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I love this idea, im looking into redoing my front patio with a cappuccino color and a nutmeg color as the released agent but i have no idea where i can buy these colors?? Do u recommend a website ?? TIA

No. Love these videos though

Nice work sir! You're 100% correct, weather can definitely make or break you in the concrete industry.

Thanks mike that makes me wonder about the guys we have batching our concrete here it’s very inconsistent

Mike, I noticed that one corner of the slab i "lower" than the other corners. Why is that? I am just trying to learn this trade and was curious.

This particular project deserves more views.

Rain was always a constant battle, I felt like a meteorologist some days...lol Don't you hate when your working your butt off and the homeowner is talking to you? It's like, leave me alone so I can work, geez! LoL

I’ve been finishing concrete for 60 yrs and the last twenty with a Honda powered screed...W O W ..what a difference not only in labor ..but far faster and more accurate

How or where do you get rid of left over concrete? and where do the drivers wash off in residential jobs? We’ve been using wheelbarrows for wash offs

Mike great videos !!! Great to see that there are good people out there SHARING their hard earned career secrets. Nice job.

-Did the ready-mix company hit you with a ‘short-load’ charge bcz you only needed a yard and a half? -Yea, I remember the days, as a young man, when we used to look forward to getting rained out! Then we had an excuse to go to the strip club 😛! Becomes a whole different ball game when you finally get serious and own your own business and have some real ‘skin-in-the-game’! 🤜🤛

Great job where are you out of?I'm in twin cities Minnesota in going on my own for 2020 I'm going to small jobs like this block stuff.

Mike do you have a link to an 8lb hammer for pounding stakes in?

I started my own business to work my own hours...I didn't realize it would be every hour.

Mike That's a great look! Are you on the hook for anything if the previous settling (compaction?) continues and your work is impacted?

Concrete business is a collective matter, one is not a warrior in the field :)

Nice work. I'm a DIY guy and this is extremely helpful! Thanks for taking the time to share your skill! Subscribed!

I know the feeling with the rain. Also, the customer doesn't always understand that. Great job and love your videos!!!

i am pouring a concrete slab with pex tube for a heated floor over an existing slab. the existing floor is uneven so i need to level it out, what do you think is the minimum thickness for this kind of pour, should i put foam board insulation down first? and does that effect the thickness that the new concrete needs to be? thanks

Nicely done.. Looking forward to more concrete stuff from you.

Rain aways gets our schedule all messed up.

5 people standing around, 1 guy working. Must be Union.

Very useful information

Thank you.

What size stone is in the ready mix

Good vid Mike. I think the thing that beginners can take most from this one is when you say to let the concrete set for a while between passes with the mag or steel trowels. Beginners always seem to have a tendency to overwork the concrete and not give it time to do its own curing. Of course the real trick, that only comes with experience, is knowing how long those ‘waits’ should be. 🤜🤛

Gracias. Amigo. Frome Tupelo Mississippi

Thanks mike but have you noticed if on ur side of the USA that it makes concrete sticky? Because it seems to here lol

Hi Mike, another great video thanks for sharing, how did you come across the mag trouel or know about it,I never knew about it until your videos?

When do u stop pouring for the year when frost sets in the ground?

Do you combine water reducer with the CaCl2 salt?

i already know

Excellent job im starting doing stamp concrete in Poland i have a question about concrete mix design for a stamp concrete i wana go to the batch plant and give them recipe for good concrete for my future jobs i m using most of a colour hardener and sealers from Ideal Work company i will be preachier for some good advise from you .

I thought the concrete was mixed in the plant not the truck

Do some people take the edger and redo the edge after its broom finished it always seems as if somebody's doing that after the lines are in from the broom but it's hard to tell

Isn't it mandatory to have to lift up the five by five welded mesh when you pouring the concrete I mean if it's just sitting on the bottom what is it doing just sitting there

Great video 👌🏼

Looks really good from where I’m sitting 👍👍👍👍

BRRRR nice work

Have you done a full finish with color on the concrete instead of putting an additional finish floor on top? If so what did you do ?

If I recall I think you mentioned before you don't do any grading and ground leveling. You just come out and pour and finish the concrete? If you were to just pour and finish with all the prep work done and ready to pour, approx. what would it cost to have an 80x128 pad 8 inch deep with 4,500 PSI and fiber mesh added? Also, would laying out a chain link fence over the rebar add any benefit to prevent future cracking?

Mike. I poured 37 yards slab the other day and it got rained on after we finish troweled. Temp was 40s and at night too. Next day a few small areas were flaked up. And it seems to be in areas I steel troweled maybe too much or too early. Why does the steel trowel cause water or air to be trapped?

I don’t think it’s level perfect

Great tutorial. Thank you for sharing. Beautiful view at the lake

Sorry I suck at writing bear with me

Hey mike I have a question for you. What is the pros and cons of adding air, do they do it at the plant or dose the truck when adding water, and does it make for sticky concrete

Very informative... A+

5:40 You call Enrico Colantoni for your concrete?😆

Thank you mike for another good video!

