STEP BY STEP CONCRETE SLAB AND INSULATION..BIG EXTENSION BUILD PT 4

IN THIS WEEKS VIDEO..
STEP BY STEP CONCRETE SLAB AND INSULATION ..BIG EXTENSION BUILD PT 4 WE SHOW ALL THE STAGES OF PREPPING AN EXTENSION FLOOR INCLUDING 2 DAMP PROOF MEMBRANES, COLD BRIDGING STRIPS, 100MM CELOTEX FLOOR INSULATION.
ONCE PREPPED THE CONCRETE BARROWED IN BY THE CONCRETE COMPANY LADS AND THEN TAMP, LEVEL AND TROWEL UP THE FLOOR.
ENJOY 🧱👍🏽

[@colinbrooks6290]

Lol Steve…. Your foot work is the best….. new method in laying concrete 😂🔨💥🎉💥👍😁

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😆😆🧱👍🏽

[@Rolandpgbrooks]

Everyone needs a hug. Great job well done.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😁🧱👍🏽🤗

[@thisismissem]

I saw the end of the last video and was like "yeep, that's gonna be a swimming pool by tomorrow 😅"

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😆😆🧱👍🏽

[@robthompson819]

Big slab boys, but always had it under control. Your customers are in safe hands You both do a fantastic job your. Absolutely love your Chanel 🤜👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Rob 🤙🏾🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@garymallard4699]

Someone has to be the New Benny Hill !! 😉 Your mic clips are funny ..

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😆😆cheers Gary 🧱👍🏽

[@nigelsmith1198]

I still can’t believe you have people to barrow your concrete in.!!! We have to tape joints on PIR board before 2nd visqueen, building control insist on it.. and they want to see it.! ( photograph).. I thought you didn’t like wall starters.??🤔🤔🤣.. good job lads.!👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Where is the board going go if you don’t tape it ! That is unbelievable 😆🧱👍🏽

[@nigelsmith1198]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Tell me about it.! Nothing to do with movement but more thermal… they are a pain in the arse down here.!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@nigelsmith1198 🤯🤯😱🧱👍🏼

[@andywest3260]

Steve get your self a bull float on a pole you will be able to go up and down both ways in one hit

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏼

[@user-lc7xb5ch5t]

Looked a bit wet for a bull

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@user-lc7xb5ch5t yeah they brought it wet and it rained 😬😫🧱👍🏽

[@user-lc7xb5ch5t]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild probs wont be best fin . Worse comes to worse few bags of latex self leveling gives a decent finish 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@user-lc7xb5ch5t 🤙🏾🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@richardsedorski1206]

Wow what a big slab but you handled it like champions well done.👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Richard 🧱👍🏽

[@castingshadows282]

Another job well done. Takes me back to days of old when It were me and the gang doing this hard work for a meal or two, and a couple of pints too. 🖖👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😁🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Loads I don't get 😄people saying Bullfloat it but if you do that you then need to mag float it then steel finish it you would be there all night waiting for it to go of to get a good finish which just isn't viable in this country. I've done plenty of finish concrete floors but very few in the UK .99% of the jobs I do have UFH and services so oversite concrete then the screeders come in ,far better IMO as that is a cost that can be passed on to the customer rather than struggling with a perfectly good system but one that is not climaticly suited to the UK, great Vid by the way👍👌

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Totally agree Andy . We had a late, wet pour which got rained on so no hope of using those big floats . The groundworkers we worked for used them on house slabs but poured a strong mix in early doors to work on the slab in the afternoon .🧱👍🏽

[@davecleggett9371]

Steve, what a job. Admiration from me buddy!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Dave 🤜🏻🤛🏻🧱👍🏼

[@stun9771]

Ever thought about changing your names to Ant and Dec….lol… loved the interview, had me in stitches…👍🏻

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😏😆😆🧱👍🏽

[@davecooke914]

Steve made look easy but bet it wasn't great job big slab to get down keep up great work look forward to nx video 👍 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Dave 🧱👍🏽

[@nody00]

I'm loving this extension lads and can't wait till 8.30pm

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😁🧱👍🏼

[@nigelhaines7900]

