How to DRY POUR CONCRETE SIDEWALK

ALL DRY POUR VIDEOS ARE LISTED BELOW!🔗

🐊For more in depth details on any of the steps we did in this video click the links below! ⬇️
“How To DRY POUR CONCRETE SLAB”

“DRY POUR CONCRETE WALKWAY: 4 Inches Thick WITH Reinforcement. Anyone Can Do It!”

🐊How to dry pour over an existing slab part 1&2!⬇️
PART1
“DRY POURING CONCRETE over EXISTING PATIO…What You Need To Know”
PART 2
“DRY POUR CONCRETE - Garden Patio COMPLETE!”

🐊 How to Dry Pour in Cold Climate!⬇️
“DRY POUR CONCRETE | Extreme Cold Weather Conditions”

🐊How to Dry Pour Steps!
DRY POUR CONCRETE STEPS | Thickest Dry Pour EVER Done!

BUSINESS INQUIRY⬇️

[garystarnes]

In March of last year (2023) I wanted to pour a 3' x10' entry pad to my new garage. While searching Youtube for various techniques, the dry pour technique from this channel came up. The process looked simple and effective so I decided to try it. Everything went exactly as Jim and Lydia explained. I am happy to report that a year and two months later, the concrete pad I poured using Jim and Lydia's method still looks as good as the day it first cured. Thank you Jim and Lydia!

[hantayowin]

I just happened upon this and I am beyond thankful. I bought my house ten years ago. Part of the sidewalk was buried. When I dug it out, a lot of it was nearly gone. I also have a gravel driveway that looks kinda crappy in a nice neighborhood. I’m a single 69 year old without a lot of money. This will be perfect! I can fix a section at a time as I can afford it and have a nice sidewalk after 10 years!!! Thank you so much for sharing your skills.

[willholland]

She is a work horse she lifting those 80lbs bags one after another. Love how you work so well together

[ZONIAN]

I grew up on base in the jungles of Panama. Being a bold adventurer I spent a lot of time exploring in the jungles. Once I came upon a couple of 20' diameter waist deep flat bottomed what must have been W.W. I I anti aircraft gun revetments. The walls had the appearance of tightly stacked burlap bags but they were solid concrete. My father didn't believe me when I described them. Now the mystery is solved. This was in the dry pour family of techniques.
I had just been keeping it in my unsolved X files. Just when you think you might know too much you find out you don't know something like this. I think I also learned I should have picked a Louisiana girl to marry !
Best wishes and Blessings to both of you, and thanks for the video. Now I'm trying to invent something I need to do a dry pour on for ! Haha

[dsulli]

I used to dry pour fence posts for years. Recently I started mixing with water first and the difference in strength is profound. After one day it is hard as a rock. The dry set is basically gravel even after putting water on top.

[HannahMattox]

My dad taught me how to dry pour nearly 30 years ago. It's just so cool to see someone else actually doing it after never hearing anyone even knowing you can do it! Even being told flat out that you just can't! Boom! 💥💥

[RobertSmith-fbqv]

I actually made a nice walkway with your technique! But I was completely lazy and just dumped the bags of concrete without forms or any rebar and raked it smooth and misted it on and off and job came out perfect! Your wife is such a great trooper!!

[sdslim]

My first job out of High School before going to college was driving a concrete truck. I can tell you over the years of being around construction and a 47 year career working for a utility company, there are many ways to do a lot of jobs, well. It is like Jim said, this method works well for some things and the cost is very comparable, especially for small jobs with access issues. I have used it for two patio additions and have had no problems for two years ---- and I live close to Canada, where frost is a major issue. I would recommend putting stress joints every 8 to 10 feet if you live in the north like I do. You can buy a joint trowel just like an edger like Jim used, or you could cut in the joints after the concrete has set. There are only two rules with concrete ---- it gets hard and it cracks.

[pamnchip]

Hey Jim and Lydia, I know y'all are in South Louisiana next to the Texas border and I hope those flood waters effecting Texas aren't effecting y'all. We're praying for the folks in Texas but saying a special prayer that our Cajun Country family is well and safe.

