Concrete Countertops! How to Pour In Place | Outdoor Kitchen Part 6
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In this video I'm showing you how to easily pour-in-place gorgeous concrete countertops, as well as how to install outdoor cabinets for my Outdoor Kitchen build. Stay tuned as next week I'll show you how to install rain water collection!
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April you should lite sand the top edge of the concrete so it's not crisp edge make it a rounded edge but looks fantastic and you are the best I love watching your videos.
Your spice rack is absolutely brilliant. I am so going to use it.
NICE WORK!! Thanks for sharing.
Nice, i am a retired architect. I liked your reasoning and explaining of why and how.
I really like that she always shows the final results in the beginning of the video
Thanks! I like giving the end visual as inspiration. :)
This is going to be one outrageous outdoor kitchen. It is truly "Texas Sized", and I love it.
Really beautiful work April, how sweet it is when a plan comes together so nicely !
That sawzall vibrator idea is just fantastic. Thats one of the best hacks Ive seen
I waited for the whole video to see it😂
April everything looks great. Take care and have a blessed week and see you on your next video.
That looks AMAZING!!!! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you and your team taking the time to share the journey with us. I just have one note I would’ve done different on the concrete counters. IF you ever need to replace the sink, it won’t be fun. You used a drop in sink, but it looks like you poured the concrete over the entire lip sandwiching the sink between the concrete counters and the concrete underlayment, basically making it appear as if it is an under mount sink. I would’ve poured the counters first, then dropped in the sink.
April, The Cement Countertops look great.
I’ve been watching your journey off and on over numerous years and you always impress. You’re a rockstar, keep it up! 👍
As a safety instructor for a large mining company, it is refreshing to see a skilled craftsman using proper PPE. Including the respirator. Thank you, for being a great example.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I'm going to build an outdoor kitchen on the back of my new shop addition and have been pondering the idea of cement counters. Yours turned out looking really good
Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day!
Thanks! Good afternoon from Central Texas!
@@AprilWilkerson Howdy from the San Francisco Bay area .... been watching you from the start ... you've come a far piece young Lady ..... just sayin' ...... ;-p
Very inspiring work April. Clever design too. Love the kitchen cabinet idea.
Great timing for me stumbling across your terrific and informative video!!! I build custom cabinets but am NOT a concrete countertop pro. I need to put caps on some pergola posts and this video is the perfect instruction manual for how to do it! Thanks and great video, even leaving in dropping your hole bit into your brand new sink.....:)
They look amazing! You outdoor party area is coming along nicely!
Yes! Thank you for your kind words. :)
I can't thank you enough for how informative you make your video's I've been searching forever on this subject for an outdoor seating area around our fire pit, and happened to come across your video. Never have I ever seen such attention to detail. you answered all my questions and even showed the names of the products you used. Keep doing what you do, you help guys like me look better when we do work around the house. And yes my name is really Santa Claus
Awesome, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great video! I'm glad I did granite. I started my outdoor kitchen in October of 2022 and finished in June of 2023. Had to work around winter here in Ohio. Such a wonderful challenge and such a rewarding result. Stainless drawers, granite tops and cultured stone infields. I basically started it to give my Big Green Egg , wood and charcoal and BGE accessories a home I cannot overstate how much storage you need for all that stuff and how much planning that takes. One 12' unit for storage, a 6' unit for the BGE and beer refrigerator and pop and a 5 for unit for a wine refrigerator. In the end, my planning tool was what do you need out there so that you don't have to repeatedly go in the house. A rack for utensils, sink (water), dish soap, garbage bin, a bing for fire starter cubes, a long lighter and a hair dryer to fan the fire in the beginning, a rack for wine glasses, in drawer paper towels, pam. Don't forget the music and speakers. Downlights, electrical outlets? Switches to turn the refrigerators off in the winter? The most challenging, but one of the most rewarding projects I have ever done. I think including the granite, the stainless uinits and the refrigerators included I did it all for under $19,000.