How nice to have somebody else wheelbarrow the concrete in(Heaven)

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Good lads them 🤙🏾🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@nigelhaines7900]

@@SteveAndAlexBuildDo they charge you extra for them?must be cheaper then a pump

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@nigelhaines7900 it’s included in the price and yes much cheaper than a pump 🧱👍🏽

[@nigelhaines7900]

@@SteveAndAlexBuildoh ok we don"t get that service in the south of England

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@nigelhaines7900 🤙🏾😉🧱👍🏽

[@Matt-et8ji]

Feel for you guys I’ve done a slab same size as that and by time concrete was pored it was starting to rain had to call in reinforcements to tamp it off but when the heavens really opened up that was it they ran for the hills and left to try and cover it as well as floating off. Not fun not fun at all. Keep up the great work as always. Matt

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Oh no that’s grim 😫😫🧱👍🏽

[@colinweightman1056]

Good work fellas was going to suggest Same thing as Andy west get a ball float that way once you have done your initial screed you can ball float the slab and it will level the slab and seal it remember if you are going to ball float the slab then ball float it side ways on from the initial screed ie 90 degrees it will take any high or low spots once again well done

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱🧱👍🏽

[@eddieMurphy11111]

I really like they way you both work looking after one another and cleaning the site also i like evolution stuff can be expensive for things like new chop saw blades but well worth it thanks for the video and take care

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Eddie 🤙🏾🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@haydenuk02]

That’s a big slap. You both handled it like champs. Can’t wait to see the next one.Cracking work lads. Thanks for the video care

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It was a big one indeed , got there in the end though 😁😁🧱👍🏼

[@haydenuk02]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild It sure was, I you both did. 👍🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻🧱

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@haydenuk02 🧱👍🏽

[@stun9771]

I didn’t see the ‘slap’… you two doing Morcombe and Wise too…lol…

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@stun9771 😁😁🧱👍🏽

[@stuartjones2242]

nice job ,I've done a large pad with wheel barrows myself never again to much hassel , cement pump trunk so much easier and saves time, not much more in cost 👍👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@Sean006]

I see Steve started using a dust mask whilst cutting the Celotex floor insulation with the power saw....very sensible. Alex should think about protecting his lungs too. Hard to know what that stuff is made of and the circular saw throws micro particles into the air.....hand cut wouldn't be so hazardous 'probably'. Excellent work chaps 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😷😷🧱👍🏽

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@martin2466 🤙🏾🤙🏾😷🧱👍🏽

[@bazbarrett1616]

Nice tidy job lads ,fair play

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Baz 🧱👍🏽

[@davidbotterill7549]

Wow what a slab. You made it look easy but I know it would’ve been hard work. Well done. You’ll soon get the hang of the microphones. Perhaps you could do with some sort of holder that goes round the back of your neck and holds the microphone in front of your mouth making them hands free…. Or place more than one around the job on tripods to capture conversation as you go. Dave Birmingham. 👊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

They are supposed to fix to your lapel area . We just need to check they are switched on 😬🧱👍🏽

[@davidbotterill7549]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild oh yes.. that does help. 🤣

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@davidbotterill7549 😬😬🤪

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Awesome job chaps! Great to see

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Logan 🧱👍🏽

[@kevincorbin6273]

Looks good and flat, nice work

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Kevin 🧱👍🏽

[@markotoole323]

Lads..again, you don't need to be fanning around with a level, its a liquid, all you have to do is push the Co-Co pops below the milk, Tamp the top with a heavy timber, trowel the edges, a liquid will always find its own level, the height of the slab will be proportionate to the volume of concrete poured, but it will always be level if you smash the Shiite out of it with a timber.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🤨🧱👍🏽

[@keithkench9432]

Hire a bull float, makes life a lot less hastel, but well done both.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@philipwhiteman6134]

fix a 4x2 against the house wall to guide your tamp then patch in later

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Too much hassle 🧱👍🏽

[@TheReptigon]

Nice 1 guys

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😁🧱👍🏽

[@southernrealist5789]

Great work lads! Would have thought customer would want drain moved.. Would under floor heating be an option?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No and no mate 🧱👍🏽