[mike-vwzn]

Man your one lucky dude to have such a good helper and doesn’t even have a smirk on her face while helping.

[davidlamb]

Dry pour has been around for years.
I helped pour a 12’ wide by 300’ long, 4 inch driveway using the dry pour method in 1992. It’s still good today.. has. Few chips and dings in it but otherwise good . Halliburton was cleaning out their silos and a friend of mines older brother worked there so he bid and got the concrete and Halliburton trucks even came and dumped it out. Us and about 4 other buddies framed it out and strung out water hoses and nozzles. Hot summer time so it was soaking up the water . Took turns watering it all through the night & pulled boards a couple of weeks later.

[jermainephillips]

I recently did this for a small pad for my outdoor grill and smoker.now im ready for a bigger project.i see many guys debunking dry pouring saying its not as strong yada yada but i dont plan on parking a tank or dump truck on it.perfect for my application. Good job guys.my back started hurting watching you guys pick up those pavers lol

[mattgirgenti]

The first starter dry pour project for me was a simple 3-slab pad for the RV. Just enough to keep the the tandem wheels and tongue out of the dirt and keep RV level. Two 5'x2' pads and a 2'x2' pad. I did add some wire mesh since it was going ot be holding over 10k lbs. Followed your plan to a T and had awesome results. I really appreciated the material calculator, which was spot on. Pads came out great and have had the RV roll on/off quite a few times since placed. No issues at all. Cajun Country Living for the win!!

BTW, that new sidewalk will hold up just fine for the occasional "Rapid Projectile Bang Noise Making Hootis" storage container delivery.

[GregBenadum]

I live in Ohio and I've been dry pouring since 1989. My first dry pour was a sidewalk with flagstone steppingstones in it.

[lexycondeelis]

Instant subscriber! I'm neurodivergent and so many videos that offer step by step instructions have key details missing that perhaps novices don't think to include for people who need every single detail included to fully comprehend the project plan, and I am scared to mess things up. That's money if I mess up. You guys went down to an actual shot of the spray flow, and my neurodivergent self appreciates this so much! ❤ We can't afford all the things this girl wants done to our home, so I've been on a journey to learn things on my own, and this video made me feel so much more comfortable to tackle our entryway walkway.

[arodgoogle]

Because you did this for your parents and not yourselves I had to give your video a like. Thanks for sharing.

[jeffAD]

I did my first dry pour!!! Im an the second hour. Thank you so much for all your videos. I did a 4ft × 7ft about 1.5 inchs thick. I had to back to the store 2 times to get more concreate. The calculation from web said 12 but needed 15. The skreeding was the toughest with my wife getting it as smooth as possible. My pour goes up to the house foundation which made it hard to skreed. Rocks kept popping up. So I sifted some of the powder and added it. This helped a lot. Then we edged and used the paint roller was fantastic. My pad will be used for our trash and recycle cans. Next is small side walk. Thanks again!! Jeff.

[texwires]

PERFECT TIMING! I am about to tackle my first dry pour and it is a sidewalk!!!! Been thinking about it ever since the first dry pour vid you guys put out. Keep your fingers crossed. 68 Year old is about to make a heck of a mess. If it goes good - I'M crediting you guys. If it tanks - I'M blaming you guys :)

[TheSilmarillian]

New sub here hello from down under remote rural off grid, have started concreting my workshop floor never though that I don't need to add rebar as only I will be walking on it and it will only take the weight of tools like table saws and non bench mounted tools ect. Have been making batches up in wheel barrow so basically laying by hand no mixer, 2 day I learnt something new dry pour thank you Jim and Lydia much appreciate your time and effort not just laying the walkway but the time you took to edit and upload. @ 24:49 you have picked up a shovel like that before, thought I was the only one 2 do that, rakes are more dangerous lol. But I digress have been told I do so occasionally, being this far off the grid delivered concrete truck cement is as dear as poison like most other things out here, like yourself and your lady we think outside the box.

[wlundy]

Pretty cool you have gotten famous for doing something farmers have done in secret for decades. Good on you for sharing the method and taking the heat for it. I have some dry slabs that have held up for decades.