This is not just a 'big'. I feel like this should be listed in the Guinness Word Records as the biggest Dry Pour Concrete project. :)

A dry pour that size is a major undertaking. Well done for sure.

I have a lot I want to say but in the spirit of kindness I will keep my thoughts to myself. 😂😂😂

Thanks for the video. Gives me confidence to try my own dry pour for my carport area. I love the chain link reinforcement and the paint roller finish.

Y’all did a great job on your dry pour driveway project! Wow! It looks amazing! We are so happy that y’all were able to save so much money and end up with fantastic results!😊

Thanks for doing this. Was hoping someone would tackle a big one and you did very well. Big savings and better than all the other driveways in your video. If it holds up it was a great investment in time and effort.

Great job good for you and taking on such a large project I've been watching a ton of dry poor videos and I'm getting ready to pour my own 8 by 15 for a shed glad to see you use the chain link fence for the steel reinforcement I'm planning on doing the same Cajun Country folks are awesome they are helping us all save a lot of money

I just did an 8x8 dry pour (4” thick) for a shed I’m building, and man was it so much easier than the traditional way. Holy crap I can’t believe I didn’t know this was a thing until recently. It worked out insanely well - I drilled all the way thru in a few spots for testing, and for the shed anchors, and it’s solid all the way through in the middle and the edges. Fantastic.

Damn this is an impressive finish if you ask me! This is the best finish I have seen from dry pour.

Good job looking forward to seeing rest of your work 😊

For all her efforts 🎉 We hope this works out for you as your wife is a champ❤

Good job, and way to preserver! Things have gotten out of hand on cost and a lot of us are figuring out other ways to get things done.

Turned out great thanks for sharing the video.

Retired Landscape Architect. I learned the Dry Concrete method from a Pole Building contractor. I was amazed how easy it was to get 6 x 6 posts set perfectly with little sweat. I have used that trick on my own fences. Now I am planning a sidewalk and will definitely use dry concrete premix. Have seen others use a topping layer of dry mortar mix for finer finish.

I'm going for it , I got the concrete out there waiting and it's exciting doing it myself and saving money at the same time two things I didn't think were possible before .

Congratulations! You just created concrete that has the strength of concrete that aged about 25 years. Good job!

I like the chain-link fence idea for the rebar. I just poured a 10 bag slab alone but I mixed each bag with water in a wheel barrow.

I love that people actually tried this! I have always wondered why this wouldn’t work, but who am I? I guess you showed all those naysayers. 😂. Thanks for taking the time for video this with such a large slab. 👏

looks outstanding to me great work!

When i replumed my home w pex 15 years ago i had people ( professional plumbers to) telling me i wouldn't be able to sell my home and that it would flood my home on and on ...well i sold the home it cleared inspection w no issues and i never had a single leak. My point is your Always going to get flack when your a diy. I watched your video and would like to tell you very nice job for a diy driveway. 👍

Wow! Thanks for sharing this!

great job, ive done a few now by myself, what a job.

I did a 12x10 grill area off of my patio. It was a lot of work because I pulled the grass and did 4” of concrete. I think most of my issues were because I only had two sides that weren’t up against a wall so my strokes couldn’t be as long. The roller smoothed it out great and it’s been a few months now and it looks great still.

Looks good! That's a big ole dry pour.

Bravo man, great job!

Well done! I'm sure your neighbors thought you were crazy and at first I thought there is no way to get that huge done in one day. I love dry pour, but as a retired concrete person I think this will all depend on the structure of your base. The give and take of the land underneath over the seasons will be the key. As long as you are using it as parking pad you should be okay. Driveways that require actually driving up and down like a short street require 6-10" concrete w/ rebar/mesh, plus a tamped thick base. But in this case I think 4 is good. I would take a circular saw w/ bosch diamond blade (28 amazon) and cut you two channels from old drive to grass area and go about an inch deep. Start .25" deep as you cut with water, making 4 passes to get the channel. The concrete will crack, you just control the crack or as it is called "expansion/contraction". The negative people are concrete slingers upset at loss of income. Any DIY project you can do and learn from is a win. Even when we fail at DIY and it cost money, it was the satisfaction of trying and learning! By the way...the "professionals" who poured your original driveway should be ashamed. Throw the cuts in yours for cracks and put their wet pour to shame.

Wow using chain-link fencing instead of Rebar. I love it.

Wow nice job, and excellent feathering in the new slab with the old one. Glad you posted this because theres hardly anything online about dry pouring a driveway like this, and that's my goal sometime this summer when the money situation allows. I'm interested to know how this holds up over time so keep us posted ok?

I would’ve done expansion pad to split the new from old pad. Looks good! I was going to do 8x15 dry for my shed but, I wimped out and wet poured it. Just didn’t want to tear down my shed and redo the slab.

That's a great job you both have done 🎉❤🫡💯

Great job!

