Concrete Slab for the DIY Porch Build
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4 жыл бұрынAnother step closer to the timber framing. This simple raft type slab was ideal for the timber porch, if we had done it in stone then I would likely opted to lay foundations. Mind you, with all the clay pipes around though, I think the less digging the better!
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@rhydianjames7357 4 жыл бұрын
Tip for you, get a couple of concrete block or small bricks bedded down with mortar level with the top of the shuttering and then you can screed to then rather than messing about with a level. Blocks or bricks can obviously stay in the concrete when you’re finished 👍🏻
@hawkshead6273 4 жыл бұрын
there's just something about this channel that keeps me engaged. not sure what it is but i just cant wait for a new video to be released
@SmeetCoProductions 4 жыл бұрын
Brave man taking on that job with all the little ones. I can't get anything done with my one about...
@AzH1988UK 4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying this project can't wait to see the finished porch
@RobReynolds 4 жыл бұрын
"we know it holds" You're brave
@dorsetengineering 4 жыл бұрын
I do like the quality of the all in they sell round our parts. It’s super fine and makes really nice concrete... nice consistent mixes you got there, good job.
@vivaldi1236 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant work. 👏🏻
@Tuber-no.1 4 жыл бұрын
i love this channel, such quality content. Keep up the great work its much appreciated!
@justycrusty 4 жыл бұрын
Nice to see someone actually gauging a mix correctly and not just throwing it in with shovel. Not many bother
@sherwin1988 4 жыл бұрын
If you a true OG you shovel 😎
@justycrusty 4 жыл бұрын
Sherwin Hoss oh yeah and what exactly is an OG?
@michaelwong7657 4 жыл бұрын
I have the same mixer too...Great little mixer..
@Arfabiscuit 4 жыл бұрын
Mixing concrete and lime render has become a daily routine for me oh the joy .
@lawrenceholtgrieve6762 4 жыл бұрын
I noticed you were quick to protect the slab from the rain. We'll just assume you also moved the baby. Nice work as usual.
@isyt1 4 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry the baby is away playing on a roundabout (or cement mixer as some call it)
@TheRestorationCouple 4 жыл бұрын
Priorities! 😉
@Clothis64 4 жыл бұрын
:D :D
@brianfield792 4 жыл бұрын
Lawrence Holtgrieve that's so funny ,poor baby out in the rain,
@Tooma1979 4 жыл бұрын
Great work boyo
@insaneseinn 4 жыл бұрын
Really looking forward for the Oak structure, love your videos it has been a great inspo for restoring our victorian property. Are you still planing of building the Oak gazebo above the patio?
@tonitaylor5485 4 жыл бұрын
Pixar would probably be interested in buying the rights to your mixers story “The Brave Little Mixer” 😁 .... anther long day 😝 but you both endured ✌🏽and made a beautiful slab 🤩
@waseemkhaliq933 4 жыл бұрын
Hi love the way you are professional and your attitude to work .was just wondering what is your day job?
@patricka.crawley6572 2 жыл бұрын
Very good.
@nicolebourcierphotographer 2 жыл бұрын
Would like to know what has to be done under the plastic sheet to prepare for porch?
@cedarstuff 4 жыл бұрын
I've seen agilia self-leveling recommended before, was this something you considered, or not appropriate for this pour?
@jamesmarriott750 4 жыл бұрын
Having looked into this for a DIY garage base, I suspect the volume used on this project (half a cube maybe?) would make Agilia prohibitively expensive in delivery costs alone. :-)
@shirish2420 4 жыл бұрын
Great job as usual!! Does a slab that size need a control joint?
@krisrickson853 4 жыл бұрын
No
@shirish2420 4 жыл бұрын
@@krisrickson853 Thanks
@mandyleeson1 4 жыл бұрын
Loved seeing the feet and legs of the cheer squad in the background.
@Lookbusybuddy 3 жыл бұрын
Just keep building, just keep building
@AdamKyleAnderson 4 жыл бұрын
Chuck in the balast first and yu can judge water from there.
@garethneal82 4 жыл бұрын
Why concrete? Why not Limecrete? Is there a reason? I’m embarking on my own renovation project and any info is like gold.
@TheRestorationCouple 4 жыл бұрын
Ease and cost. Like the idea of using limecrete in a future renovation or self build though.
@lonhowell1 4 жыл бұрын
Lime is £20 a bag. Cement is £5.
@garethneal82 4 жыл бұрын
The Restoration Couple so I’m guessing if this were inside, your approach would be different? I’m looking forward to the Oak porch. I may do something similar on mine too. Thanks for your time.
