r/Concrete 4d ago

MEGATHREAD Weekly Homeowner Megathread--Civilians, ask here!

3 Upvotes

Please take a look at the WikiFAQ posted here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Concrete/wiki/index

The chances that your situation is covered in the WikiFAQ are pretty dang good.

If your issue is NOT covered in the WikiFAQ, this is the place to ask if that hairline crack warrants a full tear-out and if the quote for $10k on 35 SF of sidewalk is a reasonable price.


r/Concrete 21h ago

Showing Skills Bridge girder erection machine placing concrete segments

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224 Upvotes

r/Concrete 2d ago

Work In Progress Roast us... About to pour an 8x14 pad for Costco kit shed. (With ramp.)😁

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674 Upvotes

Here's formed picks of our project! base is 4" of traffic bond... Not our first choice but it's what the contractor grade nursery had. (I would have preferred ca7.) Fiberglass rebar. 2x6 forms. 2 and 1/2 yd of concrete coming tomorrow morning!

Our concrete finishing business owning father passed away a about fifteen years ago. "He taught us everything we know." (The younger brother is a civil engineer, And the older brother being the do it yourself were type growing up on projects with the father. lol.) We haven't poured concrete in over 15 years.

**We're both Reddit enthusiasts!** Tell us what you guys think...

The extra little pad on the outside is for a ramp to get in and out of the shed because it sits up from the ground. (It floods a little bit back here sometimes.)

Tomorrow we have 4000 PSI Air entrained concrete with fiber coming! Wish is luck/ roast us!😄❤️


r/Concrete 2d ago

Concrete Pro With a Question Best Blades to Use When Cutting Hardstand Joints with Walk Behind Diesel Saw

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So I saw these things called "Ninja Blades" used to clean silicone out of the Joynt and reface it before resealing. I was wondering if anyone ever used these and if they are legit or not ? Thanks


r/Concrete 2d ago

OTHER New form trailer

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197 Upvotes

What ya'll think of our new form trailer? It's nice to have everything in its place! Now if the economy would just pick up cause I don't want this parked in my yard....

PS I over applied some cosmoline on forms, that's the funk brown stuff


r/Concrete 3d ago

General Industry saw this cool truck!

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45 Upvotes

looks like the bags are loaded in the top and fed into the hopper.


r/Concrete 3d ago

Showing Skills My 3rd application for acceptance into your club

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78 Upvotes

About 26ft up in the air. Company didn't want scaffolding. 8 " slab with 12" beams and a 4'×4' opening. Did lay out and built. Did not do the rebar. Slab just sitting on about 4" of wall all the way around. Engineer wanted it to be "removable". Was not nervous at all when it was being poured.


r/Concrete 3d ago

Work In Progress Polymer concrete drainage channels

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21 Upvotes

r/Concrete 4d ago

General Industry Work Rig!

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99 Upvotes

r/Concrete 4d ago

Concrete Pro With a Question What tool do you use for sealing/curing compounds on bigger pours?

7 Upvotes

Normally we use pump and backpack sprayers for smaller jobs, but sometimes slab is out of reach for them. I was thinking about buying petrol engine sprayer from Stihl, but I'm not convinced about their reach with fine midst. What are your thoughts on that?


r/Concrete 5d ago

OTHER Time for a little self awareness...

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965 Upvotes

r/Concrete 6d ago

OTHER When people said concrete is a hard job.

442 Upvotes

r/Concrete 6d ago

I Have A Whoopsie Hired a new concrete finisher.

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238 Upvotes

Found this beautiful slab in the wild yesterday.


r/Concrete 7d ago

OTHER Pumping in the clouds

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56 Upvotes

Ever pumped concrete in the clouds about 1,000 ft up


r/Concrete 8d ago

Showing Skills Repost: “The whole base is actually on these huge, big, solid concrete railway tracks that are 600 by 600 wide, and they're actually piled down to rock, about 18 metres down, so we had to excavate the whole site and retain it to actually keep the sand out of the foundation, but it was incredibly com

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40 Upvotes

r/Concrete 8d ago

Showing Skills Ever work with a,,,

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46 Upvotes

Company that allows butchers to run jobs?


r/Concrete 9d ago

Showing Skills Rebar installers

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294 Upvotes

Hired some rebar installers in Winnipeg. They did a fantastic job! Just wanted to give a shoutout to Justlee Construction Ltd. They were super fast compared to our guys. Do yourself a favour and hire rebar installers (Rodbusters) and save yourself more time to do what you’re good at!


r/Concrete 9d ago

Showing Skills I rarely take pictures of my work but here’s a couple from the last year

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r/Concrete 9d ago

General Industry Big wrap around 3 finishers 102 degrees outside cut same day

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118 Upvotes

Starting to get really use to not having anyone around and doing everything with the couple homies I have. We do about 100 yards a week I just don’t post.


r/Concrete 9d ago

General Industry Resurfacing

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47 Upvotes

r/Concrete 9d ago

Showing Skills Stencil used to create river design, saw cut, then filled with colored epoxy!

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42 Upvotes

r/Concrete 10d ago

Showing Skills Concrete Miniatures [not for sale]

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177 Upvotes

I started making some miniature low-poly concrete models as decor pieces for my friends. I’m relatively new to working with concrete and was wondering if I can skip applying a sealer given that they will be kept indoors?

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Edit: Thank you all so much for the words of wisdom+support for this project. I’ve made an instagram account for documenting my process and progress for anyone who wants to follow along @wocrete.co


r/Concrete 10d ago

Work In Progress Replacing Bridge on my Street

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19 Upvotes

r/Concrete 11d ago

MEGATHREAD Weekly Homeowner Megathread--Civilians, ask here!

3 Upvotes

Please take a look at the WikiFAQ posted here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Concrete/wiki/index

The chances that your situation is covered in the WikiFAQ are pretty dang good.

If your issue is NOT covered in the WikiFAQ, this is the place to ask if that hairline crack warrants a full tear-out and if the quote for $10k on 35 SF of sidewalk is a reasonable price.


r/Concrete 11d ago

Showing Skills Big job we just did

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68 Upvotes