denial. No more concrete coming out of the truck😢

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Ahaha so true.. I was in total disbelief, then panic set in, then I was speeding to Home Depot 😂

[@brianwilless1589]

locked in. shouldn't there be some kind of expansion? Like felt on two sides?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

No not for sunken floors. They’ll end up tiling or putting some type of flooring over the concrete

[@seephor]

Regular concrete shrinks when it cures so it's not an issue

[@ColeVanWeezy1991]

I have all the respect for you guy's in the but it kills me to see the Knicks in the trowel and watch him keep sliding the pad like it's not there lol 😂 I know this house will get carpet or tile or something of the sort and you will never see it but I know if I was there I'd be busting out my file fr 😂.. I'm sure they had more concern about blending batches but the finish is only going to be as good as the tools you used to do it 💯 whenever that trowel edge gets razor sharp it's time to file it down you will get less rock pops as well just a little fyi I'm sure you already know 👍 keep up the hustle 💪

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Burn it black

[@seephor]

Sunken floors, popcorn ceilings, carpet in the kitchen and bathroom, distinct rooms for each living area. I'm glad these are things from the past. Never made sense to me why you would want closed off rooms or carpet in a bathroom. that's utterly gross.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

For sure

[@markw365]

fireplace looks weird now. Do you do work as far south as San Diego?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

I wish

[@RichardKinch]

So did you bill the homeowner for the extra 2 yards and labor?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

No

[@nancyannirvin4507]

If I were owner I would want the concrete to end where the fireplace hearth with rounded edges. Nice save btw.

[@lrdeamer]

The hearth is two inches below the pour, they calculated the job at 4 inches thick, but they really needed 6 inches deep to match the surrounding areas, and why they ran out.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Custom

[@nancyannirvin4507]

@@OdellCompleteConcrete I suppose that would raise the cost. But that concrete is going to be chipped if they use the fireplace.

[@mikeklein318]

Wondering why u did use self leveling concrete

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

This isn’t self leveling concrete

[@mikeklein318]

My question was why don't u ( USE ) self leveling concrete, and using batch plant concrete , bet u play hell with color and the mix design.

[@seephor]

@@mikeklein318 Self leveling concrete can only be so thick and more importantly is SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive. I also don't think all concrete yards carry it since it's a specialty product not sold often and typically needed in small quantities. A bag of the cheapest self leveler is like $25 compared to a $4 bag of ready mix. that's 5x the cost.

[@hrhooms7619]

why didn't you wet the floor before poring the concrete?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Not necessary for this

[@teresamexico309]

@@OdellCompleteConcrete Because of gravity? :) Sorry I know nothing about construction nor concrete.

[@FishFind3000]

@@teresamexico309 putting wet concrete in dry concrete. The dry concrete will suck the moisture out of the wet concrete before it cures and won’t bond well. If you want it to stick you make it wet.

[@teresamexico309]

@@FishFind3000 Yes, that is right. I have seen that in other videos.However, on a floor that weights a ton or more it is not going anywhere. In cases like tiles on a wall or such woks definitely no making wet the wall the tiles will come off eventually.

[@xaap8408]

Thank god you make millions! according to some other youtuber :D

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Haha yeah saw that but we don’t unfortunately xD

[@TheKingOfInappropriateComments]

Do you ever use a water level?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

No

[@seephor]

they used to use water levels for pools back in the day before lasers

[@TheKingOfInappropriateComments]

@@seephor i know odells got some fancy shiz.

[@texasproud3332]

I thought that he would have had to use like fire block or some type heat resistant concrete around fire place

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Depends on gas or wood

[@chupapi1283]

Psi 3000 is good for a sidewalk?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Yea sure

[@johnnytyrrell7060]

I work pumping concrete and I do a lot of Job's like that and I chould see that 3.5 cube was not going to be enough always order an extra cube because on Job's like that it not much more money

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Very true. You live and you learn.. hopefully that was my first and last time

[@chupapi1283]

What kind of psi concrete it's?

[@JohnDoe-lt9sg]

man, he said 3250 like 5 times in the video. I know nothing about concrete and I know with 1000% certainty what psi it is. Watch the dang video, bro

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

3250 psi concrete city mix no fly ash! It

[@Slowhand871]

10x10x3.5” is just a smug over 1 cubic yd

[@jose________5953]

How didn't you noticed it's 6 inch

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

No site visit

[@FishFind3000]

@@OdellCompleteConcrete that’s a big over site…. I always look a job over before doing anything.

[@jose________5953]

@FishFind3000 that's exactly what I do when i get to the jobs look at forms pitch elevations

[@jimsmoter4510]

Why not order another truck of concrete ?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Too expensive rather than to mix it by hand. A lot more work though

[@Pallidus_Rider]

Sunken rooms are a bane to disabled people

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Yes

[@saljablo2767]

Rookie move. Best in the west never miscalculated CRETE!😊

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Best in the west wouldn’t have shown you if he did. Mistakes are the best ways to learn so we share those moments.

[@haroldshapiro1410]

He should have hired west coast to measure for him. These guys are desperate for views

[@JerryMraz.]

Comment: Barf!

[@natej6671]

Another option would be to fill the void. You could of purchased a few sheets of 4'X8' rigid 2" foam and lay them down on the existing slab. That way you can pour and additional 4" of concrete over the foam and have a nice even finish with the same mix design. You'll also have to move the rebar mat above the foam too.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Yes that's a good option

[@bradley-concrete]

sorry but take out the hearth for FFS

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

home owner has plans to remodel the heart

[@landonmorel3715]

64676th

[@AK-47ISTHEWAY]

Is that your zip code?

[@landonmorel3715]

@@AK-47ISTHEWAY nope….it’s the number of comment i was. all these 4 year old brained “adults” comment “first” like it’s some sort of prize. so i commented 64676th.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Congrats!

[@markoliver4194]

First

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

You got it!

[@drumtwo4seven]

2nd

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

You got it!

[@landonmorel3715]

obviously didn’t check grade…just assumed it was 4”

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Live and learn

[@landonmorel3715]

@@OdellCompleteConcrete a contractor who specializes in concrete should know this…..

[@MoneyManHolmes]

She said she can tell the difference between 4” and 6” just by looking at it.

[@landonmorel3715]

@@MoneyManHolmes apparently not

[@wayofthekodiak3118]

@@landonmorel3715 Even the best make mistakes. He could've edited out that part as well. Instead he showed integrity and the entire process mistake and all. The job came out great too.

[@markrombouts4142]

Go metric instead of imperial

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

I would but I like secret codes

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

He offered to pay though

[@JerryMraz.]

Metric is rotting the minds of the kids these days they need to impose tougher penalties on the people who try to bring that stuff into the schools

[@markrombouts4142]

@@JerryMraz. that's why only 3 countries in the world use the imperial system.

[@CrustyAbsconder]

As President of the Sunken Living Room Historical Association of Black America, I find this pour very racist.

[@teresamexico309]

It has a darker and a lighter spot, would that be inclusive :)

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

As long as works

[@waheedD12]

i know aesthetically you dont put control joints... but what measures do you do to control cracks for this slab?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Rebar helps

[@seephor]

you will get hairline cracks despite but it doesn't really affect the flooring if you have some decoupling membrane. You typically don't want to tile directly over a slab like this as the changes of cracking is high. any other flooring will do just fine.