Sounds amazing! Thank you for Sharing and for watching.
On June 16th I'll be working with concrete for 22 years. You all did a great job 👏 👍
Awesome! Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the Video.
What a great video! I will never pour concrete countertops but learned so much watching this video. Great job!
Once again, you knocked it out of the park. Well done. It is refreshing to see someone willing to tackle ALL aspects of a build. Although you may not have much experience at that part, you and your team are doing fantastic work. Keep it up.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great job April. I’m friends with your mom. She is so very proud of you! And with good reason. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your projects!
Thank you so much!! Yes, she certainly is! I'm glad you are enjoying my Channel. :)
What a great project! You convinced me to go with their aggregate bags as opposed to quickrete or sakrete. I used the same system on an outdoor firepit and planning to use for my outdoor kitchen. Looks like you installed the cabinets before the countertops were totally cured. Curious if you got cracking as a result. A little "patina" adds character. well done!!
loving this project! looks great so far!
Nice cabinets under the concrete countertops. We are building out-of-pocket and are using tool cabinets for most of our base cabinets as we find it’s much denser storage and deep drawers beat swing-open under cabinet storage for us.
So impressive. Looks beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial
This video was such a God send to me. I’m a subscriber but I’ve not watched this series. The series will be a huge education. My wife and I just retired and are planning a move to our forever dream home. After a 45 year career in welding fabrication, heavy equipment operating & repair and building construction, my outdoor kitchen & living space as well as huge multi-craft/trade shop are ultra important to me. The inside of the whole house is my wifey’s domain. Your channel is a huge help for me. Thank you April!
The reinforcement bit in this video is completely wrong.
Inspiring! This beats the heck out of building slabs in the garage and carrying them out to the jobsite!
By the way! I want your backyard! Thank you for this video.
LOVE THE VIDEO!!! thank you for all the tips and tricks. Doing some little projects myself! Keep up the awesome work!!!
The counter tops are beautiful😍! Great job April!
I seriously thought I was the craziest female diyer ever until I saw your videos. Ive been wanting to do a concrete countertop for years but keep reminding myself how much work it would be without help and that Im not as young quick and agile as I once was. Kudos to you on every level! It helps to be a little bit nuts doesnt it
April, We will be doing this soon and the tips are very helpful, Love the job that yall have done, Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic video, thank you! I especially loved the use of the reciprocating saw to vibrate the edges. Nicely done!
Thank you very much! Thanks for watching.
I love the outdoor living area.. This is my goal at our recreation property in the mountains of Utah.
Loving the outdoor kitchen series, and hoping to see its various features highlighted in a big cookout/get-together video with friends and family! Been watching your YT videos for years, and very much enjoyed seeing you on _Assembly Required_ -- I search every so often to see whether you've been picked up for a season 2 (fingers crossed!). Question on the sink install: With the concrete running in past the sink's lip, preventing its ever being lifted out, what if it had to be replaced or pulled for some reason? Cut the cement board from underneath around the lip and drop the sink? Not a criticism of your build, but just one of the issues I've thought about that's so far prevented my trying concrete countertops. Anyway, great content, as always!
A strong woman that is feminine, smart, happy, knows how to do things, can organize people and projects, and has vision/leadership skills. Nicely done and explained! You are an impressive person!
Thanks! I appreciate your kind words. Thanks for watching.
@@longfade if that comment was directed at me, I watched the video, and I meant what I said, and I did not do ant of the work in the video. As for work? Ya, I work a ton. Professional guy, do all my own home maintenance, car maintenance, etc. why are you asking?
Counter tops turned out great. Good work from the whole crew
You are a brave girl. One piece concrete counters before cabinets, that is courage. So glad it worked just as you planned it. Awesome 👏
Thanks so much! 😊
A new Wilkerdo video and my coffee … my perfect Sunday :)
Great project! Loved the concrete countertops.
