This guy’s concrete videos are awesome - he goes into very specific details you can use to do your own projects at an elevated level. Not a lot of needless chatter but lots of very useful tips and techniques. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I loved this sort of thing when I was in the trades- creating things like this which had some artistic flair and customers trusting you to provide the end product they were after. Huge satisfaction when the customer is happy.
Nice looking walls! Thanks for showing the process! Great that the customer wanted the holes. Nothing is perfect, its nice that some people appreciate that.
Concrete veterans are always cool, chill people. My family has a concrete company 3 generations deep now, ive also worked for another company where it was just me and 2 older guys. I was the tool bitch, ran the buggy, helped with forms and demo for the most part. But both my uncle and these other guys were amazing finishers. Loved doing stamp jobs the most, and I miss the feeling of satisfaction I’d get from doing a good job, and it turning out beautiful, took a lot of pride in that line of work. getting off of work after a day of busting ass is an amazing feeling, it’s like a natural high. The job I have now is cake compared to that, and I miss it
little tip from France: insert a PVC tube in the pole ( post ? Not sure about my translate ) to be able in the future to insert the wires for a camera or lights
I saw the beginning and saw the plywood and thought “ oh here we go “ because it’s not MDO but it turned out . Would recommend getting the Milwaukee 16ga battery nailer and dewalt nipper/nailpuller for chamfers.
The guy who I bought my house from did concert work for a living, and left a bunch of stuff behind. I found a bunch of metal wedge things. After seeing you building the wall, I was that's them. But yours were shiny. Great job, you made it look easy.
I'm always so envious of the aggregate in residential concrete. I do concrete construction and it pretty much has boulders in it lol. Once I get some more experience, I think I'm gonna open my own business and focus on residential
I did formwork for concrete for 18 years. Never saw any concrete in a deck wall or column poured without a vibrator. All our wall panels had studs 1 foot on center and we built and chamfered the bulkheads before we installed them. We usually ran our whalers horizontal across vertical studs. The bulkheads would be nailed thru the wall panel with 8 penny duplex and chamfer was nailed with blue nails. Of course the liner devices would have turnbuckles and the column would be locked up with column brackets. With what you had the wall and column came out not too bad. Good job. Personally I hate the raw look of concrete. Probably because I saw it for 18 years. Also, they did come out with fiberglass rods that you can use as ties instead of snapties. The fiberglass ties used a sort of cone that you slid on and butted up to the whaler. Then you locked it by using a pipe to fit over the tie and drive wedges into the end of the cone. Don't dare hit the tie with the vibrator though because the cones would start to loosen. Snapties are the bomb though, aren't they?
That’s tight work! Just found your videos a few days ago. Your TH-cam production value is just about as perfect as your hardscape work. So Interesting. I’m local, I hope to come across your work soon.
Thank you for the video. I like your format, and the lack of disco-music and hype that the other builders use. I have watched about twenty of your videos. I have never worked in a job that uses my hands, unless you count typing or moving a computer-mouse. I have no common-sense when it comes to such task. During the COVID pandemic, I have had thousands of hours to just sit and go stir-crazy insane. I have watched at least 2,000 hours of TH-cam, since the pandemic started, in addition to over 10 years of normal watching. I practically have an Associate's Degree in TH-cam Viewing. I live in Texas far from a large major city, but almost in the suburbs. I see concrete trucks coming and going as the city expands, and workers ( mostly from south of the Texas border, who speak no English ), doing 100% of the work, building roads and laying bricks. I do not see any way I could fit in there, but I do speak some Spanish.
Yes I've been there and done that. On crews where I was the only English speaker and my Spanish was none existent. Got the jobs done but not a lot of communication.
can i ask a question. is it okay to leave a poured concrete without plaster? does it affect the durability of the structure if we do not use any plastering finish?
The whole time I was thinking 'why not just build a wood wall'.But when I saw the finished product it all becomes much clearer.I would love to see this home when it's finished.Are they going to put grass in the spaces between the slabs?
Note for next time , it’s easier to break ties before stripping plywood. In your case it was a small enough wall to do it the way you did , but if you get to bigger walls it becomes a pain 😀 awesome job as always. Also allows you not to scratch the concrete.
bro i have a question. is it okay to leave a poured concrete without plaster? does it affect the durability of the structure if we do not use any plastering finish?
