All right, let's get into it.
Hope everyone is doing well, staying positive.
So continuing with this project,
the customer decided they want a part of the patio
to be a stamp concrete in this particular area,
they're gonna add a pergola.
Even though this is part of the bigger patio
we treat it as a separate pour.
We pretty much set it up in the same day and pour it,
it's about 3 1/2 yards.
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We framed it up using Douglas fir, 2X4.
It took us a couple of hours to do this,
but it was critical we get this right
so the bigger patio can tie into it
as if we did it together.
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So now it's time for some concrete
and like I said, it's only three, 3 1/2 yards.
Again, we decided to pour this separate
because when you had to pour the big patio,
it just wouldn't be too much chaos.
We end up having a delay of two weeks anyway,
'cause we couldn't get any concrete in a timely fashion.
So, it's pretty much so 1 1/2 person job,
but we have four people there,
including myself, just to help out.
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Here, we're making sure we have the proper slope.
This is our break point for the water.
It was critical we get this right,
because it will tie into the bigger patio later.
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So the tool we're using here is called a torpedo
and I don't know if that's the official name,
it just kind of looks like a torpedo.
What it does, it kind of opens up our lines.
Deep joints, sometimes called expansion joints,
sometimes called control joints,
it all depends on what contractor you talk to.
So after we use the torpedo,
we'll come back and use what they call a groover
and this kind of cleans up the deep joints
to make it look nice and pretty.
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Now, from there we just stamp away.
Kind of start in one corner and work our way out,
as you can see here.
The color we used was the original color of concrete,
which comes in the concrete truck
and then we use a light grade or medium grade release.
And we use this probably about 80% of the time
when we do a stamp concrete.
And we also use the texture stamp,
probably about 90% of the time.
I think with the texture stamp
it just doesn't get dated over time,
as opposed to some of the other stamps.
They do look nice, but this one
just can kind of stay relevant throughout the years.
All right, so that wraps it up
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