It's nice to see someone take pride in their work like you do. Unfortunately, nowadays many people don't. It's all about getting it done as cheap and fast as they can. I had 30k in concrete poured this year, some of it in rain, other in freezing temperatures, and the contractor didn't take near the care that I see in your videos.

We need more people like you Mike. Your pride in your work is inspiring!

I am not a concrete man and so far have tried three times to fix our front and back cement steps. Your video sure helps! We are also in a cold climate so if we make mistakes cracks develop. Thanks for your help!

I have been doing stairs in the uk for 45 years mostly london and I have never had to put any rebar on the nosing , I’m retired now and miss it so much , great channel thank you 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸

First video that used the 45 on the risers. I saw my Dad do that the times I worked with him. And tilt the riser back a 1/4” or so to prevent heel rubs. Dad was a true master. I did enjoy your video… I learned!

Mike, your time and effort both in the trade and putting these videos together is to be commended. Thank you for taking the time to share these. I've tackled some small jobs with friends at our homes and used your tips. Great work Sir! Thank you from NW CT.

The 45 is a wonderful idea, thank you for taking the time to make the video. Very helpful! :)

Hey Mike Love your videos, the only problem is you don't use chairs to hold your steel off the ground or Styrofoam. There's no structural benefit when your steel lays on the bottom of your pour, HAS TO BE LIFTED

Thank you for some stair knowledge! God bless you guys!

Awesome job! We still waiting for last video for the finishing project.

Mike and his team are trained professionals at concrete. Sometimes the plans are little different than the last job.

Nice to have an overcast day for pouring stairs. nice job.

Mike I appreciate you and the time to put them together. Do you ever put a control joint in wide steps/stairs? If so I would assume you do both the treads and the risers. What about if you have steps that are on 2 sides?

Nice detailed video Mike! I would love to see the framing of the job sometime. Thanks!

It’s good to hear you sponge out the riser faces, bcz that’s a practice that has largely gone by the wayside down here, in the last few decades. I used to get ⅛” aluminum plate, made for the faces and screw them on to the risers. That was very effective at producing a nice slick finish on the faces if we weren’t going to take the time to sponge them out. It also looked good with the contrasting slick risers to the broomed treads. Obviously only practical for repetitive sets.

Nice video and informative. As a new homeowner I saw a few concrete projects in the future around the house so I went a bought a book on working with concrete sure saved me a lot of money and make me proud of what I accomplished. Thanks again.

Your videos are the best I have seen. Lots of learning!

I just poured my own concrete bad for an AC condenser and your channel was a big help! Next I am thinking about tackling some steps. Thanks!

Great job man. You guys keep up the good work!!

Another good way to set up those steps is run a router on the cove. You can still put bevel cut. Just ends up being more like a 20deree instead of 45. For big set of steps real beneficial. Hope that helps

You are a great sub-contractor everything came out perfect 👍

Hey Mike, do you have any videos on how you would tackle a porch that size?

All I have to say is WOW! Steps have to be the hardest (Mike let me know) and you men did great! From NC KEEP IT UP!

Come on Mike, you’re the best that’s exactly the type of content I was just looking for 👏🏼👏🏼

You are Awesome Man...I wish you were closer I would Love to hire you for my 7 bay carport

Good work, good advice, good techniques. But I have not seen the finishing video yet, did you upload that? I was really interested in how long you waited before pulling the forms off. I live in California and it can be 90 degrees in the winter, and triple digits in the summer. We definitely have to scramble more so it doesn't get away from us.

Great work Mike from New Zealand! Where is the finishing video?

Man I have done hundreds of sets of steps !! Got to the point I was doing steps in my sleep !! Worked in a new home development and every home had a set of steps from 4ft wide to 16 ft wide !! Angled on the sides ,,,,curved on the sides !! I poured a set of steps one time that bowed out in the middle and the home owner asked me if it was by design or accident ,,,,I said design ,,he said he luved it !! WHEW !!

I miss the concrete, it’s so therapeutic especially a nice easy pour like this one

Love these vids👍🏼

Those concrete pillars by the steps are massive!

We use a Sawzall without a blade to vibrate the face of our steps. Works really good

💯💪💪 great job man to you and your crew !!!!!

Hi Mike I like watching you videos. I want to put in concrete steps on my home here in Texas. I have never done this before , can you offer any advice?

nice diy tutorials... we need that for Madeira 😁

wow! superb work. great vid thank you

I can't find the 2nd video to this one. Curious of how the end product looks

I'm getting ready to pour a form for a storage building. I need a hinge with the acme broom handle thread to make an extendable float. I'm using a handle designed for window washing from Lowe's. They don't sell the float adapter. Got any idea where I can get one?

So professional like a BOSS..

I built my own house, I'm not a tradesman but rather a businessman. 32 years ago I decided to pour an 18 by 8 foot deck in the back of my house. I built the forms, I installed rebar every 12 inch square. On the 18 foot side one end is resting on the foundation, the center is on a 10 inch tubular pillar (Sonotube) and the other end is held up by the stairs, all this five feet off the ground and 6 inches thick. I called for 4000 pound strong low slump concrete with ½ inch stone. Now here is the clincher: I was alone, the first time iI had ever done this kind of work and it was in August with a 75 degree sunny day. Boy, did I suffer, the concrete was starting to harden before I had finished magging it. I concentrated on the stairs, the forms of witch were cut at 45 degrees, because it had to be done right. After they were ready I got to magging the surface with a 3 foot length of 2x4 and a wood trowel. Fighting with the concrete I started seeing black spots in front of my eyes but I finally made it. Final result: straight set of stairs, a very little bit of wavy surface but with a good slope, some stones showing trough. Not one crack, not even an hairline one, all this standing up after 30 years. I'm so happy to see what you are doing here Mike, I validates what I did way back then and I learn even more with you teachings. Today, I just finished a repair job at my son's home, an 8 by 18 foot deck suffering from a terminal case of spalted concrete. Done with Quickrete product, nice broom finish on a diamond grinder prepped surface. We watched your three videos covering that subject and it turned out to be a success. I'm a 69 year old retiree with a metal hip. Thank you Mike for your excellent teaching.