Have a brick size mold ready and pour it with your main pour. Once it all sets, you have a matching rub brick for those chamfers you used a grinder on, use the rub brick there instead
You mentioned this was special ply wood from a supplier. what makes it different from plywood from a big box store? is it treated with a release agent (noticed you didnt mention your synthetic Mobil one application). The chamfers on the edges look awesome BTW
Very nice result! I realize poured concrete is one of the most common construction methods but when you pour walls or columns, there is so much material that goes into the form work which unassumingly gets thrown away after. It seems extremely wasteful.
Wow, very nice and yeah I think I will try to put the brick back in place. Was thinking of just making a Concrete Wall where a hole got punched in my shop wall by a drunk driver. Kind of Patch the Hole with a Solid poured in wall. Bad Idea right?
hello love your video! just a question. is it okay to leave a poured concrete without plaster? does it affect the durability of the structure if we do not use any plastering finish?
Great Video!!! Does it matter if you place the studs that are in direct contact with the sheathing horizontally versus vertically? I see you placed them horizontally but I've seen it done vertically but not sure if it makes a difference.
Excellent work. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. Thank you for your tip in how to properly use the vibrator. What I sometimes use is a small square hand sander against the wood to create vibrations. I wanted to ask you, your opinion regarding the plastic lining for foundations?
Man I can watch his videos all day, I find them interesting and relaxing.
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Yeah its nice watching other people work, while im sitting on my ass. Lol
100%!!!
Me too bro... Love this works
I do!
This guy’s concrete videos are awesome - he goes into very specific details you can use to do your own projects at an elevated level. Not a lot of needless chatter but lots of very useful tips and techniques. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Glad you like them!
I loved this sort of thing when I was in the trades- creating things like this which had some artistic flair and customers trusting you to provide the end product they were after.
Huge satisfaction when the customer is happy.
I concur
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Idk why I find these type of walls so cool and satisfying
I need this. This is drive-by protection.
thats some of the best forming i ever seen, given the scale of work involved.
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Nice looking walls! Thanks for showing the process! Great that the customer wanted the holes. Nothing is perfect, its nice that some people appreciate that.
True
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I can watch these all day.
thank you :)
The TRUE BEST IN THE WEST! This one was very interesting, great work as always!
Thank you very much!
Liscensed carpenter and concrete guy here in Canada. Thank you for posting your videos I learn something new everyone I watch one of your videos.
Great
YW
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That forming is art work. Best demo to the point I think I could go out in the back yard and slap one up. Thanks for the detail.
You bet.
Get it on
Concrete veterans are always cool, chill people. My family has a concrete company 3 generations deep now, ive also worked for another company where it was just me and 2 older guys. I was the tool bitch, ran the buggy, helped with forms and demo for the most part. But both my uncle and these other guys were amazing finishers. Loved doing stamp jobs the most, and I miss the feeling of satisfaction I’d get from doing a good job, and it turning out beautiful, took a lot of pride in that line of work. getting off of work after a day of busting ass is an amazing feeling, it’s like a natural high. The job I have now is cake compared to that, and I miss it
Sounds familar.
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Got to say it again.. your videos are 200 percent... so interesting and detailed...
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Wish you guys were up here in northern Central Valley
Me too
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Raw concrete walls are so nice. Very modern.
I concur
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Wow the chamfer on the corners really adds a nice detail. Perfect proportions.
I concur
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Love to see finished project in 12 months! Looking good so far!
Yes
Me too
little tip from France: insert a PVC tube in the pole ( post ? Not sure about my translate ) to be able in the future to insert the wires for a camera or lights
Solar
David Odell is THE MAN! Love all your vids!
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I love the industrial design the owner has gone for, great commentary
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Is it ever nice to see such professional work. Great video, thank you guys!
Our pleasure!
I binged watch all of the videos ! Great work!
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finally some vertical work! good stuff
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wow that set up's more complex than i thought. yes, 110% form work. educational at how it reveals the air entrainment coming off the truck.
Good point
Remember gentlemen your set up is the most important, if it’s done right you’re pour will be good 👊🏽
True
Don't forget us concrete addicted ladies ;)
I saw the beginning and saw the plywood and thought “ oh here we go “ because it’s not MDO but it turned out . Would recommend getting the Milwaukee 16ga battery nailer and dewalt nipper/nailpuller for chamfers.
Good idea
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It came out great. Everyone needs to get some hard cover outside their front door in case of mostly peaceful protesters...
I concur
The guy who I bought my house from did concert work for a living, and left a bunch of stuff behind. I found a bunch of metal wedge things. After seeing you building the wall, I was that's them. But yours were shiny. Great job, you made it look easy.
Very cool!
We call them cat heads or cow pussies in the south
Boy!! i wish to have 4 concrete columns to hold my 2 floor porch like here .Beautiful work ,
Good idea
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I like that unfinished look !! Great job as always.
