Pouring Concrete When It's Below Freezing! COLD Weather Concrete Floor

[@frankpettinato2324]

The men that build and maintain civilization!!👍👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@timtambornino5297]

You have a good crew, they know what flat looks like. I did inverts for big storm drains. They pour the mud down the hole on top of you. The end of the pipes are open but it turns into a suna fast. It could all be washed away by an afternoon shower.

[@boompa8267]

thank you for these videos. For some strange reason I love concrete work and enjoy learning from you. Wicked good job as always.

[@johnfahey7215]

This is the kinda job the rakers earn their money and then some!! Great job guys 😀👍

[@mikeknoll1130]

I don’t miss those days, I quit pouring before that cold hits to much liability for me, but everyone wants to keep their crews going and their customers happy.

[@ShainAndrews]

Can't keep a crew if you can't keep working.

[@mikeknoll1130]

@@ShainAndrews true,but in Michigan if you pour this time of year and it pops, then your going backwards, ask me how I know.

[@mikeknoll1130]

@TiffanySmith-ed2lj they are in Maine.

[@peters6850]

​​@@mikeknoll1130where at in Michigan? Im in central Michigan. I want to learn how to do concrete. I'm available Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays. If you're interested, please let me know. Thank you.

[@jamesmatheson5115]

In summer time we do large pours early in the mornings, starting at 3am to 5am, we also add ice to the mixed to slow down the hardening.

[@kevinhornbuckle]

To protect your fingers during cold weather, put on disposable nitrile gloves first, then your work gloves.

[@briansmith9258]

This

[@concreteninja]

Awesome work guys looks very cold

[@MikeDayConcrete]

It was!

[@keithgeorge2541]

Brrrr… Mike. I feel your pain! Just finished my last fence job outside yesterday. I don’t take any outside jobs for my Handyman business once the temp starts staying below freezing.

[@fantasticfamily5004]

My father-in-law used to put in milk into the cement mix. This was over 50 years ago. Before you had all these accelerators and products to help you with cement. Just practice with a small little area and see how it sets up for you. Thanks again Mike.

[@dementus420]

Our concrete here in Georgia is like peanut butter with gravel in it when it's really cold. It is difficult to work with.

[@donaldcurtis9229]

I worked commercial always used ground warmers in the winter time

[@davidjackson4112]

Thanks Mike, stay warm.

[@GlennAlexander-b2p]

I dont use vibe screed in winter it bring up too much cream

[@skliros9235]

Love these cold weather videos the best!

[@bilbobaggins4462]

Stay warm Mike!

[@ilsenconcrete597]

Nice job Mike!

[@tnolan3176]

I use to hate cold weather also especially being on blood thinners everything on me would get cold fast ! We would pour basement floors after the homes were under roof and with the hot water the steam would fill the room you couldnt see your hand in front of your face at times !

[@Eric-fv4jx]

I worked out in the elements for most of my working life. The most brutal was boot camp in the winter of Kentucky. The chill does o to the bone and I don't miss Kentucky or working outdoors. I am happily retired and divorced from two bone chilling experiences.

[@jimskarw25]

Many jobs I’d climb up on the mixer and drop in one or two bags of calcium. Worked out great and I never begrudged the exercise….then I was only in my mid thirties and it wasn’t a problem.

[@kusterflattail]

It's been brutal working in the cold here, its working with metal handled tools that strip the heat out of yours hands through your gloves

[@jamesnm21]

I mean, you could grab a 10 pack of hand warmers for 10 bucks at your local wal mart or hardware store. No need to freeze the digits.

[@BWIL2515]

Y'all pulled a lot of concrete I wouldn't make in that temperature it's the same for me my hands and ears start throbbing can't do it ain't gonna do it. You got a crew of tough guys

[@fmtnic]

I just finished a job in upstate NY and the batch plant didn't start using hot water until mid OCT regardless of temperature. Is that typical? We had some bitter cold days before that and hot water wasn't even an option. I'm glad to be back home now in the low 90's.

[@clifbrewster8822]

What is the cost to remove those blankets?

[@blackdogexcavator21]

I feel your pain brother, the older I get, the harder it is to do the things I need to do.

[@markcnc]

Brutal job

[@mitchbeard8920]

Love your work mate nobody likes a plus load one of those days I guess

[@peterhaynes3661]

Don't have to worry about that san diego

[@ІгорБаран-з4й]

what you charge for broom finish concrete for a big contractor vs regular customers

[@ernestogonzalez17]

in what state are you located?

[@Weout77]

San you add salt to make the water not freeze?

[@tnolan3176]

He said at the beginning they put some flake calcium in the mix !

[@johnwhite2576]

I thought Ca Clencouragrscrebarcrust??