Nice work leaving the reinforcement on the polystyrene 😂

For the rise we use 18 m ply three quarters to you and 4 x 3 on the top back of rise and the string the same 👍

It would be nice to see the finish article!!

another great video mike

Thanks for taking the time to share your concrete knowledge on video! Great work!

I've been working with concrete for over 30 yrs. A time or two I've forgotten rerode in stairs lol. You needed that concrete stiff. If you was pouring on sand and dirt you could've loosened it up alittle. But good work

Good job bless from mauritius island

nice work sir and good ideas of work 😊

I understand that you vibed the steps, but a little form oil is always beneficial ( old retired finisher tip!)

What’s the white paper under the rebar? Is it better than compacted gravel?

Are u using a front discharge concrete mixer truck or a rear discharge concrete mixer truck ?

Mike good work

What state are you in Mike? It always looks cold or wet.

you make it look easy!

How much time before you remove the boards??

Well done. Mike, I came home to find stucco all over my week old concrete steps. Any ideas on how to clean this mess up?

Is it true that too much vibrating will make all the rock go to the bottom then the top wont be as strong?

Thank you.

Nice job buddy

Good job

I checked out a couple of your videos. You do nice work, your stamps look good particularly, but you're doing stairs backward in my opinion. Do your top stair in the landing first and go down top to bottom. You don't have all that creep that you're digging and throwing back up top. After you get them in, wet your load up a few gallons And pour the landing like you'd normally do. Makes for a much neater job and less work as stupid as it might sound to you. Any builder I've ever finished for on the east coast wanted it done that way and I've tried bottom to top after thinking to myself it would be easier. I assure you it is not. That's just my two cents, not ragging on you or your guys at all.

SO IVE SEEN FOAM DETERIORATE IN OTHER SITUATIONS. WILL THE FOAM EVER LOOSE ITS INTEGRITY?

When using any vibrating poker you should bring it out slow, that is what brings the air bubbles out. Try it next time and see

Mike, Possible to show how to build the house Thank you so much

Interesting video. The only down fall is all the noise in the background. That phone would have ended up sinking into those stairs 😂

Is there a follow on video to this as mentioned? I don't see it

My kids loved when we poured concrete. Every home we built has their handprints in the footers.lol

I like to scrape the access concrete build up on the face of the boards and center kicker so I don't have "crusties" when I strip steps to finish. Good work though

I was wondering an average square foot Price for flat work in your area?

Sitting here waiting on the next video. Another great video/job by you and the crew

How do you charge to form and pour stairs

I've done a lot of small concrete jobs and small steps in my time... recently Saw this video of these big flights of stairs with wet concrete pouring down like a river.... whats going on there???

This was a great video thank you

Good job mike, as always!

Is it hollow under the stairs? I don't see you pouring concrete there?

Do you use Peet gravel or 3/4" stone in your pours

slump does NOT mean how wet or how dry. Slump is the diameter of a puddle of certain volume of cement dropped from a certain height and can be massively changed with additives for a fixed amount of water.

Hi Mike! I've never done concrete but have been watching your videos for a while now and I have a building I'm doing next year that is 48x144. I can either buy or acquire the tools needed but I will only have my dad helping me with it. Do you have any advice on how I should tackle this size with such little help? Half of it will be heated floor and I will have a parameter wall for the building to sit on.

What's the r-board for?

Great job but I always pour steps from the top and vibe it down to level. I get less excess on the lower steps then👍

Why insulation under the steps ? Frost movement?

How do you do a mono step?

What is underneath the poured concrete? Is that explained?

Throwing it on the ground to finish those risers when stripping forms.

This video is basically... ‘How to pour concrete steps’... Step 1 - Pour concrete steps.

What’s the point in adding air to the concrete and the vibrating it out?

I noticed you don't use chairs to hold your steel up off the Styrofoam ? Also the steel in the steps was tied to tight to the slab steel. No room to lift the slab steel to center of concrete

excelent

Hi Mike. How do I find a good contractor that has the skill and knowledge to pour me a super level and smooth/polished 24' x 32' workshop slab at my home. It will have to support a 1500# lathe and mill. Thinking 5 1/2" thick 4000psi with rebar and fibers? Really want to know about finding the right contractor... Thanks...

Where did you get that dewalt vibrator

Good work 20 plus years here 6 in business lol and yes seen missing rebar right away good you caught it

Great job but why not do the top first then the steps but great work the only reason I ask what if you pour the top and it pushes the steps out thanks

Should have done a quick vibrate after putting your forgotten rebar in on the steps ha. Other than that. Awesome work.

would you say this is a "step by step" tutorial. all jokes aside looks good!

Just curious, why the insulation?

Mike awesome video but this isn't instagram my man. I'm not trying to watch this full 12 minute video just to have to go find a new one to see the finished results which look like they will be awesome. Rip the extra minute to show the people what they want,and give your boys the credit they deserve to finish the project.

I never use to 45 my boards but now that I’m older I do it every time even on only 3’ wide

The stairs have a bevel so you have to 45* the riser to get the mag under it. Finishing for 40+years

I once spent three days fixing some steps, 10 feet wide and 12 risers, that were bowed out badly because of poor bracing. I was cursing the "professional" who built the forms, every minuet of it.

In which area u working