It always looks so easy to do when your watching a pro do a job. You are truly a pro.👍

I’m grateful for your work. You’ve helped me accomplish a lot of concrete work here at the house.

Another EPICLY educational and informative Video Mike. Its incredible and helpful that Mike's shares all this experience and helpful tips and tricks with the world. Thanks Mike, great work!

Did mine. Thanks Mike for all your knowledge. Came out better than I expected. A contractor wanted 6000. Cost me around 600

Thanks Mike. You always make it look so easy.

Always a job to do, since there is so many who built retaining walls, allowing water to go behind and push the wall, rather than going over the wall. Also like to mention it's you who thought me that, in many of your videos. Thank you Sir.

Such a pleasure to see someone working with such integrity. Greetings from Greece.

Thanks Mike. I learned a new trade watching your video. I repaired a foundation and the home owner was impressed. He asked me how long I've been doing these. I lied and said over 40 yrs.

That old plaster came off easily! Makes the day that much better! Great work, Mike.

Most helpful video I have found on this subject yet. Thank you.

Thanks Mike after watching your videos I tackled my pizza oven base. Without the knowledge I gained watching you I never would have attempted a stucco job.

Beautiful work! You are so efficient. Thank you so much for the thorough explanation.

thanks for the answer Mike . I too am a stonemason by trade but learnt on my own parging foudations . Nice vid all the same . THANKS MIKE !

Mike, I subscribed to your channel a couple of years ago and I never really understood what drew me to your work. Maybe, at the time it was just therapeutic to watch you work. BUT! As it turns out, I now know why! I recently bought an old fixer upper house here in Florida and I soon realized that the foundation around the house near the vinyl siding needed some TLC. I quickly realized that I knew the right KZfaqr to guide me through the repair process! Thanks, Mike!

I'm doing the exact same job but other videos did not show me the best way to apply the finish layer in this situation. This is perfect. Thanks.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Now I need someone to do the job. Thank you.

It's Good! Great Info & details Mike, Thank You!

Nice to watch someone who knows what they are doing. I need to do a similar job (interior) good to know the process. Thank you.

cant tell you how satisfying it is to watch you do masonry.

Thank you Mike for sharing your knowledge

Mike, than you so much for this video. I just larger a basement wall and it looks great. Just needs to fully dry and then paint it.

thank you Mike. I've been laying block for about 2 years. and now I'm learning​ the small stuff like parging in residential. you sir are a big help to rookie Mason's who ain't got there own way of doing things yet 😂😂

Great video as always Mike. Thanks

Excellent work. Old school to the bone

Very nice work. This is my project for Saturday.

Thanks Mike for the pointers.

Your videos saved me a lot of money, if I'm ever in Pennsylvania I'd love to buy you a beer - Heck, I'd buy you a few!

It is always nice to see fellow masons techniques. Keep up the great work!

Excellent demonstration

thanks for the tips heading out to fix my backyard stoop

Excellent, thank you Mike..!

Just checking in....love these videos. Im always looking for cement jobs to do around the house just so i can use my skills that I've learnt from you. Thanks mike

Hello Mike, nicely done... I too am in my so call early 60's and was in the same trade for some years, only thing my father was a painter...He gave me my first taste of the work early too...He used to say anybody can paint, but very few know how to...Old school is still good school in todays world...I see we use the same bonding agent, and we keep it wet...I just wish you were near Philly so I could call on you when I need something done.. Thanks for the video it makes me feel younger just watching them...''Keep it wet'' JRC.

Nice job, Mike.

You're great, Mike!

Thank u 4 sharing ur knowledge. You r teaching the new generation ,ur technique. This is really a knowledge transfer. I see people dying without transferring thier knowledge. But u are so generous. U really inspire me and help me 2 have I can do attitude. Of course u helped me 2 save money. I am glad I subscribed ur presentations Thank you

Thank you soooo much for the video. It helped me a lot!!!! You are a star!!!!

mike I've been watching a lot of your videos, I have lots of years experience in the trades , picking up a lot of tips from your videos And the way you were taught . PS Portland is running through your veins, You're a bad ass mason man.

Great video. I'm about to start work on a similar job, so it's great to see your technique. Thanks!

Your good dude! Fast and neat work. You make it look so easy! I'm gonna give it a shot.

Great video👌🏻 You will learn a few tricks of the trade watching this! Thanks.

excellent job.

Great job! Super helpful video. Thx!

Excellent. Very helpful. Thanks. God bless.

Thanks! That looks great. Appreciate the demo.

You help a kindergarten teacher with this?! Now you inspired me to help my elderly neighbor!!

Also thanks for all your help

Great job

You are good! I admire your craft.

Thank you Mike👍🏻

my masonry experience was twenty five yrs ago n it was forming n pouring footings, and poured foundations! I understand that some people's definition of a mason are brick n block layers but my definition is someone who has either poured concrete through a truck or mixed it themselves but that's beside the point just like roofers masons are a special breed I know some very booksmart men who just can't do any type of construction especially concrete or masonry work as you know you gotta have at least one level eye to rough the concrete in some guys with 20 20 vision can't see the low spot that's minor but the most respectful thing about masonry is that those who can get past the intense labor part n can develope or learn to do the work that counts such as forming n finishing concrete are a rare breed

thank you sooo much , really , you saved me so much money and time !

Great video thanks for posting

Thanks for the video I have some Mason experience but this will be my 1st pargeing

sir thanku for telling the practical of repair wall

Another Great Video....

you are really good I learn a lot thanks

omg.... every time I watch a video where you tear down crumbly walls and bricks etc, it makes me cringe... but each time you make it look nice!! good job!!