Great work as usual and a wonderful tutorial. When you started without the cabinets I said to my wife, April is out of her mind! But, it turned out just as you planned, perfectly! Looking forward to what you have planned next.
Thanks! It definitely would have been easier if the Cabinets were already in but love a challenge and we just worked around problem. Glad you enjoyed the Video. :)
Mostly a lurker on youtube, but I must say, I continue to be amazed with your (and this channel's) journey. Each video and project just gets better and better as I watch from year to year.
Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying my Channel.
Nice video. I use a two wheel dolly to move material. As a young man 6' 4" (many years ago) and over an eighth of a ton (250 lbs +) I did not use a dolly just two buckets one in each hand. Keep up the great work.
That was an awesome update, April. 10/10 again. Love the spice holders!!! I do not have space for an outdoor kitchen, but I have made 2 wooden tables out of Pallets for my BBQ and smoker area.
I love concrete countertops and yours look great. I used the Z-Forms last year on my BBQ station. They are fantastic to use. So much easier than the Melamine form. Another great project you've shared with us. Thanks so much.
That's going to be a really fun place when completed, looks nice!
Thanks! I'm loving how it's turning out. Thanks for watching.
It was incredible, congratulations!!👏👏👏👏 Now to use it a lot !!
It's just all looking so beautiful.
April, those cabinets and your counter tops especially look fantastic a huge well done, being a long time subscriber watching for many years, this outdoor kitchen surpasses anything else you have built to date,
The Evolution of April is coming along very nicely!
Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
Of all your videos this one makes me the most envious. I would love an outdoor space like this.
If you ever have a fan event I would gladly supply the cigars for a cookout :)
I must admit it's looking pretty great this outdoor kitchen area is larger than the footprint of my home 🏡.
I also find myself listening to make sure that you pronounce the word "HEARTH" Correctly each time you say it , your first video on the outdoor kitchen made me chuckle so much and only because of how you thought the word "HEARTH" Was spoken until your friend Correctly told you!!! As always April 💯%... 👍 🇬🇧.
You need a mixer!lol that’s a ton of work, looks great though!
I've only done one concrete countertop for an inside space using the melanine frame, outdoor cure and then flip method, and it was .. like you said, a LOT of work, but in the end worth it.
I'm currently debating between doing a plywood + hardiboard + tile and seal method for a surface which will see some rain.
I feel like doing a full concrete counter experience is really depending on the capabilities of the forms, and those plastic bits you showed seemed to work better than I had expected. We also ran our reicpricoating saw with no blade on the edges while facing to good impact.
This build of yours needs some "Reacts" videos from contractors.. I'd imaging this was a $120k build. in most environments.
Fantastic job April, looks great around there. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋
Thank you for your continued encouragement and support Fred. :)
Helped a neighbor do this with the help of this video. I was the screed man. Screed on the lower counter behind the bar was a challenge to screed. We ended up using the reciprocating saw against the end of the screed. I suppose we could have fabricated a longer screed
Beautiful job turned out very nice. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work April. Can't wait to see ur next videos. Keep Making. God Bless.
Amazing! You guys rocked out those concrete counter tops 🤙🏾💯. Your outdoor kitchen is looking great! Very cool stuff April. Thanks for sharing❤️
Thanks for watching
April, this is the best, most informative video I have ever seen for concrete counters tops I have seen. Great system! Great job!
Thank you for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the tip for using the sawzall for vibrating. Great video. Thanks
Great job. Looks amazing. Was hoping you would show how you did the bar top. Do you have a separate video on the top?
You took a lot of fear out for me.
I have been hesitating... But I feel like this is something I can take on now.
Thank you for such a great demonstration!
You are so welcome. It was a lot of hard work but so rewarding at the end.
It's looking incredible. You're a rock star.
The sawzall concrete vibrator trick was awesome!
Yes, it really is! Glad you enjoyed the Build.