[@DerekTJ]

A lot of skill and knowledge on display here - very educational. Of I could be a dickhead and give a pointer on using a camera - try and have less movement; imagine the camera is someone's head and you'll get great framing. 👍🏻 Best of luck with work!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks for the tips Derek 🧱👍🏽

[@jackharrison2785]

great job well done

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Ta Jack 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@JimJimpmjj]

Nice job gents, out of curiosity why is the cold bridging strip on the outside of the damp? And not inside the damp like the floor insulation? Keep up the good work 👍🍻

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It would be a nightmare to keep there when the concrete goes in 😫🧱👍🏽

[@peefor135]

Another good video. Personally, would like to have seen more detail of exactly how you dealt with the corners and around the drain with the membrane. How thick did the concrete finish?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks , the slab is 100 mm 🧱👍🏽

[@Sean006]

I was thinking this slab would be a good learning experience for Alex....until I saw the size of it and how wet the concrete was. Perhaps something a little smaller for Alex to cut his teeth on!! I've watched a few concrete pours and never seen the water pour off it. Steve needed a medal....but got the job done as usual 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It was wet concrete and rain just made it worse .🧱👍🏽

[@marcwalters7541]

I was only looking at these the other day lads , I want to use it as dust extraction for my chop saw . Do you think it would be capable

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Definitely Marc , it’s a belter 🧱👍🏽

[@marcwalters7541]

SLO MO drilla- killa

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😏😏🧱👍🏽

[@freespeech2261]

Another hard days work chaps. Might want to get a wind blocker for the mic.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks we have them . We kept forgetting to switch the bloody mics on 😫🧱👍🏽

[@thomascorcoran5641]

Just wondering, is it common for bricklayers to also lay floor slabs? Or something you've found offering suits these residential type jobs to reduce the number of subcontractors needed?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

We need to diversify to keep busy 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽😁

[@johnburrows9558]

Lovely job,any little discrepancies is what floor levelling is made for

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😁😉🧱👍🏽

[@paullindsay4798]

Hate bloody concrete nice to see you using proper insulation board instead of jablite bet that was a shock to the wallet haha. We can't do slabs like this anymore in Yorkshire building control say they sink. We have to lay 100mm concrete then insulation board then 100mm concrete again. One of the reasons we do wood floors. Nice video lads

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@martin2466 😬😬🧱👍🏽

[@kevincorbin6273]

No steel in slab?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No need 🧱👍🏽

[@andybrace4983]

Great work yet again guy's but them new mics are not so good

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

The mics are great its the idiots who forget to turn them on 😫🧱👍🏽

[@andybrace4983]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild 😂😂😂

[@eddieMurphy11111]

just one question is it natural to have that much water floating on the top or the cement ?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Not at all , the concrete was wet and then got rained on a right pain in the arse 😒🧱👍🏽

[@thisismissem]

I'm a bit surprised that a slab that big doesn't require rebar?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😏😏🧱👍🏽

[@gorgen23]

Blows my mind as well

[@matthewingham7806]

Hi Steve what's the best way to tamp an 11 m slab can I build a sleeper wall and do it in 2 halfs

[@matthewingham7806]

And knock the shutter off after

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Hi Mathew i'm not qualified enough to advise you on that im afraid. I've never donr a slab that big before. sorry i cant help 🧱👍🏽

[@matthewingham7806]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild no problem mate thanks anyway

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@matthewingham7806 Good luck 👍🏽🧱

[@colinweightman1056]

Check out concrete ninja I know he does bigger slabs and it would mean more equipment for you but it helps dad not bringing over so much well done dad us old blokes have still got it

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😁😉🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@marinastuable]

Thought that was a swimming pool you were building with all that water 🤣🤣

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🏊🏼‍♂️ 😆😆🧱👍🏽

[@billysmith70]

Is this really premiering tomorrow morning @ 08:30 as I will have to go to work late so I can watch it?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Whoops, thanks for the heads up it should be 8.30 pm 😬🧱👍🏽

[@deanwoolnough9761]

Does the cold bridging strip get screeded over when the internal floor is laid? Top work here by the way chaps, love it

