Description
If your crew skips one step, there's a good chance that by the next morning you've got shrinkage cracks all over the place. We're on Bo's boat garage in Mojave Valley, Arizona: compacted road base, 3000 PSI with fiber mesh, two loads. We go through the base, the mix and the joints, then show you the step most people skip.
Crew: Kenny, Bo, Steve and David Odell, Odell Complete Concrete.
TOOLS WE USED (affiliate links: we may earn a commission at no cost to you)
- MBW vibratory bull float attachment: [ACME link]
- Fresno trowel: [ACME link]
- Walking edger: [ACME link]
- 5 ft walking joiner / cutter: [ACME link]
- Nylon concrete brooms (fine, medium, coarse): [ACME link]
- Curing compound: [ACME link]
- Pump sprayer: [ACME link]
- Hose timer / sprinkler: [ACME link]
CHAPTERS
0:00 Cracked by morning?
0:15 Bo's boat garage, Mojave Valley AZ
0:21 Suspect 1: the base
0:39 Suspect 2: 3000 PSI with fiber mesh
1:20 Vibratory bull float: one and done
1:42 Edges and joints before anyone falls behind
3:06 Holes and rock pockets without vibration
3:36 Halfway: second load
4:06 Fresno early to hold the moisture in
4:33 Suspect 3: the joints (no string lines)
4:52 Did you know?
5:38 Three nylon brooms
6:37 Rounding the edge
6:58 Step 4
7:21 Every hour for 5 days
7:44 Drone view of the finished slab
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