How Thick Should Your Concrete be?

[DavidBailey-cn]

Love the 101 video. Thanks doing doing it

[georgestoumbos]

Thank you so much!! I am about to do my fist poor tomorow and this info is exactly what i was looking for!

[wcb]

What is the meaning of the numbers .037 when calculating amount needed?

[charlesviner]

Thanks for the video from Davenport Iowa 👍

[ryansheard]

Question: I have a 4" thick, 7x4 slab that I'd like to build a small fireplace on. I live in Houston, TX so we dont get crazy cold weather. Will that slab be thick enough?

[bensconcretecreations]

Was that plate compactor attached to a piece of equipment? I've never seen that. Great video!

[Rellikman]

My perimeter drainage for a small area in my
Carport is 2.5” thick but overall it’s 4” and with rebar 12mm grid on 18” centres. Is this 2.5” thickness that critical for about 2ft by 12” wide? Thanks.

[GRUBB-MUDD]

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[JarrodAtHome]

The orange things you set in for the rebar. Could you explain how set those in?

[hsusysabina]

What size of rebar do you use?
How far do you place it apart?

[diannerobinson]

What is the strength required for a basement load bearing walls?

[williambachmann]

I have a cement slab under my pavers on my lani. Can I pick up the pavers and fill with concrete? Can't make higher than paver height because the lani door would not open.

[nicoletrieu]

How thick should the base rocks be? Is 5” included the case rocks?

[JJJere]

Do concrete guys actually pour inch slabs or 3.5's. Standard 2x4's a 3.5 inches and does that still count as a 4inch slab measurement to the concrete supplier? Or would that 12th of concrete just be extra?

[nhbuddy]

Thanks for sharing this video!

I plan on pouring a thick slab at my back door and am curious if there's a limit to how think I can pour? I want the slab to be 14"with a step at 7 inches. Now I know I should just pour this on top of the ground, so I plan to dig down 6 to 12 inches deep and that will make my slab 26 Inches think. Is this a bad plan?

[heatherd]

What's the guy doing 3:31 to 3:34 in this video and what is the reason for doing it?

[NYTROeast]

Can I pour 2 inches of concrete over 4 inc of asphalt? This is inside of a metal storage building that was placed on asphalt

[raydrapela]

I wanted to know your thoughts on how thick the concrete should be for pouring and working. The amount of water added partially determines the strength of the concrete. But waste of time as you never say.

[bman]

Usually 1” deep is fine… that depth will save you money on concrete

[bman]

I started working with concrete back in 1922, in those days the concrete was much stronger because it was made in the USA.. now days, this china concrete is weak.. I’m still laying it, but miss the old days