Another great job hey Mike I use my hands with gloves. 😆 what a nightmare Mike , well they got the best man to do the job..

thank you sir

My knees hurt just watching him.

Wow u are pretty fast at plaster

Thanks!

Nice job Mike ! I do odd jobs for the Nabior 74 years old and she is happy to have someone that is in her price range and does not take advantage of her.You showed me a lot and thank you but I don't see how you do it without knee pads or something

Nice and simple teach me brotha!

good

I wish this guy was in NJ.

This is really helpful. I'm trying to parge the 18" stem wall inside my climate-controlled garage (and create a rounded cove at the base) before epoxying but had issues on my first attempt. I used Quikrete Mortar Mix (which was recommended to me) but I think it was too dry and wouldn't stick so I ripped off what little I had done and regrouped. Ideally I'd like to do it all in one coat since I'm not very efficient and this is a pretty time-consuming effort (and it's going to be epoxied over anyway). I welcome any tips you'd like to offer.

I love your comment about your 3 hardest years in school.

Nice. Trick with the bonding agent. I've heard you could also use Elmer's glue. Idk how true. Love ur videos man

hello my friend hello from Athens good work ok

You’re amazing. Thank you. Could I use this technique and the Portland + water + bonding agent to the water side of a crumbling sea wall?

mike, i always make sure its wet first. if i want to stick something

Can watch and re-watch your videos over and over. Great job. For some reason when I make my parge mix (usually 2-3 parts sand to 1 part portland and a bit of S-Mortar) it often has a brown tinge to it ... other times it doesn't. I have no idea what is coloring it. I even tried without the S-mortar and again the color is not consistent.

You like the crazy professor of concrete repair. lol

Always wet your area first, to stick and spread better. Wet concrete on dry surface will crack and not stick properly.

Great instructional video, Mike. By the accent you must be from the coal region above Pottsville. I'm in Reading and want to repair a dirt wall in the basement. Any suggestions for indoor patching other than what's in your video? Thanks a million! Jim

Thanks for the video, Mike. I was wondering about how you terminated the coating at the ground level. do you need to leave a gap of a certain width or do you just contact the ground.

Nice video mike. what's your thoughts on stucco over paint and or waterproofing tar on an outside basement entryway . do able? your thoughts

Mike I’ve noticed that you use “Rapid set” for many applications, would you still use rapid set to repair the plaster (reparge) the finish over the stone of an old Victorian house in Pennsylvania? Thank, Adam

Portland should sponsor you

The new technology they have a tool for doing the scratching and he recommend you do it and wavy lines up and down and someone that second coat goes on any contracts it doesn't just can try vertically it contracts sideways also. They say that the wavy lines of the cement adhere better

Great info. Could you do this over an old stacked rock(limestone I think?) retaining wall that had not been coated before?

Hi Mike. Your videos are great. How do I match a parge coat on a wall? Whenever I use store bought mortar mix (Quikrete), it always dries real white (and occasionally real dark), can never seem to figure out why. Plus store bought mortar mix does not have the larger pebbles (nothing bigger than 1/8" diameter) and multi color pebbles/sand in it like the old parge does. I just need to patch a piece that fell off the wall. The existing parge coat is relatively white and has coarser multi color (blacks, reds, yellow, white, etc) sand in it. I have coarse sand but not as multi colored as that on the wall. I don't have Portland cement and don't really want to buy a 94 lb bag of it for this small patch. I don't want my patch to stick out like a sore thumb visually speaking. Thanks.

Very cool love youtube great job,

Wet the wall use Portland cement and bonding agent. Got it.

hi mike for very hot day and wall expose to sun all time you can make a carpet of water with sponge or anything else at the bottom of the wall and cover it with plastic yes sir water is the key for cement i hope i explain good my mind

I live in New Jersey and in need of having my wall done. Can I get the exact measurements of materials used to fix wall.

I got a question for you... when you put on the final (second) coat over the base (where the cracks show), what it you used a thin set mortar, like the stuff made up for tile floors? They add an "acrylic" (same stuff in latex paint) to the mix. I think that's supposed to make the thin layer stronger.

Hi I cane across with your video s d so happy as this is what i want to do. Can you please add info on the proportion for the mixture? Thank you

Pay attention folks OLD GUYS RULE Mike's right bet his works lasts

Hi Mike, I had a mason build a 4’ rock wall (rocks covering cinder blocks) two years ago. Now about 1/4 of the capstones have come loose. I’m going to repair it myself. I don’t know what type of mortar he used, but the local brick and rock yards recommend Type N here in Maryland. Do you think it would be better to use mortar, or a tube of exterior construction adhesive to cement the stones back in place? Thanks!

Hi Mike I love your videos very informative do you ever come across like concrete structures? columns sauna tubes beams what do you recommend other than your cement products they all seem to not ever match the gray concrete look they're always lighter?

Nice throws of cement, you must have been a ball player back in the day! Thanks for letting us see you work, great job.

WOW!

I am going to patch a stucco chimney. If I don't want to use a fast setting mortar, what product would you suggest I use?

I need to straighten a chimney with stucco as prep for putting faux stone veneer. The problem is the bow in is as bad as 8 inches. Any tips?

I have a low block retaining wall that has some areas where a thin layer has fell off (about 5 inch circles). Would this surface patch the same way?

@MikeHaduck Why did you use two coats? You've said the first coat is expected to crack, but wouldn't putting on a second coat also make it crack? Will this eventually crack? And also, knowing that mortar will crack, why did you decide to use it instead of just 1:2 mix of portland to sand for the entire job? Thanks.