I have a question Mike. I'd like to build a little pad for a water storage tank up on a ridge that is not accessible to anything other than a pump with several sections of hose. However, I don't really want to pay $450.00 bucks for the pump so I'm thinking of using 60 lb bags of concrete and humping them up the hill. I'd use a mixer but obviously the first bags I mix up would be going off at a different time than the last. Any tips as to how to compensate for that lag time when it comes to trying to get a nice finish on the surface? I'm estimating about 44 bags of concrete to do the job. Thanks.

Thanks for the details Mike! Learning 👍 thank you

i have poured lot of crete but this is my first over pour. i have a good plan . will send pics of my prep .would like to see what u haveto say .

Noice!! 👍

Yes pls have another draw for the viberscreed. Mike I've done concrete foundation for about seven years, but I've just started my own flat work company and would love to give the Marshalltown viberscreed a test run and will be buying your concrete stamping course over the next couple months since I live in niagara Canada and this is our down time for flat work. Cheers keep these videos coming, great work brother!

How about pouring over a milk house floor (dairy farm) how and what to pour over a porous surface , etched from chemicals

165.50 4000 Air with out an account With an account probably 140 +/- . Columbus Ohio

Your only as good with a vibra strike as your puddlers

Another great video Mike! It was cool to see how you selected the contest winner.... Very transparent and stand up. Even better was the way you worked that vibra screed.... You make it look effortless. I enjoy your videos so much I recently signed up for one of your courses. Keep up the great work and I look forward to the next video.

Please tell me from the height of your experience. What type of joints in concrete is correct? The one that is made by the disc after the concrete has hardened or the one that is made by the cutter while the concrete is wet? What technology really works? Thanks! PS Your videos and tips are very sensible, unlike your colleagues in the workshop, you give working recipes and tips, even talk about the secrets of mastery. This inspires confidence in you as a master and teacher. Thanks again.

If u learn to tie with piers u can tie faster than a guy can use a twister

Yes do another one

How much would this cost?

good work , but please wear somme masks the release is dangerous

I felt in love with this video I really loved to work concrete I hate my boring job . Please if anyone is hiring out in los Angeles' area please let me know GOD BLESS America

What's that bag you threw in made of?

Been looking for a video review of this for the longest time! Thank you!

I’m pouring a garage slab. Upper 40s during the day and lows just at freezing the rest of the week. Should I be worried about curing

My home has a large patio 16 feet the entire length of the house. When they back filled the basement they did not compact the soil and it settled causing the pad to crack and drop in come areas as much as 5 or 6 inches. The house is 20 years old so I feel like any settling is done and over with by now, your thoughts? We live in Indiana so we have warm summers and can get pretty cold in the winter. It would be very costly to remove it. Would you suggest pouring over it and if so what steps would you take to insure it wouldn't crack from the two pads possibly expanding at different rates. Thanks great channel!

Hi Mike, the fact that you live in Maine ,do you pour all year long.

I bought a honda powered screed a few months ago. I have a slab that is 48 by 72 that I will use it for that one. I have trouble getting people that want to work for any amount of money. I will probably do this slab by myself 12 by 72 sections at a time. I plan on drilling dowel pins to tie the slab parts together (never done it this way, but way too large for just me to pour in one pour). Any suggestions would be appreciated. I will still use a bull float and a power trowel to get the surface as near perfect as I can. Concrete floor in the next week. Anyway, love you videos, I have done concrete jobs all my life, I watch your videos for great pointers.

You dont need that damn thing to pour concrete.

Mike for me its a bear but buddy i am old loll now all these young whipper snappers can run them like a cake walk, but to be honest these boys love to strike it off with a dago stick and no disrespect to any Italian people but they invented the practice of striking it off this way, we will use pins for our grade points while out away from walls or where ever our grade point is, but we use a laser stick while rakers are pulling.

Do you lift up at all when pulling the vibrascreed? And do you pitch the blade or keep it flat?

Keep the videos coming. Everyone loves a good giveaway

Great video im learning the way the others contractors work👏👏👏

How are you getting your floor level ? Do you use grade pins ? I have a Viber screed we set up preform level 2x4 to ride the screed on.Then after I buzz it we remove the forms and bullfloat.You guy's make it look way easier then the way we do it. P.s I love your video's

Love your channel. A lot of useful tips and how- to's yes do another give-a-way

Yes please do another one

great work the best

Nice jop

Nice jop

Yes please do another one

Hellp yes please do another!!! Great channel!!!

By the way the concrete I want to slap is on the back patio

I want a 3rd opinion, I need and want to pour new concrete on top of the old , the water comes towards the house, where are you located?

Meet or exceed

How Mach cost tha screed?? Prize in dollars

hello me pasa your imail please please accurate converse with vocês.. thanks

Cool stuff.. Congrats to Simon.

Large Bolt cutters and the manual cutters are what i prefer.

Congrats Simon!

power screeds are ok from time to time, but they are just way too slow compared to hand rod

That's the best thing invented for concrete

Thank you for all the videos Mike! Please do another raffle. Either way I look forward to your videos.

Where did you buy the extra concrete shoot? And what length is it?

Ever use a roller screed.....if that's what they call it ?

Great Job Guys...

I thought it was important to put down a layer of rock first, 4-6 inches

Mike , I noticed that you have lift mounted at the rear of your truck to help load and unload your power trowels. I did have add a lift gate to my truck , that sure makes that part a easier . As always great work . Please keep those videos coming.

Definitely saves on your back