Replacing Cracked Concrete Parking lot Slabs

[@newmanm144]

Watched a number of your videos. Your experience shows with how effortless you make it seem. Thanks for sharing your work, a pleasure to watch.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Miles N I guess 35 years of hands on has its benifits. TY

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

benefits

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Miles N TY

[@newmanm144]

No worries. I'm from Australia, it's interesting to see the difference in the process between what you do and what's done here. I'm a landscaper, so do a bit of concreting. I always use a base gravel and a moisture barrier (like plastic sheet) on structural stuff, as well as what we call bar chairs. Which might be what you call a Dolby? We use sheets of reo, that typically come in 8 x 20 foot sheets that have about 3/8 bar at 8 inch centres. We work in metric here so my imperial measurements might be a bit out.

[@MrAmagaska1976]

love your videos and your teaching voice and style mr odell. you're the only person i watch now regarding concrete construction lol

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Heath Wood right on

[@steventhury8366]

Looks good Odell. I like how you care about what the customer ends up getting.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

That's what it is all about.

[@liberalman7745]

you are the top notch concrete contractor i have ever seen

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

TY

[@thegreatecb]

I used to do work like this. Not much finishing, but lots of labor and footing work. Poured walls etc. Concrete work is fun.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

thegreatecb right on

[@michaelblake9110]

Great job, I love watching your videos. Keep it up!

[@timon0x31]

Question, I’ve seen three different way to prepare the surface before the pour. Compacted bare dirt. Compacted crushed rocked base. Compacted crushed rock base then compacted sand. What factors decide which base prep to use?

[@rossta888]

BIG BLU~!! haha i love it when he sees that tool and points it out. keep it up boys!

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

TY

[@salcortez869]

hi I love ur videos , u give a lot of good info , I have a question , what's the difference between a regular wall and a retaining wall ?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

sal cortez one is retaining someting, and one is not retaining anything.

[@Ghost-jq9jz]

💥🔥BEAUTIFUL JOB 🔥💥

[@tomthompson7400]

another fine job ,,, how thick would you really have liked the concrete to be comfortable driving a full lorry load over it

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

I replaced a lot of concrete in this parking lot over the years, and not one crack or any movement. So the way I did it is native soil compacted, 5" deep with #3 rebar on 18" centers.

[@messygreasyhand5465]

i have watched few of your clips and i don't ever see you use sand or aggregate as base. Any reason for that? We rain quite often in CA now, especially storm coming in 2 days. Wouldn't be better to add sand/aggregate for drainage purpose ??

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

MessyGreasy Hand it's a good idea to use base in front of a rain storm if you plan on having a open hole. my work is remove and replace. I schedule so I can do that in between storms, that way the dirt never gets wet.

[@popprider4224]

flawless as usual...nice work

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[@JamesFraley]

Good stuff, but you should tell us where we can buy the Tams thin set.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Roseborogh tools

[@Joemama13479]

great job brother!

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JOE BILLINGS TY

[@vica2130]

Nice work man! quick question on the video you mention 3500psi whenever I do driveways I do 4000psi.. since you add fiber mesh, 4000psi is not necessary if fiber mesh is present?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

I don't know but it sounds good

[@TrueCarpenter]

This might be a dumb question. When you see sidewalks around homes, or around your neighbourhood, Youll always see the lines from the 10" walking edger. Why do finishers do this? especially on a gorgeous home front patio.. you always take them out and it looks great. Is it pure laziness, or is it a trend? maybe makes it harder for skateboarders?

[@JG-pw5cr]

Dave is the expert with concrete but that sort of a smooth border with the middle having the broom finish is just another way to give it a different visual look and I know i've seen it in a bunch of places and its actually the way that my parents wanted the outdoor concrete patio and driveway to look. I think it looks cool and different. Another thing some people do is give it the broom finish but maybe use a wavy pattern or some sort of random fashion or not parallel to the direction of travel. I've even seen some people have alternating broom finish directions so from some angles it looks like a checkerboard or some other pattern. Or even a combination of finishes to make eye catching decorative patterns.

[@kettlekorn471]

Great job, wish you worked in my area! Out of curiosity, do you guys have anybody that you'd know or recommend in the Bay Area (specifically San Jose, CA) for a commercial job? (trash dumpster enclosure and required pad)

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Yes my brother is working over there right now.

[@jameshuang3216]

I am looking to get this done on our parking lot. what would something like this cost?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

7500

[@Neceros]

This is art.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

I concur

[@mmbupbup]

How thick is that concrete? Looks around 4 inches? No wonder why the concrete is cracking, there's heavy traffic constantly applying pressure to it. In Australia, usually car parks are around 6-8 inches thick.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

mmbupbup I imagine everything is better in Australia. Am I right?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

mmbupbup This parking lot was done in the 70's. It defiantly wasn't built to last. you should see the parking lot next door same company did that one to, but it has had zero maintance. Now it's a total loss.

[@mmbupbup]

I didn't mean that in Australia being better, was just comparing the regulations. I'm pretty sure you Americans are cluey with construction/engineering. May I ask, I've watched a few of your videos you don't use a screed? And have two men screeding the concrete? It's funny how we all do things differently around the world. By the way, your work is very nice.

[@mmbupbup]

Also, just a idea if you have extra re-bar apply it to corners, as you know, the corners is usually wear it cracks from. Applying the rebar cross ways on the corner, will strengthen those corners and if it was to crack it will grip on the rebar and stop it from opening.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

mmbupbup good idea.

[@LeahsSoccerJourney]

Hey concrete gurus I use a subcontractor to pour my driveways and he does a great job I have a customer that's complaining at the end of their apron is cracking where you pull into the driveway. I checked my guys work throughout the process and everything looked good. The cracks are in a span of about a foot and goes into the driveway about 4 inches. It looks to me that someone backed up onto it before the 7 days we tell them to wait. Anyway to verify this by the crack pattern

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Thanks for sharing, Its a good possibility

[@nycqnzdice]

Why is not necessary to add expansion joints when replacing parts of old slabs?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Because I don't want them to separate

[@davidluce3034]

these are oddly satisfying

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

David Luce TY

[@beckweth]

Is the trowel trowel trowel to level - work out bubbles?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

beck-weth beckweth no its to smooth

[@powellcustomconcrete3705]

good job guys

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Powell Custom Concrete thank you

[@RyanCorbett-b9t]

what model bob cat is that

[@joemonroe9456]

have you ever used super plasticizer?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

Joe Monroe is that a water replacement

[@wetsaw7869]

Love it

[@thegreatecb]

Good job man

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

thegreatecb TY

[@luisp.3530]

Hi odell. Im from Dominican republic. How much this work cost at usa?

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

1100

[@arkansas1336]

Smooooooth!!!! ....13

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[@drewfinlay3618]

what is the intro song

[@rightdudehere1352]

Layla by Eric Clapton

[@JG-pw5cr]

It's too bad that you guys weren't contracted to rip the whole thing out and properly do it. No rebar, low psi concrete, and thin is a recipe for cracksville disaster in a parking lot.

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

yes the old lot was disaster from the inception.

[@trophytaker100]

wow,never seen a young kid have to sit down to drill holes...lol..really..??

[@OdellCompleteConcrete]

mike 007 it's a trip

[@TheNothingYours]

I don't see what's wrong with sitting down as long as he gets the job done. I have drilled hundreds of those holes and sometimes it's a bit more comfortable to just sit down while drilling them.

[@JustinCrediblename]

work smart, not hard.