Uncover the Secret to a Perfect DIY Concrete Patio Slab

[@johnfahey7215]

Nice to see you mentoring Luke. Does my heart good to see a young man who takes the job seriously!😊👍

[@MikeDayConcrete]

I appreciate that!

[@mitchbeard8920]

Top job good to see young Luke is back on the show

[@bilbobaggins4462]

You're pretty handy with that torpedo groover Mike - made that look awfully easy. Nicely done!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

It's a missel groover from Superior Innovations.

[@michaelbrash8843]

Wow a train in maine how rare haha. Lived in eliot maine 4 years while in air force. Only seen one at a crossing in north berwick. Now you have passenger trains from Portland to Boston. My time was 72-76. Long time ago.

[@TheRooster1122]

That Grover is a nice tool Mike, great job on the pour.!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Always give you the 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 up…..

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thanks 👍

[@Yorkie285]

Broom marks look much better, good job

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thanks!

[@verystrange2465]

You are all awesome!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thank you!

[@jamesbondero6170]

Great video! Do you find that the fiberglass rebar is holding up as well as steel?

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Yes, absolutely

[@sigmaforge5088]

Love your work Mike. The groover actually creates a thinner cross section along that line, this makes the concrete more likely to crack along that groove, as long as the grooves are placed at intervals where cracks are probable. The spacing is usually dependent upon slab thickness, aggregate size, water to cement ratio, its temperature range, and some other factors. If you look at most grooves in slabs there are cracks in them. The tool joints or grooves do not prevent cracks, they control their propagation by weakening the slab along that point. You can cut the joints in also, but this is inferior in my opinion as you have to wait untill the concrete is hard enough to cut, usually within 3 to 12 hours after finishing, by then the cracking has already occured.

[@gideonwilliam]

For small jobs like this I noticed you only mentioned pumping it or using a conveyor- why couldn’t you buggy it? Pumping is extremely expensive

[@garymaillot9715]

Mike what is the white material on the bottom underneath the metal squares?

[@garymaillot9715]

Working with cement is an art all by it’s self and you guys make it look easy but I bet like everything else takes years of experience to have it turn out as good as looks

[@sigmaforge5088]

Rigid foam insulation.

[@MikeDayConcrete]

sheets of styrofoam

[@esexavo]

How is it that you take on little jobs

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Why, what's wrong with that?

[@esexavo]

@@MikeDayConcrete Cost? These little jobs cost way too much to take on, profits to me don't seem worth the time, I do concrete pavers walls anytime outdoor, when I had a 3 man crew i was able to take on smaller jobs. After a while of doing small jobs and low profit margins, I moved away from that and just refer those out, it was a good business move, I just think you and your men are too talented for smaller jobs, I would refer those to the little guy , in a mutually beneficial relationship

[@lachlanitis2311]

Just price accordingly thats how. If you knock back the little jobs that owner will potentially do a big job once day and you'll miss out.

[@JoeDavis82]

Pay attention kid, some people would pay a lot of money to pick Mike’s brain for a day!

[@mikeknoll1130]

Buggy ugy .

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Yup, lots of them