Looks good, y'all. Yes,that angle change is tough.

I kept thinking it was going to rain on you. I pour a patio one time and the biggest rain storm came through. It was a mess trying to covered up quick enough. They still enjoying the patio but I will never do it again. Good job

I figured it would work. My dad had a few bags of unused concrete that was stored in the shed for roughly 10 years. I decided to use them for a little project… but couldn’t because it’s now one massive rock in the shape of a bag. 😂

Nicely done.

How you guys did that without fighting is amazing.

Very nice job 👍👍

Great job

Nicely done! I've decided to DIY dry-pour all the concrete for my upcoming remodel. Like you, I'll also be widening my driveway. After the dry-pour fully cures, my plan is to cover the new and old with a layer of concrete resurfacer to make it all match. I haven't decided if I'll leave the dry-pour aggregate exposed or not, but I'll certainly not be doing all the extra screeding and rolling needed to make it look picture-perfect.

Good job!

That is gigantic! You should def do update videos since this is a one of a kind size dry pour that's on the net right now.

I have been waiting on a few driveway dry pours because I have been thinking of doing one. I would be interested in seeing update video’s of the pad in the months to come. It looks 👍

Good job man. Good to see people taking work into their own hands. Concrete companies are so expensive and it always cracks anyway, even when done by pros. If its for a drive way or small shed, dry pour is a good use case.

Awesome!

I dried poured my driveway five years ago, I sealed it with epoxy grey paint, I live in Ohio, haven't had one issue.

Please do a follow up in about a yr or so and let people see what it looks like. This looks great!

Holy crap that's a HUGE dry pour! Looking good. But I would've separated the new pad with the old pad with a clean straight expansion joint. I think eventually the two will separate and it will look jagged.

Good job

They make a refinishing type product that you could use on the small section that is not smooth. It mixes thin like a floor leveler and you use a big squeegee to finish it. It's pretty easy.

Your feedback is extremely appreciated. I wonder what the solution would be to prevent that separation. But again, I've seen city sidewalks cracked and broken so I get it if it's not perfect. But that's cool that it hasn't cracked with the weight of the car. I'm actually going to give this dry-pour a try sometime soon. thx much

Good video

Good Job!!!

Outstanding

Probably slept good for a few nights after that. Looks great

Nice!

I think this is awesome. We can all learn and see. I would really like to see how much you could shake to make it settle 1st eliminating or trying to spaces or air pockets ...

The update video is posted! You can find it here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJiciMmV1ryZaKM.html

That's cool!

Except for the part where you couldn't screed it, it looks amazing. Much more smooth and uniform than other large dry pour slabs I've seen. The only thing I would've done differently is to have an expansion gap every 8 or 10 ft of length.

Came out good.

Thk you for doing it…

No Guiness record yet? Holy Moly, it's a huge dry pour !

I just came onto this videos and I like it and I feel like I could improve on it. I might do some small projects before I attempt something ridiculous in size like a shop

My back hurt just when moving a few 60lb bags. I can't imagine what 80lb bags felt like.

I would definitely reinforce something this big especially next to an existing driveway, probably connect the 2 so the slab can’t slide away. I’ve been thinking about trying this dry pour method on a sidewalk! Also, did you end it cutting joints?

Nice job! You’ve gave me inspiration. Quick question! How’s it holding up. Any cracks and do you park your car on it - thank you

In the end I looks good. But most people don’t put enough water to seep through the concrete. I been doing my shower pans the same way for years way before utube discovered it. The first time I did I thought it worked and the sand mix was strong and hard … well we decided to move the drain to the center of the shower and realized 3/4 down was still a powder form. The water on top made a crusty surface and slowed the water process from seeping down. Very disappointing. Look at mike days video on here before a dry pour. Thanks and honestly good luck with this driveway.

I dont understand how people think this is a good idea.. its just as much work if not more than wet concrete.. mix it wet pour it screed it and it would be 10 times better than this.. just because you call it a adventure dosent make it smart idea

The best part to watch is the watering.. it’s the most satisfying part to watch.. and it’s completely skipped 😭😭😭

Wow lots of work with all those bags but some old pieces of roofing shingle would have provided a great barrier between slabs.

I am not trying to be malice or mean with this post. Please anyone who is watching do not do this. I’ve been doing concrete for a very long time. This is a really bad idea. Especially reinforcing it with galvanized fencing that will deteriorate very quickly unfortunately I believe this slab will structurally fail sooner than later. I do wish the best of luck with it though. Just remember folks you get what you pay for

Props!

I’ve been told by an engineer that the primary reason why concrete slabs crack is largely due to poor preparation of the under surface. If the ground is properly compacted first, then compacted with gravel, along with using rebars, slabs will generally hold up.

Please post a video one year from the day that you finished the dry slab, would like to see how it’s holding up.

