Man, I love your videos. You're competent, well spoken, concise. It's rare, and I appreciate it.

Man you are a concrete magician!!! Love to see people who love what they do and know what they are doing!!!

Qt I'll tell you you're a jar to watch farm finish in poor you make it look so easy. Thank you for doing all your videos. I'm in Baton Rouge Louisiana, and it's really helping me out quite a bit, thanks again.

"Where are you going to get the cream to fill the voids?" That's what she said... As usual nice pour!

I’m an engineer and we always specify a gravel base under concrete pads for proper drainage and to help avoid sinking. Surprised that I see so many videos that don’t use a gravel base. At least you guys are using rebar though! People don’t use rebar or welded wire fabric, and then wonder why their concrete cracks. 🤔

Of all the people I have watched and learned from on KZfaq, you are the best for working concrete. Thanks for sharing and got a sub from me.

I enjoyed watching this pour. I also believe that if you pour concrete on a cold day you have more time to even it out before it sets.😎😎👍

I love the way you do the 345 the harder way... 36,48,60... For the feet when you could've done 30,40,50...! 😊

Great job! When I used to do this working with my dad(a long time ago) we would box out around to pipe just in case you needed to replace or work on that pipe. You would not have to break out your slab to do repairs on the pipe. Just a thought for next time

This is why you pay for professional finish carpenters and concrete finishers. I have no problem upseIIing and outseIIing competition to my customers, its my duty to inform my client's of the nuances in craftsmanship. You get reaI happy returning customers and tons of referrals. THIS guy would be on everyone's 'approved' Iist. Bet he's booked out for months in advance, even for the year. Good stuff!

"possibly go to breakfast"😂😂 you're a very funny guy. would love to join you in a pour

This is really useful just about to lay my own patio so this will be a huge help. Thanks from across the pond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Getting hard quicker is a good thing of you want to keep your lady happy! 😂 Great job as usual. Nice to help out your son like that. The devil is in the details. I love how you explain the different mixes and the rationale for your choices when doing the finishing. So many things to consider. Knowledge and experience is what separates the real pros from the rest.

Not sure if it was mentioned in the video but is there some type of separation between the patio slab and the foundation of the house or is it ok to pour right against it ?

If they put a lot of preservatives in that concrete I don't think I would eat any of it! CHEERS from Canada and happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thanks brother, I just love watching pads being poured.

Before watching this I think I can do a diy pour After watching I’ll just pay a professional to do it 😂

What beautiful work

Concrete is the absolute best building material! The way it forms, the strength & the durability are just wonderful. The finishing is an absolute joy to watch. Thanks for sharing! It makes me want to do some of this myself - may be a smaller job a single person can handle? A larger job is impossible without an army of workers all knowing what their role is & possessing the requisite skills all picked up on the job or is there a “cement school” kind of thing?

Crazy that took only 3 hours, be it would take me an entire day and look half as good lol. That's what it means to be a real professional though, getting awesome results quickly so both parties can be happy after the work is done.

more power sir sana mas marami pa kayong mashare na kaalaman sa amin po

Thank you Odell Trump

yeah Dave.. I'm doing the same thing this weekend.. Hopefully.. I need to extend the existing patio about 12x14 I appreciate the 'inspiration' as I will need it! Just me and a electric mixer and about 100 bags of quick crete .. I'm 60 yrs old.. I might just be able to do it for the 'last time'.. hahah.. Now if i wasn't so cheap, I would hire someone to do it for me but I'm cheap.. and there's no way around that.. Thanks buddy.. Watched a lot of your shows over the last couple years on this stuff. DMAX

Great job, I’m thinking of going into business 2020 and this was helpful. I’m a union carpenter and wanting to do this as my business. Happy thanksgiving to all...

This is so satisfying to watch

Dude your the man!! Excellent work brohem!! Stay Rad!!

Dave,YOU R AWESOME,thank you sir, for all the tips and knowledge.

Now that’s skill. Beautiful job

Thankyou again for all your great advice and tips

La raza doing the work

Great idea about people not getting to attend the expo, to commit what they would like to see and you check it out wile videoing and they can see something that they might have other wise missed out on.

Great vid!! Beautiful looking patio! Nice job!

Thank you for your video, great job. Sorry you couldn't make the convention in February

9:07 New millwaukee trowel?? Clean job!

Work of art

Another great episode Dave the concrete guru !!

I apologize if this is a repeat question, but I’m curious why you didn’t put gravel down before the rebar and concrete?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving! Another fantastic job!