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That is SOOOO cool!! I want these walls all around my property now!!
It's a nice solid look
That form work right there is why you make the big bucks.
I wish
Lol, Dont we all. But reguardless beutiful work. Love the vidz keep up all the good work cuz its a dieng breed out here.
I love the eye for detail that you have
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Love this video the aesthetic is beautiful. Would love to see more like this
These videos are so satisfying I could watch them all day, you guys are total pro's.
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Love that pitted look. Beautiful work.
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I do these type of walls all day at work mr Odell good stuff
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Looks real nice!!! Good to see you finally wearing a mask
I do occasionally
Only when he goes into lowes or home depot.
I'm always so envious of the aggregate in residential concrete. I do concrete construction and it pretty much has boulders in it lol. Once I get some more experience, I think I'm gonna open my own business and focus on residential
good idea
You may make less money, but more gratifying
"right ways and wrong ways to use a vibrator" 12 year old me is laughing so hard right now!
OSS
I was gonna say my ex could give lessons if need be.
@@Bill_N_ATX
Interesting
Imagine the back of a pink tarzan sticking out of the concrete slab after vibrating it for too long
You will know when you get it wrong...
Glad i watched this, me an a buddy gotta put in two columns for some gates n learned a few extra tips thanks i love your videos
Glad to hear it!
That’s a nice looking little wall
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Love the raw concrete look with all the work showing. Great formwork as always.
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Very clean product. Keep up the great work and stay safe. 😎
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Your voice over is fantastic !
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Enjoyable. Unusual driveway to garage.
Glad you enjoyed it
I did formwork for concrete for 18 years. Never saw any concrete in a deck wall or column poured without a vibrator. All our wall panels had studs 1 foot on center and we built and chamfered the bulkheads before we installed them. We usually ran our whalers horizontal across vertical studs. The bulkheads would be nailed thru the wall panel with 8 penny duplex and chamfer was nailed with blue nails. Of course the liner devices would have turnbuckles and the column would be locked up with column brackets. With what you had the wall and column came out not too bad. Good job. Personally I hate the raw look of concrete. Probably because I saw it for 18 years. Also, they did come out with fiberglass rods that you can use as ties instead of snapties. The fiberglass ties used a sort of cone that you slid on and butted up to the whaler. Then you locked it by using a pipe to fit over the tie and drive wedges into the end of the cone. Don't dare hit the tie with the vibrator though because the cones would start to loosen. Snapties are the bomb though, aren't they?
You do great work, a true pro. I just don't get who are the people that don't like your videos.
Hard to say
He'll be pleased with that . Nice job .
I concur
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Love your work. From Central Texas.
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Really good info👍🏼 this guys work is solid/ odd place for wall but that’s customer’s choice.
Getting it on
OSS
Nice job David love your channel back in the uk 👍
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That’s tight work! Just found your videos a few days ago. Your TH-cam production value is just about as perfect as your hardscape work.
So Interesting. I’m local, I hope to come across your work soon.
A good possibility
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Thanks David I sure enjoy your vids as I'm going to attempt a small retaining wall my self this was so helpful. Keep on posting please... Tks, Mike.
YW
GL
Thank you for the video. I like your format, and the lack of disco-music and hype that the other builders use.
I have watched about twenty of your videos. I have never worked in a job that uses my hands, unless you count typing or moving a computer-mouse. I have no common-sense when it comes to such task. During the COVID pandemic, I have had thousands of hours to just sit and go stir-crazy insane. I have watched at least 2,000 hours of TH-cam, since the pandemic started, in addition to over 10 years of normal watching. I practically have an Associate's Degree in TH-cam Viewing. I live in Texas far from a large major city, but almost in the suburbs. I see concrete trucks coming and going as the city expands, and workers ( mostly from south of the Texas border, who speak no English ), doing 100% of the work, building
roads and laying bricks. I do not see any way I could fit in there, but I do speak some Spanish.
Yes I've been there and done that. On crews where I was the only English speaker and my Spanish was none existent.
Got the jobs done but not a lot of communication.
GREAT JOB, David! 🙌😷🇺🇸
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Looks beautiful
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Beautiful walls.
Good job man I've doing concrete since 2012 and this looks mint 👌
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can i ask a question. is it okay to leave a poured concrete without plaster? does it affect the durability of the structure if we do not use any plastering finish?
Very cool job Dave 👌🏼
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This is like the fourth time I've watched this video. We are building a house and this is what I need - not want :)
Good choice
GL
Ok I'm back...
