Don't try this by yourself! Concrete pouring perfection!

this is called a vibratory screed board basically it screeds out or Smooths out the concrete that's not the final finish as you can tell they'll go back over it with a trowel but that's a vibratory screed board right there a little engine just shakes and shakes its green board right over top hey there folks this is Josh Stoney Ridge farmer welcome back to day two of the concrete pour here on the Stoney Ridge Farm now guys if you didn't join me for day one that's okay you can do it after this video day one is right over there that is stamped dyed concrete we've got a little more finish work to do on that let's just go over and show you real quick a little teaser at the end of this video there'll be a link to the stamped and dyed concrete we just got done cutting the relief joints in the concrete right here that's so it can expand and contract and crack so we want it to crack where we want it to crack and we'll be doing that on this pad too a 10 by 10 on each little section right here so this will be broomed concrete this is stamped and dyed this will rinse off and it looks almost brown with some red accents once we get done you'll see that in future videos on the farm and you'll see this pour in a link right up there if you want to watch it first so what we've got going here today is a concrete pour this is approximately 35 yard of concrete you can see we dug an eight inch footing on the outside edge to help prevent cracking this is going to be a 4000 PSI fiber concrete you can see right here again that's our nice little footing that we poured because when you run up on this with tractors and heavy equipment I want to make sure that it doesn't crack the most likely point of cracking is going to be this corner right here and we'll do some interesting concrete cutting right here on the corner and we're going to build it up really really strong right there so it doesn't crack also going to build it up real strong right across here the forms aren't in place right here because the truck's going to come right through back in there and start pouring concrete and these guys are going to get to work we're using raised concrete here in North Carolina guys if you're local to North Carolina Southwest Virginia these guys do a fantastic job so all the doors are open we're going to be doing a little bit of finish work molding into the doorways here also so you need to know the ins and out of what we're doing here so this is sloped downward right here this is the first concrete pour there'll be some footage of that going on right now this is sloped downward then right over in here this is sloped downward so this will meet the concrete surface the new concrete surface you see we've got it dropped right here so this will be feathered out and dropped down right there so water runs away from the building and there is drop right here water needs to run that way and that way so from here to here is about four inches of drop and from this end to that end is another eight inches of drop that way water flows away from the building water is your enemy and the whole reason we're pouring this apron on here is not only for a parking area and for work space outside it's to keep water from tracking under the building causing the ground to swell and heaving the building up cool so let's get busy pouring concrete the truck's on the way [Music] foreign these guys are getting it man this is probably going to be poured within 45 minutes guys and then we're gonna let it dry a little bit and get that broom finish on there it's gonna be awesome super simple process here just got to do it right and have the right guys working for you this is Larry man thank you appreciate the job well done last time and I know that stamp concrete you sold me on the stamp concrete man it just looks so much better uh what do you think about the stamped concrete how'd it turn out oh I think it turned out great I think you're really going to be happy that uh you know with the stamp and concrete and it's going to really highlight your covered porch area what can somebody expect concrete like cost wise is it worked right well it's a processed to it so you know you have your day that you actually pour the concrete and stamp it then you have to come back wash it clean it let it dry come back for a third trip to uh seal it put don't put salt on it right not put something right it doesn't matter what product that Lowe's may carry yeah it may say it's concrete friendly but if it's a product that melts ice it's not good for your Contour gotcha thanks man appreciate the job well done these boys are still busting butts so we'll let them keep on working I just want to thank you for all the hard work just for your business right on so guys this is called a vibratory screed board basically it screeds out or Smooths out the concrete that's not the final finish as you can tell they'll go back over it with a trial but that's a vibratory screed board right there a little engine just shakes and shakes that screen board right over top of there sometimes you'll see folks using just two by fours but that's a whole lot better cooler little product thank you this is called a Bull Float and The Bull Float goes right out through here see he's putting a little bit of weight on there with the rebar and that'll help smooth it out after this process and The Bull Float if you twist it pushes that way and then you twist it and it pulls back that way so after this process they'll come through with trowels and then they'll hand trowel everything all the way through and then they'll do the broomed finish right here and the broom finish is just to make it rough so when it's wet it's not slippery [Music] very serious this is the broom magic guys you got a piece of concrete that's 20 feet wide like this he's got to work his magic so these guys are not troweling they're actually floating you trowel smooth concrete and you float broomed concrete pretty neat finish [Music] guys I can't say how pleased I am another fantastic job done here total cost on this right around sixteen thousand dollars this is 30 ish yards of concrete about 32 yards total at the end of the day this is gonna have to cure for about four or five days before I can bring any vehicles and tractors and stuff in and out the stamped concrete again if you want to see that video and the pier pouring right here these piers are for the front porch they'll be a timber frame front porch here we also have another concrete project coming we're going to be drilling a well right back here on the back side of the building we're putting a 24 by 24 outdoor butchering area and Kitchen on here and there's a butcher shop in the inside so that's it guys thanks a lot for joining me today we kick some butt the job looks great fantastic now the concrete has to cure we just have to hurry up and wait thanks a lot for watching the Stony Ridge hit that like button guys and watch another video after this one be sure you click the link to the stamped concrete it's really interesting how it's all done thank you take care have a great day one two three see