One Man (and my Daughter) Concrete Slab Pour (Teaching How To Pour and Finish Concrete)

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This video shows me and my Daughter, Tia, pouring and finishing a concrete slab floor for a greenhouse.
Teaching the skills of concrete pouring and finishing is what I do to all my employees.
The more skills they have, the easier it makes everyone's job.
I teach how to work with concrete in my membership area The Concrete Underground.
Pouring, screeding, bull floating, mag floating, steel troweling and sawing concrete are the kinds of things you'll see in this video.
Concrete pouring and finishing techniques are done a little differently depending on who's teaching you. I like to teach the skills I have learned from people before me and the skills I have acquired from doing this for 40 years.

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[salvadorsepulveda]

Two person job !! Tia rocks !! you taught her well . Blessings

[clutchsp]

That girl is soo great. She knows exactly what to do with no screwing off check'n dat sail foam every minute etc..

[treetop]

I hope your daughter cherishes every second with you. My daughter is a drug addiction. She grew up working with me and I miss it greatly.

[JustAnotherOldMan]

Give her a huge hug from me !
I’ve poured by myself and it’s not fun if the Sun is even hinting of showing itself, thanks for putting up this

[derrickcosier]

Great job raising your daughter! She's awesome. She's very attentive and understands the goal. She also understands time keeps slipping thru the hourglass by how she does without being directed or reminded. Enjoy watching you brah...

[mikeabela]

Tia is one hell of a have to be a proud father !!!

[adudeandhisdog]

That girl can rake concrete better than half of the union NJ local 3 laborers God Bless you taught her well

[tippo]

It's refreshing to see a young lady such as Tia giving the whole concreting trade a go hard go...it's a testament not only to her and her work ethic (she's doing a damn fine job), but also to the ethics instilled by both yourself and her mother...so many teens and young adults today seem to be allergic to any form of labourious work...if it involves them lifting a finger from either a controller or keyboard...and heaven forbid breaking a sweat...it's almost like asking them to donate a kidney.
Great work Mike...and great work Tia...have watched many videos of yours, and you never ever see her shy away from doing any of the works from pouring, pushing, magging, bull floating and edging...like I said, very refreshing to see!!!!
Cheers from Sydney

[xavisolis]

Great pour..It's always great to have a two person team no matter the job size. My high school buddy helps me all the time. I always ask help from my sister during the week since she is a stay at home mom and she only lives like 6 blocks from me and i pickup her up on the way to work. My brother also helps me on the weekends if it's a big job. My sister usually does the washing of the equipment, picks up forms, stakes, hand tools, goes into town and buys our lunch etc. That saves alot of time for us.

[tarbeau]

Excellent video for sharing how two people can finish a pad. Tia, is better than most men in the business. She’s a keeper for sure lol. Keep up the great work, looking for some videos for retainer wall’s now. I know you have some just have to find them.

[diehardfan]

I have watched several different videos of yours. I see you doing everything: building forms to pouring to smoothing to cleaning… For someone like me it means a lot to see the boss man doing the grunt work as well as the finesse. Thanks for another video

[lfinau]

Hello Tia your the best helping your Dad make it easier love the work you guys do and thank you for the video Mike

[jimyoung]

It's a joy when you get to work with your kid

[davidhutchison]

I laid my 10' × 12' shed floor with the help of one man (who helped barrow the concrete, and then screed it). Took two days (working part time) to form up the slab and get it square. One foot footings around the side, and 4 inch slab in the middle. I've never done concreting before, so took my time to get everything set up.
On pour day, the driver was brilliant. Knowing that this was my first pour, he first checked to make sure that the form work as ready and fit for purpose (and commented that I had the forms exactly square) and then wet down the concrete slightly to give us more time to spread and screed it. He even showed me how to get a good finish with my trowel.
23 years later, the floor is still good, with minimal cracking.
It was only a small shed floor, but I'm still proud of what we achieved.

[johndevos]

Tia does awesome! Me and the wife poured our concrete for our barn porch.

[johnhosford]

This is just an Awesome video with your daughter helping you.

[rongrose]

Very cool working with your Daughter!!!

[iwaena]

You taught your daughter well, she jus’ gets in there and do whatever has to be Done!👍🤙🏽

[lorenzodelacruz]

Thanks for the video. I had my daughter help me doing jobs around the house, she also went to work with me. I am retired plumber so she got to see most of the trades. She has never not had a job, worked through the pandemic, not afraid of anything, and has a great job at costco and heading to manager. Great job dad! and the concrete too.

[dougsweldingfabrication]

That's so cool to be able to work with your daughter. She's a hard worker, and she knows what it takes to be successful. Love the videos !