Nice job all the time, I'm a finisher and patcher too, but I like learn from you

Looks fabulous

Great video. How did you go about in putting line separation in the lab? How is that done?

Nice half day job close to home. Big aggregate is always a better mix if you can? Fiber-mix always! Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family.

4 beginners????

Really smart technique to make it smooth!

great video. Real pro stuff. I learned a lot.

That looks amazing! I just got my backyard done and after the guy poured the concrete, he didn’t finish the job.

I know moneys tight for some people and everybody has their own home improvement plan but IMO that patio would have looked awesome if it ran a bit wider along the length of the home both directions. I've learned when pouring concrete customers trying to pinch pennies tend to send back paid unused material or could filled up the truck a little bit more for darn near the same price. They charge a minimum load in some places anyway trucks coming might as well take advantage but as always nice job Odell...

As always great information and content!

Good honest presentation...

Wow, nice job, peace and God Bless

I like watching your videos because I do the same job as you

That is great work, great finish

Great job

Looks like you guys have done a good job sir 👍

excellent work 👍

You sound just like kicking wing from jo dirt, I hope in your next episode you might make a reference to snakes and sparklers

Hello Mr. O'Dell. I have a question. I had seen your videos and in a couple of them was a 4" thick porch slab. In this video here, 14'×18', and the other video was 12'×6'. What rebar size did you use in those slabs ?

My yard is about the same size :0 and I'm planning on putting concrete on almost all of it, wish me luck DC

Great job 👑👑💪💪

nice job. thanks for sharing

Same to you and yours and thank you for the video I am retired so I don't get out much and the only suggestion on the Vegas trip maybe you could show us some of the girls LOL

That's really cool

Hey man awesome job, question: do you recall how many lbs of concrete this job took and how much it cost you in supplies? Thanks

Great work Great video 👍

Love this

Well done my guy..

I love your videos!

Dave, please send some of your troops to Adelaide.. love your knowledge sharing

Thanks for sharing! As always, excellent stuff. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

You do a great job .

Nice video for basic knowledge. I'm thinking about having a patio pad built on a slight slope and this is giving more a little better "gut feeling" that it might work out OK.

Great video thank you really helps the diys

Hey Dave I hope I'm able to make it to Vegas to see you. I blew out my knee and I'm in recovery mode. I'm not sure how well I'll be walking in February . And that's a lot of walking!

No preservatives, no substitutes! Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey man, nice work. Just a question, a lot of people have meltdowns for pouring new concrete along existing foundation, from a professional perspective, do you see anything wrong with that when done correctly and slowing away from the house ? Thanks !

Great video...

Looks good

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families! 🦃🦃

I always like seeing math being used in construction sites like Pythagorean’s theorem

Nice work. Im doing more & more flatwork as a builder mostly just because I like it. Do you have a video on screeding, through to final finish? It may seem elementary to you but I want to be able to self perform larger & larger pours. Foundations Ive got down but flatwork is a whole other animal. Thx.

great job !!!!!!

Single mom, this looks possibly easy for anyone to do. Do you think I can do this myself. No rush.

Nice job

Sweet 👍

raise the rebars with rebar chairs

Thanks for the video. Thinking of pouring something similar in my back yard? Question, why don't you have a layer of gravel and plastic added in this project?

What's the best advice would u give to a brand new concrete business owner..

Thank you.

No stones ?

Awesome job as always!

I don’t know much about mix. So you design your aggregate as well as your PSI? Looks great. I saw a checker board looking slab the other day. They swept each 2x2 square perpendicular to the next. It looked neat.

Good Job

Hola Senor Odell, great video with interesting details. Do you recommend the use of drainage inside the concrete, or using a little bit of slope in an angle on the concrete floor? Looking forward to hearing from you. I have a project for my back yard. Want to do it before the winter of this year, 2023. I am going to request for a free estimate when the time comes. Thank you.

Nice and clean love it. How much something like this cost?

Great job. I'm considering converting my back yard from grass to completely concrete. Question: How necessary is it to put down a gravel layer before the fiber mesh and concrete? I don't see it done as often as I used to. Thanks.

Hey thanks for the video it’s been very helpful I do have one question . I’m doing something similar off the wall of my house it’s only going to be 10 x 12 how do I make sure I have the proper slope away from the house so water does not collect . Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving 🥧🍗🥧🥧🥧

good job

Happy Thanksgiving!