Attaching it to your screen board would also make for doing same thing and giving a smoother surface.
That sawzall tip is gold.
April, the Concrete Warrior !!!
Wow! What a project those countertops were, in and of themselves!
Yes, it was quite the job but so rewarding afterwards!
Beautiful outdoor space. I just finished a concrete bathroom countertop. I used the Concrete Countertop Solutions products as well. Unfortunately the surface is more rustic (showing aggregate) than I had hoped for. I have been told that my timing on using the steel trowel was the reason. Now that the tile backsplash is finished I am learning to like the look. I may make a coffee tabletop with leftover product to see if I can improve my technique….I want to learn from my mistakes.
this was one of the coolest videos I've seen. I'm doing a far less elaborate pour for my concrete but WOW - this helps a ton. Thank you! You've earned the subscribe.
Glad it was helpful!
Doing these exact same ones in my kitchen. Sticking with the white. Thanks for the video.
Wooooo wee lots and lots of hard work and great tips !!!!! Glad it’s all going well for ya!!!!
Looking good great job. Concrete is always hard work. Thanks 😊!!
Us girls, when we dont have the right tools, we find our way around.💪
@@CheesedCheese valid
the out door kitchen looks amazing can,t to see the finish .
The first concrete countertops were made upside down so the aggregate would be seen when flipped over. Now no one wants to see the aggregate.
I just replaced my basement floor from 1890's. The concrete truck broke down in the driveway and could not move but could pour concrete. The floor did not come out good due to the truck breaking. I ended up grinding the entire floor and it looks awesome with the aggregate showing.
You look good doing it!!
Such fun to look at your videos, you are an inspiration to me. Thanks
Wow this is the best concrete countertop video I've seen, with so many great tips and even related finds like smartjars 😀 Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it and found it useful! Thanks for watching.
Wow you go girl. Looks fantastic 👏
Love a raised bullnose on formica tops. No one has done this since granite trend began. Light grey color goes well w everything.
Thanks! I'm glad you are enjoying it.
Finally! 😂 been waiting on this like my favorite TV show. 🤣
Thanks for watching!
Really outdoing yourself with this project. The countertops are amazing.
Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying the Series.
One of the absolute best tutorials on TH-cam. Thank you!
Glad you think so!
I’ll definitely reference this video if and when I do concrete countertops. It looks awesome April!
Awesome! Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the Video.
This looks fantastic April! We've been looking at making concrete counter tops this weekend so this is great timing. I live in the UK. Do you know where in the UK I can get the concreter counter top solutions from Counterform or anything similar? Or do you have any suggestions on what to do to create the rim?
Outstanding work as usual. Love the outdoor kitchen. I would love a video of Tim Allen and Richard Karns and their families come over for a barbecue.
Looks SOOO NICE!
Am getting a good training........i feel like i could start making things too Thanks April ☺️
Another great video April, looking forward to the next one.
Thanks so much!
Your biggest challenge: Improving on Perfection! Great work!
You make incredible work 👍 👏 🙏
The sawzall/vibrator tip was mint! FR
Its a good one!
Omg. If you have kids, they're going to have the life!!! I can't wait to see what you do next!
Gr8 tip on using the Sawzall as a vibrator!
Awesome work. Can't wait to see it finished
You and me both! Thanks :)
Excellent! Great video. Wish I had room for an epic shop like that!
Top notch video ! Great work getting the details of the steps in a user friendly delivery. Big fan !!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
Nice work April! Thank you for sharing it with us!💖👌👍😎JP
You are insane (said with the utmost respect). The quality work and attention to detail are amazing. IGTV should watch your videos to learn what it means good product.
Awesome work April, the counter tops look phenomenal! 😍👍🏻👊🏻 ..... Dust blower, genius!!!
Thanks so much! 😊
Dull smooth oscillating tool blades cut dura rock like butter with nearly no dust. It’s crazy awesome and I use my old blades.
Looking really nice!