(drone whirring) (smooth hip-hop)
- All right, so was able to finally pour this project.
There's been a shortage of concrete.
Should I say, Portland cement.
It's caused a two week delay on this pour.
I hope everyone is doing well, stayin' positive.
Hopefully you caught the last video
where we filmed this pour with our drone,
if not check out the link below, and while you're down there
be sure to subscribe to our channel,
so you don't miss out on any more videos.
Greatly appreciate it.
(smooth hip-hop)
So we started this pour with a walkway,
which is about 70 feet long.
Next to the walkway will be about 750 square feet
of artificial turf.
And we got a lot of guys in this little area.
But trust me, we was tryna beat the sun.
Here we got our bull float out,
while the team works its way out to the big patio.
(smooth hip-hop)
(clicking) (bell dinging)
Now here's a quick shot of the walkway
with the artificial turf.
Stay tuned til the end
where you can see more and you won't be disappointed.
(smooth hip-hop)
So the last video,
we got a couple of questions regarding the grading
and how did we set it up so we can have proper drainage
so we won't have any water puddling.
So stay tuned to the end
and I'll give an explanation of that
and you'll get a chance to see how the water runs off,
nice and smooth.
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So we've probably got
every concrete finishing tool out there.
Edger to make sure our edges are nice and clean.
We got a torpedo to cut open our joints.
Once those are cut open we use our groover
to make those joints look nice and pretty.
We got a guy way in the back, right hand side,
workin' in Fresno.
It definitely takes teamwork to make all this happen.
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(clicking) (bell dinging)
So we got our last 10 yards in
to help us close out next to the house.
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It was time to break out the hand trowels
to make sure we get the concrete ready
for a nice broom finish.
I got a couple of comments from my last video,
the boards the guys are kneeling on are called kneeboards,
but I personally call them sliders.
So we ended up doing a light broom finish here
with the exception of a small section
of about 240 square feet.
We ended up stamping this part using our texture stamp.
I'll have a video up in the next couple of days
of us stamping the concrete
as well as us installing the artificial turf.
So be sure to subscribe to our channel.
(relaxed hip-hop)
So the rule of thumb when grading for concrete
is a 2% slope, but in order to make this patio functionable
for the family, we went about 1% to about 1.2%.
So here if you look from right to left,
there's a slight V ditch, you can barely notice it.
And that was what we was trying to accomplish.
So again, we go about 1 to 1.2% from the house
and it goes out about 20 feet and then from the grass area
comes back down about another 25 feet,
it kind of meets there, and that creates the slight V ditch,
which takes the water out, as you can see here.
Some people might've put a channel drain in here
or added some drainage.
But to me personally, that would have looked ugly.
So at all costs, we try to avoid putting channel drains
or drainage outlet in our concrete.
You can say that's where years of experience come in.
(smooth hip-hop)
So as always I appreciate you guys' time.
Remember stay positive and it's cool to ask for help.
If you're in the Bay Area, Sacramento hit us up.
Link is in the description below for a free estimate.
And also check out the playlist to this project,
it's going to be about five to seven videos once we finish.
Enjoy your day, make it a good one.
(bell dinging)