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No Dean, the concrete is finished floor level 🧱👍🏼

[@kestutisbagusauskas8323]

Nice one! How many cubic metres of concrete?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

2.6 I think 🧱👍🏽

[@joroyle8108]

Should always drill into the brick

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@FugitiveRazor]

So that's how you lay a slab wish the cowboy builder that made a mess of mine is watching. Pros at work wish you cover the Nottinghamshire area serious lack of quality up this way.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal 🧱👍🏼🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@foundthetruth2003]

Why two layers of DPM?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Building regs 🧱👍🏽

[@Mk-xh3sm]

Great video I suppose it’s gonna take around 5 - 7 days to dry ??

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

A lot longer at this time of year 😬🧱👍🏽

[@Mk-xh3sm]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Good stuff Looking forward to the next installment

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@Mk-xh3sm 😁🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@gordonburns8731]

A tad too much water in the concrete mix, maybe?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yes plus the rain 🧱👍🏽

[@jimmylad8714]

Hi Alex, why the two black sheets ?? Was it the Architect that specified that detail ?? Thanks 🙏

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No that is basic building regs 🧱👍🏽

[@jimmylad8714]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild 👍👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@jimmylad8714 🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@johntorris2871]

Wetter mix will self level

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@warrenjeapes3423]

👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱🧱👍🏼

[@macsmith6216]

Hammer drill is going the wrong way No one else noticed this

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🤔😆🧱👍🏽

[@macsmith6216]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild I thought that’s why you focused in on it No harm done still drilled the hole Excellent videos, great channel

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@stihl3826]

Isn’t that concrete way to wet ?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yes it was 🧱👍🏽

[@richardmarley3064]

Ear defenders go on ears not coat😂

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Do they 🤔🧱👍🏽

[@johnhodges7891]

The mics need to go in the skip lol 👍🏻

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

The mics are fine , it’s us who need to go in the skip 😆🧱👍🏽

[@chrisbryan8784]

Do you not own a laser level?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yea we do 🧱👍🏽

[@chrisbryan8784]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild so why do you mess around with levels and bit of wood when doing the floor? Just attach the receiver of the laser level to the rake saves so much time

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@chrisbryan8784 🧱👍🏽

[@mikejames663]

Hmmm, no damp proofing between the house and the extension at the patio doors, that course of bricks is below the dpc membrane and your concrete is butting against it???

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Wrong , there are no bricks there . We took them out below insulation level , blinded them , put DPM , insulation then more DPM then the floors bond to each other as they should not have a DPM sticking up,in the doorway

[@MrThebigredone]

Hmmm Mr Expert, Dpm poking above a finished floor and in a doorway to boot.You aren't a builder I assume (hope) ???

[@mikejames663]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Sorry Steve/Alex, but it clearly shows at 30:00 barrowful's of concrete being tipped directly against the bare brickwork, not having a go at you, I think your quality of work and craftsmanship is excellent, but unless I am missing something, I'm sure there is something missing at that critical point. From 28:00 on, you can clearly see the bare brickwork, just making a point, keep the video's coming.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

I see what you mean now . If you go to 27.17 you will see there is DPM against the brickwork so it is protected 👍🏼👍🏼. Thanks for watching the channel 🧱👍🏼

[@mikejames663]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild at 26:30, you can see clearly that the course of brickwork on the internal skin has no coverage whatsoever and at 30 it is completely encased. Not going to comment on this again, I respect your working practises and admire the video's.

[@nonsheep5823]

Painfull 😪

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

What is ?😬

[@nonsheep5823]

Mother nature rains just at the wrong time, thats the uk for you

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@nonsheep5823 . Yeah it messed the floor up a bit unfortunately. We poured another today and it went well, no rain. 😉🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@nonsheep5823]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild true tradesman can always get out of a problem, people don't get how physically hard and stressful bases can be I do them regularly and floor screeding . Respect 🙌

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Nice one 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

[@amandap1601]

Noisiest builders on you tube!!!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks 😌😌🧱👍🏽

[@John-rg6kt]

Hi what’s the timber for on the internal block work

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It’s the concrete level transferred from the house to work off 👍🏽🧱