Not bad. If you're happy we're happy

Been thinking about doing this for my back patio. How is yours holding up four months later? Any wear and tear starting to show?

The costs of dry pouring concrete over just ordering 3 and half yards of readymix concrete are about the same. And you have easy access for the truck. Order at least a 3500 pound mix for a driveway. Buy magnesium float and an edger. Rent a bull float and a wheelbarrow. Hire a strong neighborhood kid for a couple of hours to help out. In the end it will take a lot less time, be stronger and smoother. And you don't have to pick up and dispose of 138 bags. You should also put in control joints every 8 feet.

Maybe i missed it, but, how much time passed before you parked your truck on the slab? Great video.

I'm a firm believer un dry pour. But that was a huge slab to do at one time. By setting a temporary form board across the area. you could have done it as 3 or 4 separate slabs, day after day. Just carefully knock the Temporary form board out and start the next slab right next to the first. If the first slab chips along where the form was, no harm. you can even chip it down about an inch and blend the next slab into the first. Once it all cures it will look like you did it all at once. Screeding can be the hardest part because you need to do it aggressively to get the fine and the powder up to the surface. The better you do the Screeding, the better the final surface will be. When you get a spot that you can't reach well with the long screed, you can use a short one or even a float. You dust want to compact it slightly and get the fines up. Even if it is not dead on level. when you roll it, it should ease any transition. The beauty is that if it doesn't look quite perfect, add a bit more concrete and hit it again. If you are doing wet pour from a truck, you have no choice, you have to finish it all the same day. But with dry pour you can take your time and do it in multiple sections. Just spend a bit extra care screeding and rolling where the slabs meet and it will look fine!! I built an electric vibrating screed which helps a bit. But I've seen someone attach a vibrating palm sander to their screed board and it looked like it worked. The one I made is a bit more engineered than that, but the basic principle is the same. Just did a pretty big one in 3 sections and made my own 123 concrete dry mix with sand stone and cement, in a Harbor freight mixer. Saved quite a bit over the Sakreete bag mix. But I also have a dump trailer and bobcat, so I didn't have pay delivery for the materials. Mixed it and umped it right there were I needed it. Just lugging all those 80lb bags is like work!! My goal was to cut as much manual labor out of it as I could. Worked at an easy pace. I've done wet concrete pours in my younger days and want no pert of that anymore!

So this slab is 6in deep, with chain-link after 2-3 inches?

In Michigan those quick Crete bags crack after a year or two because the stones are too small hope it works out for you

it's 8 months later... how is it holding up?

How did you frame it (side next to grass) with a steep sloping driveway ?

Good ish!!!!

how long did you wait before parking your truck on it? after watching this, i will attempt on my driveway 😆. Thanks for your video. I hope my driveway looks like yours when finish

your driveway came out very nice looking. i am not a supporter of dry-pour concrete for any purpose other than maybe a backyard sidewalk or under a storage shed. i think you'll find that your new driveway is not going to last more than a few years but maybe it will be more cost-effective for you to just re-do your "dry-pour" driveway every few years. at any rate, i hope your process does last as you obviously saved a lot of money doing the "concrete work" yourself. best wishes.

this is amazing ... i really want to know the state of the driveway you extended after 12 months ... where are you based in .. rough region will do ..

If concrete redi mix cost you $200 dollars per yard...135 bags is about 3 yards...delivery would be about $250. So $850 for materials. You already needed to do some formwork, but it would have needed to be a bit more beefy for redi mix. So you paid extra to do more work and end up with an inferior result. To each his own I guess.

Isn't the dry stuff available wholesale by the trailer load?

So It's been 8 months. Any cracks, any issues?

Post continuous updates. Every month or so. Curious what it looks like 6 months from now with no expansion joints.

Trying to find where you are located to see if you have snow 5 months of the year?

Looks very nice. Will it hold up for sometime like poured concrete would ? Thanks for sharing this video 👌🙏

Expansion joint would be a solution for the transition..

Why would anyone put that much time, money and effort into something that is inferior. The dry poor will not pass a compression test.

This is amazing, I had no idea you could do this. Do you live in below freezing climate? are you suppose to have relief cuts? I am starting the research now. Is this suppose to last as long as wet mix concrete?

Looks good like use of chain link sandwich my only suggestion next time you paint the vinegar mixture and have your son lift the bags your poor back!

In Your Opinion, can a Driveway only need to be 2-3in thick top support a Truck? It's already mostly Gravel. Also I would only be doing about a 4x8 section at a time due to a bad back and can only lift so much.. I am not needing it to be perfectly level or smooth and would be doing it by myself.. I just don't want to mow my driveway anymore and want a nice place to park the Motorcycle also..

please post an update :) please!! like 6 months 1 year 2 years 5 year - this video will show the world a lot of things!!!

Can I use this same technique on my basement floor?