Any idea as to the reason for this wall? Love this vids!
213k subs to a concrete pouring channel. I bet even the channel owner can hardly believe that. Good job.
I concur
Great work. Love seeing the form work. That’s magic.
Thanks a bunch!
Very nice detailed work my friend.... Awesome video....
Thank you! Cheers!
Great work gents!
Much appreciated!
The whole time I was thinking 'why not just build a wood wall'.But when I saw the finished product it all becomes much clearer.I would love to see this home when it's finished.Are they going to put grass in the spaces between the slabs?
maybe gavel or bricks, will have to wait and see what david says in the next pour video
Decorative gravel was his plan
Wow that’s really neat. It’s a little different than your regular jobs. It’s going to look really good tho
I think so too!
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That is beautiful wall.
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Awesome project for any house as an entrance, and safe. Keep the ideas coming. Like always a great job we’ll done.
Thanks! Will do!
Outstanding work!!! I need you here at my house!!!!
Any time!
Note for next time , it’s easier to break ties before stripping plywood. In your case it was a small enough wall to do it the way you did , but if you get to bigger walls it becomes a pain 😀 awesome job as always. Also allows you not to scratch the concrete.
Sounds good
bro i have a question. is it okay to leave a poured concrete without plaster? does it affect the durability of the structure if we do not use any plastering finish?
As always very nice.
Thanks again!
Nice Work 👍
Thanks ✌
Haha damn Dave I'm impressed with the work you do. Your amazing!
Keep up the great work and the awesome videos!👍🏽👌🏽🙏🏽🙋🏽♂️
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Very satisfying, nice work.
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You create excellent videos, thank you.
Glad you like them!
Nice work as always
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My favorite show!
Hi Richard
Thanks for the tunes
Nice work, most of the work looks like it goes into making the forms though .
True
Which is why as a carpenter I love form work! Liquid GOLD! ;)
Awesome video. Thank you
My pleasure!
Have a brick size mold ready and pour it with your main pour. Once it all sets, you have a matching rub brick for those chamfers you used a grinder on, use the rub brick there instead
Good idea
You mentioned this was special ply wood from a supplier. what makes it different from plywood from a big box store? is it treated with a release agent (noticed you didnt mention your synthetic Mobil one application).
The chamfers on the edges look awesome BTW
Yes it is pre oiled
And it’s 7 ply so its more layers to make it stronger overall
Have you ever used or considered coil and cone spreaders with threaded rod ? It's initially more work but much easier to strip and reusable.
Haven't used that system, I'll check it out
I can build a concrete house after watching this video.
Yes you can
Very nice result! I realize poured concrete is one of the most common construction methods but when you pour walls or columns, there is so much material that goes into the form work which unassumingly gets thrown away after. It seems extremely wasteful.
If you do alot of walls it can be reused
That is amazing. Now I want a brutalist tool shed.
Go for it
Love it! Looks great!
Thank you! Cheers!
so satisfying , thank you so much Sir )
YW
@@OdellCompleteConcrete much love and Respect from Algeria )
Nice work !!
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi David, I’m just curious if this were your home would you have gone with cast in place concrete or used hollow tile block and coated it? 🤔
Probably block in this setting
Good question. I guess, it's all preference! I must say, this wall has a different feel to have this way when I know it's all full concrete.
Wow, very nice and yeah I think I will try to put the brick back in place. Was thinking of just making a Concrete Wall where a hole got punched in my shop wall by a drunk driver.
Kind of Patch the Hole with a Solid poured in wall.
Bad Idea right?
That should work
I noticed you using a wheelbarrow to catch the water/gel while you were priming. Will that just tip down the drain?
it goes to the dump
Looks great!! Can you ever reuse your forms?
Yes if it's full panels
hello love your video! just a question. is it okay to leave a poured concrete without plaster? does it affect the durability of the structure if we do not use any plastering finish?
This makes me appreciate the skill and scale of brutalist architecture
Awesome
Excellent work man 😜
Thanks 😁
Looks great
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Great Video!!! Does it matter if you place the studs that are in direct contact with the sheathing horizontally versus vertically? I see you placed them horizontally but I've seen it done vertically but not sure if it makes a difference.
Depends on the grain of the plywood
the beautiful thing about that wall is that it is stronger than any other wall in the house hahahah.
Excellent work. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. Thank you for your tip in how to properly use the vibrator. What I sometimes use is a small square hand sander against the wood to create vibrations. I wanted to ask you, your opinion regarding the plastic lining for foundations?
They are great
TY
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Love your videos' brother.