[@kyflyboy965]

I have a couple questions… I never see any front loader trucks in your videos. Are they all rear loaders trucks up in the northeast? And it looks like your bull float has a fixed head without the twist and pivot mechanism. Am I seeing that correctly? If so why do you prefer the fixed head on the bull float? Thanks!

[@ryanelliott4750]

im in ontario canada and ive only ever seen front loader trucks in videos of american concrete people. ours are rear discharge and rear wheel drive only

[@kyflyboy965]

@@ryanelliott4750 here in south central Kentucky all the area trucks are front loaders. I’ve not seen rear loader trucks in years. I can remember the first time I saw a front loader truck some 40 years ago. It was brand new and coming down the interstate. I assume it was being delivered to a concrete plant somewhere. But I thought somebody was pulling some kind of prank and driving a concrete truck in reverse on the interstate highway! lol.

[@semperfi5861]

It could be worse! You could be pouring 5000psi in MN, lol 😂

[@bwrick21]

Diy here, is it possible to pour bagged quikcrete (100bags of 60) in 45 degree weather without issues? Trying to pour 11x10 pad for hot tub. Is it best warm up the water before while the stand mixer (THD rental)? Trying to see if i should wait until spring or not..

[@ryanelliott4750]

its fine,, just will take quite a while to set up but honestly if its just for a hot tub, screed it, mag it, edge, mag out the edge lines and keep the squirrels off it. in 6-10 degree celcius weather, i can pour with no additives at 8 am and be finishing the surface around 3-4pm

[@IannoneBuilding]

Anything over 40 is fine. That is your cutoff

[@IannoneBuilding]

Use some thermolube or even better antihydro. If not available to you, find another accelerant admixture for use with portland based mixes (which I am assuming your using, If using Rapidset very rapid setting concrete mix by cts cements(csa cement it will be solid in a half hour even at 45 degrees, also costs twice as much, but, 7000psi out of bag, structural strength in an hour, fully cured in seven.

[@Thepriest39]

I am surprised that you pour concrete over radiant floor heating tubes without them being pressurized. That way if anything happens during the pour you know where the problem is. I charged mine up to 60psi during the pour.

[@andrewdebruycker6002]

hey mike how late were they finishing to. I just finished 11,300 yesterday started pouring around 730 am. stuff was setting up as we were pouring it. We got a little panicked cause its quite a big floor on Q decking btw exposed. Anyways soon as it started cooling off concrete stopped snapping and we did the last pass at the end at about 345 am pulled trowels off and back at shop for 5 am. Do you guys ever have these issues we had accelerator pkus 32 mpa concretre

[@trapj5983]

Dewalt didn't give you a heated jacket?!?

[@jamesnm21]

I poured 12" frost footings twice in 40 degree weather this fall and both times they took at least 4 days to harden. The temp never got below freezing and it was in the 50s and 60s most days and above 40 all days. Still took a week for one set of footings to harden. Never seen that happen before ever. Used 3 different brands of bagged mix and they all took extra time to harden.

[@mcmaddie]

18F is about -7C. No way I'd be working in hoodie in -7C weather. No wonder they had to go to truck to warmup.

[@steveg5576]

10th Ave Freeze Out....that 300x speed -- sounds like your guys are speaking Spanish.....😄

[@CybekCusal]

I thought you owned a heated jacket?

[@IannoneBuilding]

Same finger issue.... brutal, worse every year. My hands torture me in cold and in sleep lol. The worst bro, feel your pain same shit different slab... lol

[@oby-1607]

Hope it stays warm enough for you Mike. Gotta protect those fingers. Believe me I know.

[@proriznian7765]

Hello. With proper grammar, do you "have" or do you "got" items for your concrete jobs?? Andrew

[@erberIsSillyhawk]

its really common here to wait until after first freeze to pour. the long cure time makes it stronger. But id assume you mormon folk know that

[@charlesviner1565]

👍

[@fishydubsfishing6516]

The rebar is supposed to be in the middle of the concrete it does absolutely nothing laying on the ground and the house slab is supposed to be 8 inches minimum thickness you don't even have 3 inches there I'm not an expert but that don't look right

[@chrisbrann7733]

That’s right, you’re not an expert because you’re wrong, 8” floors are for commercial or heavy construction, not residential, residential heated slabs or house slabs are never more then 4” unless it’s a garage, and that’s usually up to the discretion of the designer. reinforcing isn’t at the bottom, it’s designed to be pulled up and aggregate gets under and holds it up, plus he has fiber mesh in the concrete, and to correct you again, rebar is specified to be in the top 2” of concrete typically, not on the middle, but this project is specified the way he did it, period. There’s a free concrete lesson for you

[@sw01z]

Your guys walked all over the wire and it is at the bottom of the concrete.

[@Scubasteve22]

Why is the sub base white??