@isyt1 4 жыл бұрын
I take you have to pour the whole slab at once, like you couldn’t do a couple of inches one weekend and the rest the next? So are there any other options for DIYers with limited time?
@elisscaliving5864 4 жыл бұрын
IS YT it’s easier to do it all at one time
@cranccd2022 4 жыл бұрын
IS YT pay someone!
@nickevans7049 4 жыл бұрын
pay me i will do it
@justycrusty 4 жыл бұрын
twitch moments should be done in one pour to achieve optimum strength
@russfaulkner7526 4 жыл бұрын
Why didn't you move the mixer closer and pour straight into the slab?
@caramonmajere447 4 жыл бұрын
That would cause unnecessary splattering on the walls of the house.
@EcoMan-te4vu 4 жыл бұрын
@@caramonmajere447 not if you lower the mixer by removing the stand
@aikidoshukumi4915 3 ай бұрын
Get the tonne bags nearer the mixer FFS ,shovel it straight In😂
@SimonKenyon 4 жыл бұрын
is this the final surface of the floor?
@TheRestorationCouple 4 жыл бұрын
No insulation and tiling still to go on.
@SimonKenyon 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple Just laid my patio based on your videos, so a massive fan, but I was wondering why you needed to get that concrete so smooth?
@SimonKenyon 4 жыл бұрын
I also put the same rubber membrane on my garage, but I did it before you. Great minds think alike...
@TheRestorationCouple 4 жыл бұрын
It’s not that smooth, just level that was the key. It does need to be pretty flat as otherwise you get small deflections in the insulation afterwards which is no good for tile.
@caramonmajere447 4 жыл бұрын
If you're impatient, don't use plastic around the edges of your forms, or underneath for that matter. The water is held in the concrete unnecessarily, causing it to take forever to cure. I can only assume that you didn't have a properly compacted aggregate base to pour on.
@TheRestorationCouple 4 жыл бұрын
The DPM is needed, especially as the oak frame will sit on the concrete.
@caramonmajere447 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple I take it you poured a high strength cement instead of standard concrete. I buy mine by the truck, so I'm unfamiliar with hand mixing.
@shedlife1783 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple is the DPM for the curing process or as a damp proofing measure? Some people say its just for curing.
@mhailo1 4 жыл бұрын
DPM should almost always be used to avoid damp rising through the concrete to your finished floor/walls, plus in the summer the plastic stops the concrete from drying out too fast and cracking. If no DPM needed, wet down the aggregate before pouring.
@shedlife1783 4 жыл бұрын
@@mhailo1 Thanks. Is it the damp rising during the drying phase that it is required for? Or long term once dried out?
@cheshstyles 4 жыл бұрын
I would have just ordered a yard ;)
@TheRestorationCouple 4 жыл бұрын
Perhaps if I’d sorted out a couple of shed bases at the same time but it would have been far to much for just this. 👍
@cheshstyles 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple as a professional mason, i would have just ordered a yard and skipped that massive amount of fucking around. Also it would have been done before the rain ✌
@mrb1864 4 жыл бұрын
brave man doing concrete in the rain, scares me on drizzly day as sudden poor down is a nightmare You out the ground and fun bit next ...
@lifter98 4 жыл бұрын
Goggles? 😁
@mjw1404mw 4 жыл бұрын
I was sitting here thinking "Why is he not smoothing out the great big hole in the corner?" Then I realised my phone screen protector had cracked!
@meakylad682 4 жыл бұрын
Please get a proper shovel, that was killing me watching you filling those buckets! Lovely result however
@TheToolnut Жыл бұрын
As in a square edged shovel?
@adrianterencehand 4 жыл бұрын
Which one of you miserable buggers delivered that thumbs down?! Shame on you!
@andrewgibson8548 4 жыл бұрын
First
@stylebender1818 4 жыл бұрын
That was so amateur
@TheRestorationCouple 4 жыл бұрын
That’s the idea. #diychannel 😉
@johnfithian-franks8276 4 жыл бұрын
You should be ashamed by the state of your mixer, I have had mine for 20 odd years and it has done a lot of work but I always make sure it is cleaned as soon as it has finished the last load. I got mine from Screwfix as well, for a cheap mixer they lase a long time and the small electric motor just keeps going.
@TheRestorationCouple 4 жыл бұрын
Inside is spotless and motor looked after, don’t let the tired exterior fool you. 😉 Great investment though. 👍
@EcoMan-te4vu 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestorationCouple give it a rinse out with brick acid- should be spotless in 30 minutes
@tintin-rc7sp 3 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't like the look of my mixer then cos this 1 is 10x cleaner than mine, and guess what?? Still does the job 😂
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