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Thanks for the comment! The rebar does not need to stick out the sides. The best thing is to leave it short, around 2" of clearance on all sides is ideal. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!

3-4 inches of compacted gravel is recommended, however if this is your own project you'll have to decide if you want to take the risk or not. It's not like the slab is just going to fall apart, its that the dirt wont provide any drainage under the slab. 8 inches from the sides will be fine for the rebar.

We don't normally use anything to hold up the rebar. Most backyard patios require a wheelbarrow or concrete buggy to get the concrete in place. It doesn't work to drive over the bar if it's chaired up. We usually just pull the bar up as we pour. If you don't have to drive over the bar, you could chair it up with blocks or rebar chairs. Thanks for watching!!!!

@@DecoCreteTV Fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of rebar in concrete. Concrete is excellent compression stress and terrible with tension stress. Rebar provides support for tension stress and has to be place at the correct depth in the concrete to provide the propper support. Just having rebar in there somewhere does very little. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mcB5gciSqdDNo40.html

Thanks for the comment!! That 3/4" gravel will work fine if you can't find #57 limestone. We prefer limestone, but gravel is probably the most commonly use base material. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!

Thanks for the comment! The excavating and forming would be the same as in this video. How steep is the hill? You can put quite a bit of slope on a slab like that, but depending on how steep the natural grade is, you might need to build up bottom side a little bit. 1.5" of slope per 10' is nice amount of slope to get the water off the slab but still feel fairly flat. Even 3" of slope per 10' won't be bad to park on, but you probably don't want to go much more then that. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!

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@@milliewilliams4889 6' slope on a 16' slab would be quite steep. In that case, you would probably want to flatten it out some by building up the bottom side of the slab or digging into the grade on the top side-maybe even a little of both.

Thanks for the comment!! Most of the slabs around this one in the video are stamped. Was there a certain one you were hoping to see? Or are talking about the slab in the video after it was stamped. If we don't have any existing photos of the one you wanted to see, we can take one for you. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!!

Thanks for the comment!! Yes, start by clearing it out and leveling it with gravel. The concrete should be at least 4" thick, but if the area is really small, you might want to make it even thicker. Make sure you put some expansion joint along the retaining wall so the concrete doesn't bond to it. For the sides against the driveway, It would be a good idea to drill holes and dowel it to the existing slabs. We hope your project goes well! Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!

@@DecoCreteTV thank you for the tips!

Thanks for the comment! The first thing to do is call your local ready mix concrete plant and tell them about your project. They will help you decide what type of concrete mix will work the best. You won't need to rent the concrete truck, they'll deliver the concrete to you ready to pour! Concrete ready mix plants are also a good source for the gravel and most of them will deliver it to your jobsite. The compactor can be rented from most equipment/tool rental shops. Small diameter rebar (3/8" & under) can be cut with a large bolt cutter, but an abrasive blade is easier. #4 rebar (1/2") and up will need to be cut with an abrasive blade, you could set up a blade on an angel grinder, but a concrete chop/cut off saw will be lot quicker. You can rent the cut off saw from the same place as you rent the compactor, you'll need the saw with a diamond blade to cut the concrete anyway. As for the slope, this depends on the situation. Exterior concrete needs a minimum of 1" of fall per 10' so water can drain off properly. But you can, and probably should give it even more slope then that. We're actually releasing a video tomorrow morning on how much slope to put on exterior concrete! Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!

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@@DecoCreteTV mine have been going six years plus. Shame they dont make em again

Thanks for the comment! 4" thick would be the standard for patios, and that would also be the minimum thickness for a slab on grade. The extra 1/2" of concrete is well worth the extra cost for exterior slabs. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!

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Thanks for the comment! We normally pour the concrete with a buggy and it doesn't work very well if the rebar is chaired up. We just pull the bar up by hand as we pour. In this case, blocks or chairs would have worked fine. Most commercial job will require chairs at a spec'd height. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!

Hahaha......we never noticed that, good ears! 😂😂

Most people would consider 10ga wire the minimum for a 4" slab, some use 8ga if it's gonna get vehicle traffic. This slab was 5.5" thick and gets heavy vehicle traffic. We just prefer working with rebar instead of wire for small slabs like this. If we had used wire, we would have used 6ga. Thanks for watching!!!

Thanks for the comment! We have another video explaining this. I'll leave a link below. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nK6cdKR6z5jKqJs.html

😂😂 The video is under 10 minutes. Thanks for watching!!!

The slab in this video was in our parking lot that already had a gravel base, so in this case we could have used what was there, although what you can't see in the video was how chucky the base material is. The limestone fill is just nicer to work with. And don't worry, we didn't waste anything, we used the chucky base material in other parts of the parking lot. On most concrete jobsites however, there won't be any gravel base to work with and you'll have to dig into the ground. Thanks for watching!!!